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rearranged and rendered more attractive. In carryinj^- out tlu' new 

 arrani^ement the position of all of tlie movable cases was changed. 

 The appearance of that portion of the collection installed in the wall 

 cases is seriously diminished hy the fact that the mouuted specimens 

 are so close together that th(^ light is obstructed, and in many cases 

 little more than the heads and shoulders of the specimens can be seen. 

 The Audnbon lithograpliic pictures of mammals, recently purchased 

 by the Museum have been hung in the office of the curator, tempo- 

 rarily. The series of interlocked antlers has been transferred to the 

 de])artment of comparative anatomy to be incorporated in the osteo- 

 logical collection. Labels have been made for the pori)oises arranged 

 on top of the wall cases in the south hall. In the department of birds 

 the exhibition series is in good condition. A limited numl)er of badly 

 mouuted specimens have been remounted, and other specimens not 

 suitable for exhibition have been replaced by better ones. Several 

 months were spent in renovating the entire mounted collection, each 

 S]x^ciinen being subjected to a process of cleaning, which, it is believed, 

 will result in a material improvement in the appearance of the collec- 

 tion. A few specimens liave been added to the exhibition series in the 

 department of comparative anatomy during the year, and the entire 

 exhibit is in good condition. The exhibition space in this department 

 has been increased to a limited extent by placing cases between the 

 piers above the wall cases. In the department of fishes the condition 

 of the exhibition series remains the same as last year. In the depart 

 ment of marine invertebrates five old-fashioned flat ebony cases have 

 been replaced by mahogany cases, and the location of some of the 

 other cases has been changed. The collection of tree snails from the 

 Philippine Islands has been placed upon exhibition in the department 

 of mollusks. 



Tlie exhibition series in the department of ethnology is embrace<l in 

 two groups — the material actually on exhibition and the exhibition 

 series returned from the World's Columbian Exposition. Owing to 

 lack of room, the latter has been temporarily placed in storage. The 

 work of setting up in the northwest court a special exhibit illustrating 

 the ethnology of the Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona has been 

 carried on during the year. The change referred to last year in the 

 arrangement of the exhibition hall of the department of i)rehistoric 

 anthropology has been completed. All of the objects, contained in fifty- 

 two cases, have been rearranged geographically by States and foreign 

 countries. Twelve cases, containing objects made by or belonging to 

 prehistoric man, have also been rearranged. In the wall cases on the 

 north and west sides of the hall the objects from Mexico, the West 

 Indies, and Central and South America liave been installed. The 

 Pacific Coast objects have been segregated and installed in a case by 

 themselves, and the mummies are now exhibited in the wall case on the 

 south side of the hall. Two additional shelves have been provided in 



