XIV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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10. Arrangeiiicnr of geological spcciiiii'iia on slojiingslif-lves :j2 



11. Ca.se of stalaetites in.stallcd with mirror at liack 32 



12. Bla«'lc pasteboard trays with label bevel.s 32 



13. Cylindrical jar for pro])aration.s in spirits 34 



14. Square Jar for wet preparations 34 



15. SpecimcTi forms of labels 38 



16. Specimen forms of lal)els 38 



17. Specimen forms of labels 38 



18. Specimen forms of labels 38 



19. Specimen forms of label.s 38 



20. Specimen forins of labels 38 



21. Specimen forms of labels 38 



22. Specimen form of labels 38 



23. Specimen forms of labels 38 



24. Specimen form of label 38 



25. Specimen form of label 38 



26. Specimen fonns of labels 38 



27. Unit .slide screen, having eight glass-covered unit boxes, containing specimens from tlie 



synoptic series of invertebrates 40 



28. Glass-covered unit box containing models of cephalopods -40 



29. GlasE-covered unit box containing models of marine worms 40 



30. A group of skeletons introductory to the series slio wing tlie homologies of tlu' bones 42 



31. Group of fur seals, Callorhinus tisinvs 42 



32. Skeleton of megapodo, Talegallus Lathami, showing nwihrtds of mounting 44 



33. Skeleton of bat, Molosxus rufrus, showing methods of mounting 44 



34. Head of tiger, Fclis tigris 46 



35. Burcbell's zebra, Kquits Burchclli 46 



36. Grou]) of two species of African Kudus, Strepsiceros capcnsig and /S. zambesiensis 48 



37. A " nesting colony" of Merops rubicoides 48 



38. Group of octopus, Octopun vulgaris 48 



39. Pacific walrus, Odoboenus obe.ius 50 



40. Mounting the Pacific walrus 51 



41. Figure of Masai warrior, upper Kongo 52 



42. Japanese man and woman of the laboring class 52 



43. Figure of .lapanese man of tlie laboring class, undra])ed 52 



44. Kan-ku-wasli te win (Tlie Good lioad VToman), Yankton Sioux 52 



45. Che-ta-wau-kou-va-ma-ni (The Hawk That Hunts "Walking), Medawakanton Sioux 52 



46. Choctaw squaw (Rosa White Thunder) 52 



47. Samoan youth 54 



48. Dyak warrior 54 



49. Xivaro Indian in feather costume 54 



50. Bantu negro boy , 54 



51. Zuili bread makers 54 



52 Indian women dressing hides .54 



53. A bushman i'* tlio act of engraving figures with a stone liaminer on a diorite rock 56 



54. Matabele warriors in their encampment 56 



55. Zules of Xew Sheslieke, on the Central Zambesi, at supper 56 



56. Ground plan of the United States Governiiiont Building at the World's Columbian Exposi- 



tion, 1893 no 



57. Relief map, showing the restoration of (he ice sheet of the glacial ejioch 182 



58. Details of fixtures of storage cases 186 



Fig. 1. Combined bolt and lock. 



2. Corner section of storage case, showing method of dust-]irooting, etc. 



:i. Stub and jilate. 



4. Wedge b(dt for binding doors. 



59. Details of installatiim metliods in tlie U. S. National Museum 186 



Fig. 5. Showii.g arrangement of specimens on sloping shelves. 



6. Device for storing microscopical .-lides. 



7. Rectangular jar. 



8. Mounting fish in rectangular Jar. 



9. Reference table in exhibitio:i hall. 



The Poisonous S.n'akes of North A.merua. By Leonhakd Stejnegek. 



1. Harlequin snake, Elaps fulrius 358 



2. Sonoran coral snake, EUipn euryxanthus 362 



3. Copperhead, Aghiitrodon contortrix 400 



