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cases are a series of enlarged drawings 

 of the animals, raduhi-, jaws, darts, 

 etc. On top of the cases is a light 

 iron framework, on which are hung 

 excellent charts of the "Weichthiere," 

 showing the anatomical features of the 

 leading groups. Throughout the en- 

 tire museum great emphasis is placed 

 on geographical distribution. At the 

 entrance to the rooms is a large chart 

 of the world, each faunal region hav- 

 ing a different color. Under each 

 chart is a series of the labels used in 

 the museum, the labels having a wide 

 colored border to indicate the different 

 fauna:'. Small charts are also placed 

 among the specimens, the areas inhab- 

 ited by certain species being colored. 

 In the Zoological Garden at Am- 

 sterdam, are two museums of natural 

 history. The one devoted to the fauna 

 of the Netherlands contains a very 

 good collection of the shells of Hol- 

 land. The other occupies the second 

 floor of a long building, extending 

 each side from a central hall. Around 

 the walls of these two rooms are ar- 

 ranged the birds and mammals, while 

 in the center in two longitudinal rows 

 of table cases is a splendid collection 

 of shells, a collection that any museum 

 should be proud of. One can get an 

 idea of the space occupied by the fol- 

 lowing figures: Each case was about 

 2^x4 feet, and of these there are 144. 

 In hastily going over this collection, 

 certain families and genera were rep- 

 resented by magnificent specimens, 

 and seemed almost complete, the most 

 noticeable being the Pectinidfe, \'en- 

 eridfE, Cardiida;, Crassatellidse, etc. 

 Among the Volutidae and Conidse were 

 many of the rarer species, while the 

 Cypraea were graced by the presence 

 of C. priuccps and C. guttata. Very 

 interesting in showing color variation 

 was the very large suite of Naniiia 

 citriiia. But my time was too limit- 

 ed to do justice to these grand collec- 

 tions, and, at the time of my visit, the 

 curators were either on vacation or 

 absent for the day. Our readers will 

 therefore please pardon the incom- 

 pleteness of these brief descriptions. 



THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



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\A^alter F. W^ebb, Editor and Manager 

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NOTES. 



With this number we close Vol. II 

 of the Museum — started two years ago 

 November with no circulation whatev- 

 er, it has steadily grown each issue. 

 Its advertising columns have been well 

 patronized and subscriptions in most 

 cases paid promptly. And yet, not- 

 withstanding the fact that we are pass- 

 ing through the hardest times of past 

 25 years, we can make no promise for 

 the future, more than that we shall 

 publish the Journal regularly once ev- 

 ery month (no doubling up of numbers 

 as in the case of other publications in 

 our line) and will endeavor to give our 

 readers double their money's worth. 



Our exchange columns will still be a 

 prominent feature. Every subscriber 

 should send in notices when the_y have 

 anything to exchange. Some of the 



largest collections have been made 

 wholly by exchanging. We shall illus- 

 trate some during the winter, probably 

 giving at least loo views of Natural 

 Science objects during '97. 



