represented, are seldom seen in Museum collections on 

 account of their size or rarity. 



In February of the present year Mr. F. G. Pearcey, 

 formerly Naturalist to the Scotch Fishery Board, entered 

 upon a temporary engagement with the Committee as 

 Curator's Assistant, the appointment being made per- 

 manent in August. Mr. Pearcey has had a long 

 experience in museum work, having been an Assistant 

 Keeper in the Manchester Museum, Owens College, for 

 many years, and was previously on the " Challenger " 

 during its famous voyage round the world. The work 

 Mr. Pearcey has accomplished since his appointment 

 furnishes abundant proof of his special fitness for the 

 post he now occupies. Concurrently with the extension 

 of the space available for exhibition, there has been a 

 re-mounting of skins and animals previously kept in 

 store, and a purchase of new specimens to fill up gaps, 

 so that the new cases are already well filled with 

 examples of the chief mammalian groups. 



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Allusion has already been made to the provision of 

 three new floor cases and one new wall case. All these 

 cases are constructed with double dust-proof doors, 

 which are fitted with Hobbs' locks and pinching screws, 

 and large animals can be put in or removed with ease. 

 The re-constructed wall cases are filled with very 

 attractive specimens, whilst in the new floor cases the 

 larger objects can now be viewed in their entirety, and 

 the general appearance is much improved. To complete 

 the range of small pier cases on the east side of the 

 lower room two new ones were added. These are 

 uniform in character with the others, and are utilised 

 for the exhibition of the smaller Felidae. 



