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South Australia, has been received a good example of 

 the Pouched Mole [Notoryctes typhlops). This will be 

 mounted in due course, and added to the marsupial 

 series. The vegetation of the West-of-England case 

 having lost much of its colour, the whole case was taken 

 in hand, and the vegetation re-coloured, and in part 

 replaced. The case has been restored to its original 

 freshness. 



The pulling down of two old bird cases, and their 

 replacement by two others of modern type, constructed of 

 mahogany and plate glass, has rendered a re-arrangement 

 of the bird series necessary. This is now going on, the 

 work being somewhat intermittent owing to the pressure 

 of other duties. In connection with the re-arrangement, 

 a collection of skins from the Greville-Smyth bird 

 collection has been mounted and others will be added 

 later, so that the new cases will eventually be filled by a 

 representative series of birds in good plumage and 

 condition, and as far as possible, mounted in natural 

 attitudes. Wherever possible, some suggestion of the 

 natural habitat, is added to the birds by means of 

 vegetation and rockwork. 



The result is much more pleasing and instructive 

 than successive rows of birds mounted upon "T" stands. 

 A number of bird skins have been selected from 

 the general series for mounting and will shortly be 

 added. 



The Reserve Collections, including the Greville- 

 Smyth Collection of bird-skins, bird-nests and eggs ; and 

 the large collection of bird-skins formerly kept in boxes 

 in the attics, have all been worked over, and as far as 

 possible separated generically, and placed in closed 

 cardboard boxes, in" which they can be kept with greater 

 safety and freedom from damage. For the storage of 



