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of which are obviously from the mainland. British Guiana has 

 the best local exhibit of foreign mammals, but its exhibit of birds 

 is limited to a few skins of the brighter species. 



At the time of my visit several foreign departments were as yet 

 unopened and I cannot, therefore, say whether they contained 

 collections of birds. 



United States and Canada Exhibits. — The exhibits under 

 this head include local collections representing the avifauna of a 

 State or Province. As a rule they are official, that is, made by 

 authority of the State. 



In this department Illinois is easily leader. Its collection, 

 placed in the State Building, is well-mounted and the method 

 of arrangement is one which might well be followed in the display 

 of similar collections. As a rule a pair of each species is 

 shown under each of the following groups: 'Common Game 

 Birds'; 'Summer Residents throughout Illinois'; 'Winter Resi- 

 dents throughout Illinois'; 'Stragglers in Illinois'; 'Migrants 

 passing through Illinois' ; 'Winter Residents of Southern Illi- 

 nois' ; 'Summer Residents of Southern Illinois' ; and similar 

 groups from the northern part of the State. There are also 

 excellent groups, with natural surroundings, of Wild Turkevs, 

 Green Herons, Prairie Hens and Red Crossbills, and, in addition, 

 a collection of the eggs of Illinois birds. 



At the conclusion of the Fair this collection, nearly all of which 

 was mounted within the brief space of eighteen months, will be 

 removed to the Museum of the University of Illinois. It will 

 there prove a lasting monument to the energy and ability of its 

 preparator, the late Mr. C. F. Adams, whose death, due to 

 overwork, occurred while he was arranging it in Chicago. 



Ohio has a well-arranged collection of State birds ; North Caro- 

 lina and Minnesota collections of game birds. 



Pennsylvania is represented by a section of the State, giving 

 brooks, ravines, mountains, etc., with the birds and mammals 

 of the State placed with their natural surroundings. The object of 

 exhibits of this kind is, of course, to give at a glance an idea of 

 the fauna of the State, but, as in the present case, the result is apt 

 to be confusing rather than instructive. It would seem better 

 in preparing groups of this kind not to attempt to bring all the 

 birds and mammals of the State into a comparatively small space, 



