IX 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM FOR 

 THE YEAR 1916 



BY 



Barton Warren Evermann 

 Director of the Museum 



At the time of the last annual report of the Director of the 

 Museum (February 16, 1916), the actual installation of the 

 habitat groups of California mammals and birds was well under 

 way. 



Besides the regular employees of the Division of Exhibits, 

 who devoted all their time to the habitat groups, three extra 

 temporary men were employed on that work for nearly a year. 

 By the twenty-first of September the following groups had 

 been completed : 



California Valley Elk, Black-tail Deer (summer group), 

 Northern Mule Deer (winter group), Antelope, Desert Moun- 

 tain Sheep, Mountain Lion, Black Bear, Leopard Seal, Cali- 

 fornia Sea Lion, Steller's Sea Lion, Raccoon and Striped 

 Skunk, Coyote, Farallon Islands Bird Rookery, San Joaquin 

 Valley Spring Bird Group, and Desert Bird Group. Oppor- 

 tunity has been taken to reproduce in this report excellent 

 photographic illustrations of a number of these habitat groups. 



In addition to these 15 groups the California Condor Group 

 was complete with the exception of the birds, which will be se- 

 cured later. Small groups of the California Valley Quail and 

 the Western Meadowlark were also completed. 



It was felt that the time had arrived for the dedication of the 

 Museum building and the opening of the Museum to the public. 

 The formal dedicatory exercises were held on Friday afternoon, 

 September 22, in the California mammal room of the Museum. 



Mr. C. E. Grunsky, the President of the Academy, pre- 

 sided.^ The invocation was by the Right Reverend William 

 Ford Nichols, bishop of California. Brief addresses were 



'A report of the opening exercises was published in Science for October 27, 

 1916, pp. 598-603. 



