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the nest, eggs and a pair of the birds, as found in the salt- 

 marshes on Bay Farm Island south of Alameda. The group 

 was prepared b}^ Paul J. Fair assisted by Miss Olive E. Cutter. 

 The background was painted by Miss Cutter. 



California Linnet or House Finch. — This small panel group, 

 originally installed by Mr. Rowley, has been rearranged by Mr. 

 Fair and thereby very greatly improved. It now makes a very 

 attractive and instructive exhibit. 



Coast Bush-Tit. — This is by many regarded as the most ar- 

 tistic and beautiful of the small groups that have been com- 

 pleted. It shows a pair of Bush-Tits and their curious pensile 

 nest in a eucalyptus tree near the Museum in Golden Gate Pai'k'. 

 Other eucalyptus trees show through the fog in the back- 

 ground, which was painted by Miss Olive E. Cutter. Group 

 prepared by Mr. Fair. 



California Ground Squirrel. — This small panel group, pre- 

 pared by Mr. Jos. P. Herring, shows a family of this noxious 

 rodent in their natural environment near San Francisco. 



Santa Cm:: Chipmunk. — This is another of the small Cali- 

 fornia mammal groups of which we hope to have at least 20 in 

 the mammal hall. The animals shown belong to the subspecies, 

 Eutauiias merriami pricei, common throughout San Mateo, 

 Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. The group was prepared 

 by Mr. Joseph P. Herring. 



In addition to the above, already completed, several other 

 groups, large or small, are in progress. These include groups 

 of the White Pelican (nearly completed), the Roosevelt Elk, 

 the Fur Seal, the Elephant Seal, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Nuttall 

 Sparrow, Red-tail Hawk and Yellow-billed Alagpie. When 

 these shall have been finished there will remain space only for 

 a number of small mammal groups and possibly, for a few 

 groups of intermediate size. 



In addition to the habitat groups we have placed in the bird 

 hall three floor cases in which are shown many of the common 

 birds found in Golden Gate Park. It is planned to install a case 

 in which will be shown, by seasons, all of the more common 

 birds of the Park and vicinity. 



Sulphur-bottom Whole {Balcenoptera sulfurus). — Within 

 the year Mr. Herring completed in a very satisfactory manner 

 the installation of the skeleton of a Sulphur-bottom Whale 



