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sense it is therefore quite fair to judge every important col- 

 lection by the number of record or world-record specimens it 

 contains. A record head is one which by reason of its com- 

 manding size or other points of special excellence, is entitled to 

 a place in every printed list of the world's best specimens ; and a 

 head may thus stand as a record head without its being implied 

 by that title that it is the longest or largest of all known speci- 

 mens of its kind. A tuorld-record specimen is supposed to be, 

 according to all available information, the longest or largest of 

 its kind in the world. 



The following list of the more noteworthy record horns and 

 antlers in the National Collection is of interest : 



WORLD RECORDS, SO FAR AS KNOWN 



No. 148. Lower California Big-Horn. 



" 269. Derby Eland. 



" 485. Lechee Antelope. 



'' 427. Greater Kudu. 



" 528. Rooi Reedbuck. 



" 80. Kenai Caribou. 



" 125. Grant Caribou. 



" 645. Newfoundland Caribou. 



" 618. Mule Deer, (for spread). 



" 243. Mule Deer, (for length) . 



" 116. Sudan African Elephant tusk, (for length). 



" 681. Pacific Walrus tusks. 



SECOND RECORDS, FOR THE WORLD 



No. 11. Siar Argali. 



'' 675. Barren-Ground Musk-Ox. 



" 200. Arizona Wapiti. 



" 421. Springbuck, female. 



" 116^. Sudan African Elephant tusk, (for length) . 



The two picture galleries in the Administration Building 

 have already proven inadequate to contain the collection of heads 

 and horns, even at the end of the third year of its existence. All 

 the walls are so crowded with specimens that a systematic ar- 

 rangement is at present quite impossible. It is imperatively 

 necessary that a special building for the collection should be pro- 

 vided, forthwith, in order that it maj^ daily be seen and enjoyed 

 by the millions of persons who visit the Park, and at the same 

 time that the specimens may be protected from dust and insect 

 pests by air-tight cases of glass. 



