THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



geological formations, may be seen. Over the entry be- 

 tween Rooms 2 and 3 is a model of the common porpoise. 



The animals of Long Island, exhibited in Room 3, include 

 mammals, insects and mollusks, fishes and reptiles being as 

 yet unrepresented here. 



A series of small mammals, including squirrel, wood- 

 chuck, opossum, rabbit, skunk, weasel and other well- 

 known forms, occupies a case on the west wall. A mounted 

 specimen of the white-tailed Virginia deer is seen in the 

 center floor case, north of which is a small habitat group of 

 chipmunks, which completes the mammal exhibit. 



Under the window a meadow-lark is shown with nest and 

 young, on either side of which two cabinet cases contain 

 respectively the butterflies and moths and the beetles of 

 Long Island. 



Exhibits illustrating the life histories of North American 

 butterflies and moths, showing the various stages through 

 which a moth or butterfly passes from egg to adult, together 

 with its principal food plants and enemies, are shown at the 

 other end of this room on the east and west walls. 



On the west wall an exhibit of the brown-tailed and gypsy 

 moths, showing the destruction caused by them, is intended 

 to enable the public to recognize these pests. 



The salt-water, fresh-water and land shells of Long Island 

 are exhibited in two large cases in the center of this room. 



Returning to the Vertebrate Hall, the systematic series of 

 mammals follows the exhibit of perching birds, beginning 

 with the large case on the left (northwest) side of the hall, 



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