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The Academy has been able to install this very beautiful 

 exhibit through the liberality of Mr. A. K. Macomber of 

 Paicines and Burlingame, who very generously met the ex- 

 pense connected with its preparation. 



Nuttall Sparroiv. — This is one of the small panel groups. 

 It shows a pair of this subspecies of the White-crowned Spar- 

 row and their nest placed in a Yellow Lupine (Liipiniis ar- 

 horcns) as found in the sand dune region in the western part 

 of Golden Gate Park. 



As the Nuttall Sparrow is the most abundant and most 

 familiar permanent resident of all the birds of the Park, this 

 group is of unusual interest to the school children who visit 

 the Museum. 



This group was prepared by Mr. Fair, assisted by Mr. 

 Reed and Miss Cutter. The background was painted by Miss 

 Cutter. 



Sharp-Shinned Hazvk. — This is another of the small panel 

 groups. The Sharp-shinned Hawk is of occasional occurrence 

 in Golden Gate Park where it is destructive to the smaller 

 birds. In the group a hawk of this species is shown with a 

 Western Bluebird in its talons. The brightly colored foliage 

 is that of the Poison Oak. 



We therefore have completed at this date 14 large, 25-foot 

 groups (eight mammal and six bird), four intermediate, 10- 

 foot groups (all mammals), and eight small panel groups 

 (two mammal and six bird). 



Other groups now in preparation are the Fur-Seal (nearly 

 completed), the Roosevelt Elk, the Water Ouzel (nearly com- 

 pleted), and the Audubon Cottontail (Sylvilagus auduhoni). 



PERSONNEL 



Only one or two slight changes in the personnel of the 

 Museum have occurred within the year. Mr. James H. Chas- 

 tain, janitor, resigned March 31 to engage in mining opera- 

 tions, and assistant janitor Wm. C. Lewis was promoted to 

 janitor. On the same date Mr. Fred Maag was appointed 

 assistant janitor and carpenter. On April 1, Mr. Geo. W. 

 Edwards was appointed assistant janitor. Mr. Joseph R. 

 Slevin, assistant curator of Herpetology, having been com- 



