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REPORT ON OSTEOLOGY. 
By D. D. SLape. 
Durine the past year a few articulated skeletons of Mammalia 
have been received and placed on exhibition ; two of Cetacea have 
been added to the Atlantic Exhibition Rooms, and several articu- 
lated and mounted skeletons received in former years have been 
removed to the cases prepared for them in the Mammal Storage 
Room of the upper story. 
The collection of disarticulated skeletons remains in excellent 
condition, and some of the Orders have been rearranged in the 
drawers, and these properly labelled. 
Instruction has been given during the past year in Comparative 
Osteology by lectures and laboratory work. The course was at- 
tended by seven, and a portion of the time by eight students, who 
were either advanced or special pupils. The interest manifested 
in the work would indicate that the opportunities now offered for 
the study of Comparative Osteology — opportunities which can 
only be possible in connection with a large museum — need only 
to be more widely known to be appreciated and availed of by 
students. 
