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Groups of the California Sea Lion and of Antelope are also 

 reported to be in an advanced stage of preparation. 



The Academy has been liberal in its allotments for the work 

 of this department during the last few years, because it is be- 

 lieved that no better displays can be made to popularize the 

 Museum, and thereby call attention to the facilities for scien- 

 tific study which the Academy affords. 



It is to be added that the work which is being done by 

 Mr. Rowley and his assistants is of an interesting character, 

 and a visit to his laboratory in Berkeley, where the accumu- 

 lating material is stored, is well worth while. 



DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY 



The Academy's valuable collection of bird specimens is 

 particularly rich in material pertaining to the Pacific Ocean. 

 The collection has received the necessary attention by the 

 Director of the Museum. 



This department has furnished during the year one paper 

 on the Birds of the Galapagos Islands by Mr. E. W. Gifford. 



DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY 



In this department, the work of the year under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. E. C. Van Dyke, Curator, assisted by Mr. Chas. 

 Fuchs, has consisted principally in mounting, classifying, and 

 arranging the material brought in from time to time, as well 

 as the material already on hand. This department, as is the 

 case with other departments, has been in cramped quarters, 

 and will benefit greatly by the improved facilities for work 

 and storage which the new Museum building will afford. 



The Curator did some collecting in Trinity County. He 

 expresses his appreciation of the aid received from Mr. J. R. 

 Slevin of the Department of Herpetology, and from Mr. Bruce 

 Martin of the Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, the 

 former of whom brought additions to the collection from 

 Arizona, and the latter from Oregon and Washington. 



