﻿EEPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  r9 
  

  

  Tiew 
  specimen 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  installed 
  in 
  its 
  proper 
  place 
  without 
  re- 
  

   moving 
  some 
  other 
  specimen. 
  This 
  process 
  of 
  weeding 
  out 
  the 
  

   older 
  material 
  has 
  reached 
  its 
  limit, 
  and 
  a 
  further 
  removal 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  as 
  the 
  collection 
  increases, 
  will 
  weaken 
  the 
  exhibit. 
  To 
  

   obviate 
  this 
  difficult}^ 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  room 
  for 
  growth 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

   introduction 
  of 
  labels 
  dividing 
  the 
  mineral 
  collection 
  into 
  the 
  

   natural 
  groups, 
  (an 
  addition 
  which 
  is 
  urgently 
  needed) 
  a 
  plan 
  was 
  

   prepared 
  for 
  a 
  new 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  table 
  cases, 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  

   -of 
  which 
  the 
  space 
  necessary 
  for 
  two 
  new 
  cases 
  would 
  be 
  obtained. 
  

   It 
  has 
  not, 
  as 
  yet, 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  necessary 
  change. 
  

  

  A 
  little 
  time 
  has 
  been 
  spent 
  on 
  the 
  new 
  collection 
  of 
  birds 
  nests 
  

   mounted 
  with 
  the 
  birds 
  and 
  their 
  eggs, 
  and 
  several 
  additions 
  were 
  

   made 
  durinoj 
  the 
  collectins^ 
  season. 
  A 
  few 
  additions 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  

   made 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  birds. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  accessions 
  to 
  both 
  

   these 
  collections 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  The 
  space 
  available 
  for 
  the 
  exhibition 
  of 
  nests 
  is 
  already 
  over- 
  

   crowded 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  collection 
  is 
  enlarged 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  birds 
  in 
  

   another 
  case 
  must 
  be 
  undulj^ 
  crowded. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  relief 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  w^hich 
  was 
  exhibited 
  by 
  the 
  

   museum 
  at 
  the 
  World's 
  Columbian 
  exposition, 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  on 
  

   exhibition 
  in 
  the 
  museum. 
  This 
  map 
  is 
  35^ 
  2f 
  long 
  (east 
  and 
  

   west) 
  and 
  26' 
  2f 
  wide 
  (north, 
  and 
  south) 
  ; 
  the 
  horizontal 
  scale 
  is 
  

   one 
  inch 
  to 
  the 
  mile 
  and 
  the 
  vertical 
  scale 
  is 
  one 
  inch 
  to 
  500 
  feet. 
  

   It 
  lies 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  floor 
  in 
  the 
  rear 
  wing 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  and 
  is 
  enclosed 
  

   by 
  a 
  railing 
  and 
  a 
  raised 
  platform. 
  The 
  best 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  map 
  is 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  gallery 
  above 
  it. 
  

  

  Three 
  smaller 
  relief 
  maps 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

   They 
  are, 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  on 
  a 
  horizontal 
  scale 
  of 
  one 
  inch 
  to 
  12 
  

   miles 
  and 
  a 
  vertical 
  scale 
  of 
  one 
  inch 
  to 
  12,600', 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  southern 
  

   !New 
  England 
  including 
  Massachusetts, 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  Khode 
  

   Island 
  on 
  a 
  horizontal 
  scale 
  of 
  one 
  inch 
  to 
  2 
  miles 
  : 
  and 
  a 
  map 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  city 
  and 
  vicinity 
  on 
  a 
  horizontal 
  scale 
  of 
  one 
  inch 
  to 
  

   one 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  vertical 
  scale 
  of 
  3 
  inches 
  to 
  one 
  mile. 
  They 
  are 
  

   mounted 
  on 
  easels 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  room 
  with 
  the 
  large 
  map. 
  

  

  The 
  maps 
  of 
  southern 
  New 
  England 
  and 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  and 
  

   vicinity 
  were 
  purchased 
  from 
  Mr 
  Edwin 
  E. 
  Howell 
  of 
  Washington, 
  

   D. 
  C. 
  They 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  topographic 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  federal 
  

   government 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  states 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  Con- 
  

  

  