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their exhibition will require nearly all of the top gallery cases, 

 but the value and attractiveness of the woods of the state, as 

 shown there, will warrant this outlay. 



Although the additions to the collections in the Zoological 

 Department have not been numerous, they include several speci- 

 mens worthy of particular mention. In April Mr. Charles H. 

 Kingsbury, of Eochester, N. Y. (now of Spokane Falls, Wash.), 

 presented to the Museum the skins of a pair of Bocky Mountain 

 goats and of a pair of Rocky Mountain sheep, all taken by the 

 donor while on a hunting tour in British Columbia. The four 

 specimens have since been properly mounted and are exhibited 

 in the middle case against the east wall of the zoological 

 floor. 



Early in the summer of 1890, Forepaugh's circus was exhibiting 

 in Albany. The large elephant " Columbia," belonging to the 

 circus had been injured while being transported by rail and died 

 in June at West Albany, from the effects of the injuries. The 

 hide and skeleton of the elephant were offered to the museum at 

 reasonable prices, and it was deemed desirable that the Museum 

 should purchase the skeleton. The skeleton was accordingly 

 purchased, and shipped to' Ward's establishment at Rochester, 

 for maceration preparatory to mounting. The specimen will be 

 mounted and placed on exhibition about October, 1891. 



In February the Pupidse of the Gould collection of shells were 

 loaned to Dr. V. Sterki of New Philadelphia, Ohio, who has made 

 that family of mollusks a special study. Dr. Sterki reidentified 

 the specimens loaned to him ; added the more important specific 

 synonyms ; and in some cases he has added probable localities to 

 specimens whose localities were unknown. 



He enriched the collection of Pupidse by adding to it ninety-six 

 specimens, representing twenty species new to the collection, 

 of which five species are from North America and twelve from 

 Europe. 



Many of the fresh-water shells of the Beecher collection have 

 been cleaned and mounted during the year, but the very limited 

 space available for exhibition purposes does not permit of their 

 exhibition at present. Most of the Unios, Margaritanas and 

 Anodons of this collection are exhibited in the west table case. 

 Many are stored in the drawers beneath the table case. None 

 of the fresh-water univalves have been placed upon exhibition, 



