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were mounted. In addition to the work upon the new specimens, much 

 repairing" and restoring was done. A number of specimens furnished 

 by the taxidermists could not be placed on exhibition for want of ped- 

 estals. The species added to the exhibition series during the year were 

 as follows : 



St. Bernard Dog. Water Buck, Kobus elUpsipryrnnus. 



Wolf, Canis lujws griseo-albns. Llama, Auckenia llama. 



Fallow Deer (albino), Dama vulgaris. Zebra, Equus burchellii. 



Prong-horn Antelope (head), Antilocapra Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys phillipsii. 



americana. Coypu Rat, Myopotamus coypu. 



Kamtschatkan Sheep (head), Ovis nivi- Tree Porcupine, Synetkercs prehensilis. 



cola. Dugong, Halicore dugong. 



Indian Sheep (head), Ovis cycloceros. Giant Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus. 



Barbary Wild Sheep, Ovis tragelaphus. Kangaroo (unidentified), Macropus sp. 



Japanese Goat-Antelope, Nemorhedus oris- Red Kangaroo Macropus rufus. 



pus. Great Rock Kangaroo, Macropus robustus. 



Harnessed Antelope, Tragelaphus scriptiis. Black-Striped Wallaby, Halm a turns dor- 

 Bonte-Bok, Damalis pygarga. sails. 



Additional temporary labels were prepared, and the majority of the 

 specimens are now labeled. The identification of some of the exotic 

 species is attended with great difficulty and consumes a large amount 

 of time. 



The series of lithographic pictures of thoroughbred cattle, published 

 by the French Government in 1861, have been framed and placed on 

 exhibition. 



It is probable that considerable changes in the appearance of the ex- 

 hibition hall will be brought about before the end of another year by 

 the adoption of new portable cases and the remodeling of the wall- 

 cases. 



A very important as well as very necessary change in the arrange- 

 ment of the study series was made possible by the erection in the labora- 

 tory of a large storage case for skins. This case is 11 feet high and 13J 

 feet wide and is divided into six compartments. As at present arranged, 

 it contains one hundred and thirteen standard drawers of various depths 

 from 3 to 12 inches. The case contains the entire collection of un- 

 mounted skins, except the ungulata, pinnipedia, marsupialia, the larger 

 carnivores, and the rabbits. The larger species are simply placed in 

 deep drawers, each drawer having its proper label. The smaller spe- 

 cies, on the other hand, are arranged separately in paper trays, which 

 are in turn placed in shallow drawers. 



The preliminary card catalogue of skins and alcoholics, begun some 

 time ago under unfavorable circumstances, has been comx>leted. 



The alcoholic collection remains in the same condition as when last 

 reported upon. The jars for repacking, and thereby condensing, the col- 

 lection have been received, but the work has not been begun. When the 

 series was removed to a new quarter of the laboratory to make room 

 for the storage cases for skins, fresh alcohol was added to sueh speci- 



