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terraced bases instead of shelves. No diaphragms are employed. The 

 specimens will be seen to a much better advantage in these cases than 

 they could be while the old cases were in use, and the general appear- 

 ance of the hall is likewise greatly improved by their introduction. 

 None of the fittings have yet been completed, but it is expected that 

 they will be finished early in the coming year. 



The installation of the cetacean casts over the wall cases, which was 

 contemplated last year, has been carried into effect. Finding that the 

 glasses in the tops of the wall cases were constantly in danger of being 

 broken, they were removed and wooden panels were substituted. At 

 the same time the entire interior of the cases was painted afresh, and 

 a partial re-arrangement of the specimens was effected. 



After much deliberation it was deemed best to place the Seals and 

 large Ungulates under glass to protect them from ruthless hands. A 

 large wing. has been added on the south end of each of the wall cases 

 These wings (which practically form cases by themselves) are the high- 

 est and deepest cases which have thus far been erected. They are over 

 12 feet in height and are 7 feet deep in the deepest part. The Moose, 

 Wapiti, Sea Lion, and other large mammals in the collection, will be ar- 

 ranged in them, the Ungulates occupying one wing while the other is 

 given up to the Seals and Sea Lion. They will be furnished and in use 

 early in the coming year. 



There are at present in the hall thirty floor cases, including the two 

 large cases containing the groups of Orangs and Fur Seals ; and the 

 two large wall cases referred to above. The principal addition during 

 the ensuing year will be a large case for the group of Bison now in the 

 hands of the taxidermists. 



The mounted specimens added to the exhibition series during the 

 year were chiefly Marsupials. The collection of representatives of that 

 group is now large and very interesting. Of the placental Mammals 

 added to the series may be mentioned as especially worthy of notice, 

 the Tiger, Leopard, Cheetah, and Californian Sea Elephant. 



The species represented by the specimens added to the exhibition 

 series during the year were as follows : 



Black Macaque, Cynoccplialus niger. Ursine Dasyure, Dasyurus ursinus. 



Leopard, Fells leopardus. Great Rock Kangaroo, Afactopus robustus. 



Tiger, Felis tigris. Parry's Kangaroo, Macropns parryi. 



European Wild Cat, Felis catiis. Bennett's Wallaby, Halmaturus bennettk 



Cheetah, Cyncclurus jubatus. Red-legged Wallaby, Halmaturus wilcoxi. 



Coyote, Canis latrans. Red-bellied Wallaby, Halmaturus billiar- 



Red Fox, Vulpes fulvus. dii. 



European Ermine, Putorius erminea. Red-necked Wallaby, Halmaturus rufi- 



European Badger, Meles taxus. collis. 



Californian Sea Elephant, Macrorhinus an- Pademelon Wallaby, Halmaturus thetidis. 



gustirostris. Crescent-marked Wallaby, Onychogalea tu- 



Hedgehog, Erinaceus europceus. natus. 



Black R Mus rattus. Rufous Rat-Kangaroo, Bettongia rufescens. 



Rabbit, Lepus cun'wulus. Vulpine Phalanger, Phalangista vulpina. 

 Tasmaniau Wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus . Wombat, Phascolomys ursinus. 



