DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALS. 



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Copper-colored monkey, Callithrix cuprca. 

 Illiger's marmoset, Midas illiyeri (2). 

 White-footed marmoset, Hapale leucopws. 

 Common marmoset, Hapale jacclius. 

 Least marmoset, Hapale pygmcea. 

 Ocelot, Felis partialis. 

 Malay bear, Ursus malayanus. 



Musk deer, Moschns moschiferw. 

 Wart hog, Phacochoerus ccthiopicus. 

 Capybara, Hydrochoerus capybara. 

 Yellow- footed j)ouched mouse, Phascogale 



Jlavipes. 

 Spotted cuscus, Phalanger maculalus. 

 Black-tailed wallaby, Macropus ualabatus. 



Considerable confusion existed in the exhibition hall during the in- 

 stallation of the moose group, but a temporary rearrangement of cases 

 was made as soon as practicable. The east wall-case was painted dur- 

 ing the winter, and all the specimens therein have been rearranged. 

 Some annoyance from insect-pests was encountered, but they were de- 

 stroyed before any considerable damage was done. 



The hall is now almost too full to admit of a satisfactory arrangement 

 of tbe material, and the need of additional floor-space is very apparent. 

 How to find space for the new groups now in contemplation is a prob- 

 lem not easily solved. 



The card-catalogue of the exhibition series was revised in February, 

 and copy for a considerable number of new labels was prepared for 

 tbe printer. 



At tbe beginning of the year covered by this report, the experiment 

 of converting one of the bases of the three-quarter unit exhibition cases 

 into an insect-proof storage case was tried, and an order for recon- 

 structing ten of these cases was approved. The cases were finished 

 early in the year, but the trays needed for them were delayed, and only 

 a small portion could be brought into use. Before the close of the year, 

 however, it became apparent that even this space would not be suffi- 

 cient, owing to the large amount of material deposited by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and a plan for building fifty additional one-quarter 

 unit storage compartments in the south entrance was approved. The 

 work on these cases was begun at the close of the year. For large 

 cases, four single unit and one double-unit storage cases were con- 

 structed in tbe osteological ball. In the plan referred to, provision was 

 also made for an additional storage-case for the alcoholic specimens. 



All the small skulls — those of mice, squirrels, bats, shrews and 

 moles — were put into corked vials for security. Labels on specially 

 prepared red paper were brought into use for type specimens, of which 

 there is a considerable number in tbe collection. 



The experiments upon large storage-jars, mentioned in the last re- 

 port, resulted in the adoption of spherical glass-jars, with wooden tops 

 and iron clamps, for the storage of large alcoholic specimens. Six of 

 these jars were brought into use and others have been ordered. 



Tbe ordinary routine work was greatly increased by the deposit of a 

 large amount of material by the Department of Agriculture. More than 

 3,100 pieces belonging to this deposit, comprising both skins and skulls, 

 were entered and numbered during the year. In June it was made ap- 



