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Carboniferous Bryozoan, a remarkable case of the reproduction 

 of lost parts shown in a fossil Crinoid, and supposed worm 

 burrows in rocks of the Chemung Group of New York. The 

 Associate Curator, Dr. Hovey, has had charge of the Museum 

 Journal, and has prepared and published various papers con- 

 nected with his investigations of volcanic eruptions in the 

 West Indies, and has given lectures in the Museum courses 

 and elsewhere, in the interest of the Museum, on these and 

 other subjects. 



Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology. — Sev- 

 eral important accessions have been made during the year to 

 the collections of both mammals and birds, partly by purchase 

 and partly through Museum Expeditions. Of special popular 

 interest is the installation of a number of noteworthy bird 

 groups, and the advanced state of preparation of others. The 

 former include the Yellow-billed Magpie, the Sierra Dusky 

 Grouse, the Mountain Quail and the Valley Quail, illustrating 

 interesting types of bird life peculiar to California; the latter 

 include a large Flamingo Group, and a group illustrating the 

 bird life of the irrigated portions of the San Joaquin Valley, 

 California. Considerable progress has also been made in the 

 construction of large mammal groups, as the Roosevelt or 

 Olympic Elk, the big Alaska Peninsula Bear, and the Mexican 

 Collared Peccary groups. Single specimens mounted for ex- 

 hibition include a Central American Puma, a Crested Antelope, 

 a Rocky Mountain Goat (presented by Mr. C. A. Moore, Jr.), 

 and some twenty or more smaller animals, as hares, squirrels, 

 spermophiles, wood rats, field mice, etc. 



The Museum Expeditions include the trip of the Associate 

 Curator, Mr. Chapman, to Florida and the Bahamas under the 

 North American Ornithology Fund, which resulted in securing 

 abundant material for a fine Flamingo Group, and also for 

 other bird groups soon to be constructed. The Mexican Ex- 

 pedition under J. H. Batty has been very successful, yielding 

 large returns in birds and mammals, including group acces- 

 sories as well as valuable material for other departments of 

 the Museum. 



