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the most important addition to the resources of this depart- 

 ment received during the year. They comprise about 1,375 

 birds and about 450 mammals, and include a number of forms 

 new to science. They are all from regions not previously 

 represented in the Museum. 



In October, Mr. Leo E. Miller, with Mr. Howarth S. Boyle 

 as assistant, was sent to northwestern Colombia to connect 

 the previous work of the Museum's expeditions in western 

 Colombia with that of the Biological Survey on the Isthmus of 

 Panama. Mr. Miller will later make explorations for the 

 Museum in Peru and western Brazil, the funds for which and 

 for the work in northwestern Colombia having been generously 

 provided by Colonel Roosevelt and supplemented by funds 

 furnished by Mr. Cleveland H. Dodge. This work is a con- 

 tinuation of the explorations conducted under the direction of 

 Curator Chapman. 



The Brewster-Sanford Collection of Birds, on deposit at 

 ,, . the Museum, has been increased during: 



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the year by the addition of some 3,000 



specimens, collected mostly along the coast 

 of Peru and Chile, and consisting largely of Tubinares (petrels, 

 albatrosses, etc.). 



Dr. Jonathan Dwight has added about 5,000 specimens to 

 his previously large deposit collection, numbering all together 

 about 41,000 specimens, mostly from North America but 

 including many from Europe and Asia. The additions made 

 during the past year include the important McGregor collec- 

 tion of finches, numbering about 2,500 specimens. These two 

 collections are available for reference in the ornithological 

 work of the department, thus greatly extending our facilities 

 for research work. 



New installations include a Beaver Group and a Little 

 Chief Hare Group. The Elk Group has been reassembled, 



and a Mountain Sheep Group is in prep- 

 Installations and . _ u „ _ r . „ r . £ . 



_,.... aration. The Fur Seal Group is being 



New Exhibits ul , .. • k 1 / 



reassembled, with a scenic background. 



A White Swan Group has been installed in the Bird Gallery ; a 

 few individual birds and many new labels have been added in 



