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Minerals — Department of Mineralogy 61 



Accessions 62 



Woods and Forestry — Department of Woods and Forestry 63 



Existing Invertebrates — Department of Invertebrate Zoology .... 64 



Field Work 64 



Research and Publications 65 



Shell Collections 66 



Staff 67 



General Invertebrates and Darwin Hall 67 



Insects and Spiders 68 



Accessions 68 



Recent and Extinct Fishes, Existing Reptiles and Batrachians — Depart- 

 ment of Ichthyology and Herpetology 69 



Fishes 69 



Exhibition 69 



Study Collections 70 



Research and Publication . . 70 



Administration 71 



Reptiles and Batrachians 71 



Expeditions 71 



Accessions 72 



Exhibition 73 



Collections and Research 74 



Mammals and Birds — Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology ... 75 



Accessions 75 



Installations 76 



Study Collections 76 



Congo Collection 77 



Field Work 77 



Research 79 



Publications 80 



Extinct Vertebrates — Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology . . . .81 



Field Expeditions; Purchases 81 



Preparation and Exhibition 82 



Storage 82 



Research and Publication 82 



Popularizing the Museum's Work 83 



Existing and Extinct Races of Men — Department of Anthropology ... 84 



Acquisitions 84 



Field Research 84 



Research in the Museum " 86 



Habitat Groups and Murals 87 



Exhibition and Study Collections 88 



Public Lectures 88 



Publications 89 



