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ocean life, it is planned to exhibit the George S. Bowdoin 

 collection of whales and other cetaceans, including the twenty- 

 seven models and eight skeletons of whales now on exhibition 

 and the much larger number of models and material now in 

 storage, assembled from the expeditions extending from Long 

 Island Sound to Quebec, British Columbia, Alaska, Japan and 

 Korea, made by Mr. Roy C. Andrews between the years 1907 

 and 1914, as well as other great collections from the Arctic 

 and Antarctic Seas. 



The first floor of the Southeast Wing will be occupied by 

 the great Hall of Fishes, for the arrangement of which special 

 designs are being prepared by Curator Bashford Dean and 

 Director Frederic A. Lucas. Above this will be the Asiatic 

 Hall, for which the Museum has assembled great collections 

 and for which it now has a special expedition in the field in 

 southern China and Tibet, under the direction of Mr. Roy C. 

 Andrews. The third floor will be devoted to the Reptiles of 

 the World. The fourth floor will be a Hall of Dinosaurs, 

 including the great collections which have been made since 

 explorations were begun in 1907 in the Rocky Mountains. The 

 upper floors will be devoted to curators' offices, laboratories 

 and storage space. These plans, as presented by Trowbridge 

 and Livingston, architects, are fully set forth in the Fourth 

 Edition of the Museum's folder, "Growth of the Building," 

 published December 1, 1916. 



The movement for the relief of the Museum in this crisis 

 of its development, by the donation of buildings, has received 



very strong public and editorial support, especially 

 Public m t h e Times, Sun, Tribune, World, American, 



Herald and Evening Post. The Special Committee 

 of the Trustees, which has the matter in charge, includes 

 Messrs. Cleveland H. Dodge, J. P. Morgan, A. D. Juilliard, 

 Felix M. Warburg, and Henry Fairfield Osborn ex officio. 



