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  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Miner 
  participated 
  in 
  the 
  Fourth 
  International 
  Fishery- 
  

   Congress 
  held 
  in 
  Washington 
  in 
  September, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  

   awarded 
  a 
  prize 
  for 
  his 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  Fishes. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  

   casts, 
  models 
  and 
  mounted 
  skins 
  (more 
  than 
  forty 
  in 
  number) 
  

   prepared 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Dwight 
  Franklin. 
  The 
  excellence 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Franklin's 
  work 
  is 
  attested 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  awarded 
  

   the 
  prize 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  Fourth 
  International 
  Fishery 
  Congress 
  

   for 
  the 
  best 
  method 
  of 
  preparing 
  fishes 
  for 
  exhibition. 
  

  

  We 
  especially 
  wish 
  to 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  many 
  courtesies 
  

   extended 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Aquarium. 
  

  

  EXTINCT 
  MAMMALS, 
  BIRDS, 
  REPTILES 
  AND 
  FISHES 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Vertebrate 
  Palaeontology. 
  — 
  Several 
  

   changes 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  exhibition 
  series, 
  the 
  most 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  being 
  the 
  complete 
  rearrangement 
  of 
  the 
  exhibits 
  

   illustrating 
  the 
  Evolution 
  of 
  the 
  Horse. 
  The 
  Museum 
  now 
  

   possesses 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  earliest 
  known 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  horse, 
  

   but 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  and 
  complete 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  

   illustrating 
  its 
  evolution; 
  indeed, 
  its 
  collections 
  are 
  larger 
  

   than 
  the 
  combined 
  collections 
  of 
  all 
  other 
  institutions 
  in 
  the 
  

   world. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  are 
  arranged 
  in 
  two 
  sections, 
  viz. 
  : 
  Evolu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Horse 
  in 
  Nature, 
  and 
  the 
  Evolution 
  of 
  the 
  Horse 
  

   under 
  Domestication. 
  

  

  Three 
  mounted 
  skeletons 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  

   section 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  four-toed 
  Orohippus, 
  the 
  three-toed 
  

   Mesohippus 
  bairdi 
  and 
  Mesohippus 
  intermedins. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  section 
  contains 
  skeletons 
  of 
  the 
  horse 
  and 
  

   man, 
  Arab 
  Stallion, 
  Draught 
  Horse, 
  and 
  the 
  Shetland 
  Pony, 
  to 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  added 
  the 
  skeleton 
  of 
  the 
  famous 
  race-horse 
  

   " 
  Sysonby" 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  R. 
  Keene 
  

   and 
  prepared 
  at 
  his 
  expense. 
  

  

  A 
  notable 
  event 
  was 
  the 
  departmental 
  reception 
  and 
  tea 
  

   given 
  on 
  the 
  afternoon 
  of 
  November 
  12, 
  to 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Keene 
  

   and 
  other 
  prominent 
  horse 
  lovers 
  were 
  invited 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  first 
  

   exhibition 
  of 
  "Sysonby." 
  

  

  Several 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  exhibition 
  series 
  

   in 
  the 
  Dinosaur 
  Hall. 
  The 
  Duck-billed 
  Dinosaur 
  or 
  

  

  