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  2 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  the 
  skeleton, 
  much 
  hair, 
  skin 
  and 
  dried 
  flesh; 
  also 
  parts 
  of 
  

   skeletons 
  of 
  bison, 
  moose, 
  caribou 
  and 
  horse. 
  

  

  The 
  fourth 
  expedition 
  was 
  to 
  the 
  Permian 
  beds 
  of 
  Texas, 
  

   in 
  charge 
  of 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Case 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Michigan. 
  A 
  

   fine 
  skull 
  of 
  Diadectes 
  and 
  several 
  skulls 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  skeletons 
  

   of 
  primitive 
  reptiles 
  and 
  amphibians 
  were 
  secured. 
  

  

  Research 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   staff, 
  as 
  circumstances 
  permitted, 
  and 
  the 
  papers 
  published 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  listed 
  under 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  publications. 
  

  

  EXTINCT 
  FISHES 
  

  

  The 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  Curator, 
  Dr. 
  Bashford 
  Dean, 
  have 
  been 
  

   devoted 
  chiefly 
  to 
  improvements 
  in 
  the 
  exhibition 
  hall. 
  The 
  

   material 
  has 
  been 
  relabeled 
  and 
  several 
  restorations 
  have 
  been 
  

   prepared 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  view. 
  Among 
  these 
  are 
  pictures 
  of 
  

   the 
  fishes 
  of 
  Ohio 
  during 
  the 
  Devonian 
  Age, 
  prepared 
  by 
  a 
  

   Japanese 
  artist 
  after 
  reconstructions 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Dean. 
  

  

  The 
  arrangement 
  and 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  study 
  collections 
  

   have 
  been 
  continued 
  and 
  considerable 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  on 
  

   a 
  bibliography 
  of 
  fishes. 
  Various 
  fishes 
  have 
  been 
  purchased 
  

   with 
  funds 
  provided 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cleveland 
  H. 
  Dodge, 
  and 
  about 
  

   forty 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Old 
  Red 
  Sandstone 
  of 
  Scotland 
  

   were 
  secured 
  through 
  exchange 
  with 
  the 
  Royal 
  Scottish 
  

   Museum 
  of 
  Edinburgh. 
  

  

  LIVING 
  INVERTEBRATES— 
  SYNOPTIC 
  COLLECTION 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Invertebrate 
  Zoology. 
  — 
  It 
  was 
  with 
  

   keen 
  regret 
  that 
  we 
  announced 
  the 
  resignation 
  of 
  Dr. 
  William 
  

   Morton 
  Wheeler, 
  who, 
  as 
  Curator 
  of 
  this 
  department 
  for 
  the 
  

   past 
  six 
  years, 
  rendered 
  most 
  efficient 
  service 
  in 
  its 
  organiza- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  development. 
  Because 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  his 
  

   researches 
  and 
  his 
  standing 
  as 
  an 
  investigator, 
  his 
  departure 
  

   will 
  remain 
  a 
  distinct 
  loss 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  and 
  to 
  those 
  asso- 
  

   ciated 
  in 
  scientific 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  neighborhood. 
  While 
  Dr. 
  

   Wheeler 
  has 
  been 
  appointed 
  to 
  the 
  professorship 
  of 
  Economic 
  

   Entomology 
  in 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  we 
  are 
  glad 
  to 
  announce 
  

   that 
  he 
  will 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum, 
  having 
  honorary 
  curatorship 
  over 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  divi- 
  

   sions 
  of 
  insects. 
  

  

  