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The greater portion of the month of April was occupied in re- 

 pairing and placing on a new pedestal the skeleton of the 

 Elephant "Jumbo," kindly loaned to us by Barnum & Bailey. 



The most notable specimens that we have received in the flesh, 

 of which plaster casts and careful studies have been made, were a 

 young Chimpanzee, an Ibex, one of the large Dog- faced Apes, 

 the baby Hippopotamus, an Amherst Pheasant, and two Emus. 

 The Pheasant and Emus have been mounted and are now on 

 exhibition. 



Early in the year several months were devoted to the prepara- 

 tion of plaster busts of the Chimpanzee "Crowley." Eighteen 

 (18) were made, and seventeen (17) have been delivered as 

 follows : Prof. J. P. Marshall, Tuft's College, College Hill, Mass.; 

 National Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica ; Dr. W. A. Conklin, 

 Central Park Menagerie, New York ; Mr. Frank J. Thompson, New 

 York; Mr. H. S. Fuller, New York; Mr. Jacob Cook ("Crowley's" 

 keeper), Central Park, New York ; A. Agassiz, Esq., Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. ; Mr. Arthur Erwin 

 Brown, Zoological Garden, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Prof. G. Brown 

 Goode, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. ; Dr. J. S. 

 Billings, U. S. Army, Medical Museum, Washington, D. C; Mr. 

 W. T. Hornaday, U. S. Zoological Garden, Washington, D. C; 

 Prof. A. Hyatt, Boston Society of Natural History, Boston, Mass. ; 

 Dr. P. L. Sclater, London Zoological Society, London, England ; 

 Prof. A. Ploppoy, Society of Acclimation, Paris, France ; Royal 

 Museum, Dresden, Germany ; Dr. Chas. Spitzka, New York ; S. 

 A. Liautaud, M. D. V. S., New York. 



The following five groups have been completed ; the Ruffed 

 Grouse, Loon, Woodchuck, Labrador Duck, and Laughing Gull. 

 Work has been delayed in preparing the groups of Opossum, 

 Black Duck, Muskrat, and Pied-billed Grebe, by lack of cases 

 and the making of leaves and plants. During the spring four most 

 interesting groups were collected, and when they are completed 

 they will be the most attractive in the collection. They consist 

 of the Pied-billed Grebe, with four young ; the Black Duck, with 

 thirteen young ; the common Striped Squirrel, with six young ; 

 and the Red Fox, with five young. 



With the valuable addition of a fine Buffalo bull, obtained 

 through exchange with the United States National Museum, and 

 the acquisition of the necessary accessories to complete this group, 

 collected during a personal trip to the Buffalo country in the Pan 

 Handle of Texas, in October and November, we are now able to 

 advance with this group until it is completed. The work is fairly 

 begun, and will be finished ready for its case during the summer. 

 This group will comprise one full adult bull and cow ; one five- 

 year-old cow, with a six-weeks'-old calf; one yearling cow; one 

 three-year-old cow, and one spike Bull. With these animals will 



