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ing of a camel, moose, elk, male and female and young of 

 the bison, male and female of the Rocky Mountain 

 sheep, caribou, grizzly bear, hooded seal, skeleton of 

 dugong, and many smaller specimens. A large paint- 

 ing, " The Wounded Bison," by the late W. J. Hays, 

 has been deposited by his widow, and is placed on the 

 first landing of the stairway. 



In the department of Ornithology, the birds of North 

 America have each been carefully identified, and the 

 name written underneath the stand of those that are 

 mounted. A selection has been made from the skins 

 presented by Mr. D. G. Elliot, to be mounted and added to 

 the collection on exhibition, and the remainder divided 

 into- series for study and duplicates for exchange. 



Three hundred and eighteen specimens, representing 

 295 species of the duplicate birds from various coun- 

 tries, have been forwarded to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, and we shall receive in exchange nearly all the 

 species and specimens necessary to render our collection 

 of North American birds complete. 



The number of our specimens in this department is 

 as follows : 



Exhibition Collection, mounted and including a few to be mounted 8,893 



Duplicates (in skins) 1,158 



Study Collection (in skins) 461 



Total 10,512 



At the opening of the Museum, one year ago, our 

 Ethnological and Archaeological collections, which are 

 exhibited on the gallery floor, occupied only the eastern 

 side of the room, but now they fill all but two cases on 

 the western side, and in these will be exhibited addi- 

 tions to this department, which have been already 

 shipped from California and Canada. 



