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Superintendent of Indian Affairs in British Columbia, 

 to forward us as rapidly as they may be gathered, a 

 complete series of the ethnological specimens of that 

 region, and has already presented a few valuable 

 ornaments obtained at Victoria, Vancouver's Island. 



Two large photographic transparencies of ancient 

 pueblos and cave dwellings in Colorado have been 

 presented by Prof. J. W. Powell, and placed in a win- 

 dow on the west side of the gallery. 



In the Geological Hall, a series of specimens have 

 been placed in the upright part of the desk-cases, to 

 illustrate the American portion of Dana's Manual of 

 Geology. They are marked i: Dana's Manual Series," 

 and each has a label giving its present scientific name, 

 and the page and figure where it will be found in that 

 popular text book. Nearly two-thirds of the American 

 species are already exhibited in the cases, and all the 

 others will be added, where the species represented 

 are not unique. 



All the fossils have been identified and labelled in 

 one of the upright cases, and preliminary labelling 

 completed in three others. Six geological maps of the 

 eastern part of the United States have been placed in 

 the alcoves, near the specimens of the latest period 

 represented upon them. The first series of the dupli- 

 cates of the Hall collection has been presented to the 

 Smithsonian Institution, and in partial return they have 

 sent us, in alcoholic collections, 103 species, 107 speci- 

 mens of the fishes of the Pacific coast, and two cases of 

 reptiles, and will forward us " Collection D," or the 

 fourth series of all the specimens dredged on the Atlantic 

 coast during the past six summers by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission. The second series of the Hall duplicates 



