white stands on which they were mounted, in Europe, 

 to stands of polished Mahogany, and this improve- 

 ment, which is still in progress, will be completed 

 during the present year. Partitions have been placed 

 in the cases on the east side of the Main Hall and new 

 labels attached to a part of the Birds of North America. 

 One hundred species, one hundred and twenty-five 

 specimens of skins have been received from the U. S. 

 National Museum as a portion of the exchange due us 

 for specimens we have forwarded in previous years. 

 A guide to the Collection of Mammals and one to that 

 of Birds have been nearly completed. 



In the Ethnological Department there has been re- 

 ceived a very large and valuable collection illustrat- 

 ing the ethnology of British Columbia, gathered by 

 Dr. J. W. Powell, Superintendent of Indian Affairs 

 in that part of the Dominion of Canada. This collec- 

 tion has been made at the expense of Mr. H. R. 

 Bishop of this city, who has presented it to the 

 Museum. A similar series of specimens from the West 

 Coast of Africa, gathered by Mr. 0. Jackson and other 

 agents of Messrs. Yates & Porterfield of 'this city, has 

 been presented by Mr. C. P. Huntington. 



Mr. Robert L. Stuart has purchased and presented 

 to the Museum the remaining undivided third part of 

 the collection made by Col. Chas. C. Jones Jr., illus- 

 trating the Antiquities of our Southern Indians. 



In the Geological Hall, the cases on the east side 

 have been completed and the preliminary arrangement 

 and labelling of specimens in them have been finished. 

 Eight of the table cases formerly at the Arsenal have 

 been made into sixteen shorter ones and placed in the 

 alcoves, and are now occupied by the fossils formerly 



