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in the cases in the centre of the hall, while in the latter 

 have been exhibited the series of Minerals known as 

 the Bailey Collection. These specimens have been 

 supplied with labels on which is being added the local- 

 ities and names of the species in writing. Complete 

 labels have also been placed in several of the alcove 

 cases occupied by fossils. The skeletons of fossil birds 

 from New Zealand, which had become somewhat im- 

 paired by the dry atmosphere of the rooms, have been 

 saturated with glue and remounted. Early in the year 

 a short guide to the Geological Hall was prepared 

 and printed, and is sold in the building. 



Many fine specimens of plants of the Devonian 

 Age have been obtained by exchange from Princi- 

 pal Dawson, of McGill College, Canada, for 1 the eighth 

 series of duplicates of the Hall Collection, and are 

 displayed in the alcove cases. 



The relief-map of New Hampshire, purchased from 

 Prof. C. H. Hitchcock has been encased and partially 

 colored geologically. A friend of the Museum has au- 

 thorized us to complete and letter it at his expense, 

 which work will soon be undertaken. 



The part of our collection, which needs to be re- 

 arranged and newly labeled, and to be largely develop- 

 ed by additions of lately discovered species is the De- 

 partment of Conchology. The Museum already possesses 

 in the valuable Wolfe gift, made in memory of our first 

 President, an admirable nucleus for a complete collec- 

 tion in this, one of the most popular branches of natural 

 history. 



An Herbarium of North American Plants, preserved 

 with remarkable taste and care, has been received from 

 the late Stephen Whitney Phoenix, and forms the be- 



