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REPORT ON OSTEOLOGY. 



By D. D. Slade. 



During the past year a few articulated skeletons of Mammalia 

 have been received and placed on exhibition ; two of Cetacea have 

 been added to the Atlantic Exhibition Rooms, and several articu- 

 lated and mounted skeletons received in former years have been 

 removed to the cases prepared for them in the Mammal Storage 

 Room of the upper story. 



The collection of disarticulated skeletons remains in excellent 

 condition, and some of the Orders have been rearranged in the 

 drawers, and these properly labelled. 



Instruction has been given during the past year in Comparative 

 Osteology by lectures and laboratory work. The course was at- 

 tended by seven, and a portion of the time by eight students, who 

 were either advanced or special pupils. The interest manifested 

 in the work would indicate that the opportunities now offered for 

 the study of Comparative Osteology — opportunities which can 

 only be possible in connection with a large museum — need only 

 to be more widely known to be appreciated and availed of by 

 students. 



