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To install this model in the centre of the Coral room, the Craw- 

 fordsville series of crinoids has been removed to new cases built 

 around the rails of the gallery devoted to echinoderms. 



From Mr. William Barbour's generous gift for present use, we 

 have obtained, in addition to the egg of the Great Auk mentioned 

 in the Report for 1905-1906, the following specimens: — a series 

 of Hawaiian fishes mounted by Mr. Sherman F. Denton and on 

 exhibition in the Pacific room ; a very nearly complete skeleton 

 of the Dodo from Mauritius; an exceptionally large and perfect 

 egg of Aepyornis (f maximus) ; an extensive series of bones of 

 the Great Auk from Funk Island ; a fine collection of European 

 myriopods collected and identified by Dr. Karl W. Verhoeff of 

 Dresden; and an interesting series of specimens, chiefly inver- 

 tebrates, selected from Alan Owston's stock. In addition to 

 the above mentioned material, Mr. Barbour's gift has enabled the 

 Museum to build and equip sixteen large storage cases for the 

 Ornithological department. 



From Mr. Thomas Barbour's collecting trip to India, Burmah, 

 the Dutch East Indies, and New Guinea, the Museum will benefit 

 largely. Mr. Barbour, though chiefly interested in the lower 

 vertebrates, devoted his energies in a most catholic spirit to 

 other groups, and got together large series of specimens, includ- 

 ing echinoderms, crustaceans, spiders, insects, and other inverte- 

 brates, also birds and mammals, all of which he has presented 

 to the Museum, and upon which we hope to publish several Bul- 

 letins. Mr. Barbour has given us also a number of vertebrates 

 selected in London, to fill gaps in our exhibition series, and 

 some choice specimens which he purchased in Yokohama for 

 our research collections. 



The generosity of the New York Zoological Society, through its 

 Director, Dr. W. T. Hornaday and the Curator of reptiles, Mr. 

 R. L. Ditmars, in presenting valuable material, has been acknowl- 

 edged for many years. This material, mounted by its preparator, 

 Mr. George Nelson, has enabled the Museum to improve its ex- 

 hibition series of reptiles. In the Systematic collection, in the 

 North American collection, and especially in the collection de- 

 voted to the Indo-Asiatic fauna, this improvement may be noted 

 to a very marked degree ; the Indian Python, P. molurus, 13 feet 

 long, and the Reticulated Python, P. reticulatus, nearly 22 feet 

 in length, show, in a most realistic manner, the power and 

 magnificence of these monstrous animals. 



