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of Worms during the greater part of the past year, has prepared a 

 number of exquisitely mounted specimens, which have been placed 

 in the Exhibition Rooms. He has devoted considerable time to 

 making these preparations, and to obtaining additional material 

 for the same purpose. 



All attempts at placing any collections either in the Geographi- 

 cal or Geological Exhibition Rooms have been given up. One of 

 the rooms is now occupied by the Ornithological Department, and 

 in the other, which leads to the Botanical Exhibition Rooms, we 

 expect to place such collections as will interest both the zoologist 

 and botanist. 



It is hoped that the Geological and Geographical Exhibition 

 Rooms will eventually be arranged in the southwest corner-piece, 

 which is to adjoin the Mineralogical Collections, whenever the 

 time comes, as it soon must, when the Geological and Geograph- 

 ical Departments will find their quarters in that section of the 

 University Museum. 



Mr. W. E. D. Scott succeeded, during the past year, in interest- 

 ing a number of gentlemen in his plans for placing on exhibition 

 a selected series of Birds, artistically mounted and isolated, so 

 that each small case should illustrate some point of interest in 

 ornithology. The sum of $1,690 has been expended on this ex- 

 hibit. A list of the gentlemen who have pecuniarily assisted Mr. 

 Scott is given in Appendix D. 



One of the Exhibition Rooms connecting the Zoological with 

 the Botanical Department was assigned to Mr. Scott, and a short 

 time before Commencement the room was opened to the public. 

 It contained about fifty cases of exquisitely mounted birds, which 

 cannot fail greatly to interest the public, and will add immensely 

 to the value of our ornithological collection. The birds all formed 

 part of Mr. Scott's collection of North American Birds, which he 

 has presented to the Museum. In addition to these, Mr. Scott has 

 also assigned to the Museum his collection of West Indian Birds. 

 The whole consists of over 3,000 specimens, 1,500 North American 

 and 1,600 West Indian Birds, and is an invaluable addition to the 

 Ornithological Department of the Museum. (See Appendix E.) 

 It is to be hoped that the exhibition of this unique collection will 

 interest the friends of ornithology, and lead to some sufficient 

 provision for the full development of Mr. Scott's plan. This 

 embraces a local New England collection, a North American col- 



