4 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



educational activities of other great museums, and especially 

 of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. 

 In describing some examples from the large number of 

 " Habitat Groups " in that museum — cases that display in a 

 wonderfully realistic manner various animals and different 

 types of savage and semi-civilized races amid their natural 

 surroundings — he referred to the beautiful series of " Bird- 

 habitat groups " in the Liverpool museum, which are justly 

 regarded as admirable examples of the taxidermist's art. 

 Another case in which the Liverpool and New York museums 

 have developed a like educational effort is in providing nature- 

 study portable cases which circulate to the elementary schools 

 of the City. " Moreover, in our local museum we have a 

 large number of lantern slides of natural history subjects 

 which the staff are willing to lend either to schools or societies, 

 but, so far, this branch of work has not been systematized, 

 and I venture to think it is one to which more attention should 

 be given in the future." 



Much can be done to interest and instruct the public by 

 supplying special guide-books and leaflets, and in the prepara- 

 tion of these it might be possible for the members of learned 

 societies such as this to assist the Museum Committee. 

 "Mr. P. M. C. Kermode, of the Isle of Man, has already 

 prepared a popular pamphlet explaining the remarkable 

 exhibit of early Manx carved stones. Why should not some 

 of our enthusiastic specialists prepare leaflets drawing attention 

 to and explaining the principal historic exhibits in the 

 ' Liverpool Room,' the collection of Arms and Armour, the 

 Palaeolithic and Neolithic Implements, the African Ethnology 

 collection, etc." 



" The provision of Guide-Demonstrators offers another 

 field for valuable co-operation. On Saturdays, and on Sundays 

 especially, the attendance at our Museum is very large, and 

 with little or no preliminary arrangement an interested 

 audience would collect to listen to any well-informed person 

 who might be willing to talk to them at the cases, pointing out 

 and explaining the principal exhibits. ... I cannot help 

 thinking that some of those in our local societies who are 

 interested in Archaeology and other branches of science might 

 be willing to do voluntarily some pioneer work of this kind 

 which might lead to important developments in the future." 



