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' hi a window case ai'c shown \arioiis staj»;('s of th(^ common mos- 

 Mosquitoes, ([nilo, CiiUw, as well as of Anopheles, X\w carrier of 

 Malaria and malaria, and Stegottn/id, wliieh is responsible for the 

 Yellow Fever ^j„.,..,,i ,,,• yellow' fever. 



|See (iuide Leajlel No. 'X\.\ 



The collection of Auduhoniana. oi' objects relatin*:; to the life and 

 works of .John .1. Audubon, j)resente(l to the Museum by 

 his «i;randdau^hters, Maria H. and Florence Audubon, 

 occupies the stairway hall. It includes ori^^inal sketches and ]-)aintings 

 by Audubon and his sons, illustrations in various stages from the (Quad- 

 rupeds of North America, and some of tlie copper plates of the Birds of 

 North America. Of more personal interest is the gun carried by 

 Audul)on on many of his expeditions and a favorite buckskin hunting 

 coat . 



