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(iESEUM. rones 



One of a series of four -in 

 by molting and feather iirow tl 



THE PTARMIGAN IN WINTER 



■^roup-^ showinu this bird's seasonal (•hanu'e> of eolor as bronjrht about 



now extinct except for a few which survive under })rotection on the 

 island of Martha's Vin(\vard. Specimens of all of these birds are shown 

 here, the Dodo heint>; represented by an incomplete skeleton and by a 

 life-size reproduction c()]:)ied from an old Dutch painting. Others of 

 our splendid j»;ame birds, such as the Trum])eter Swan and Eskimo 

 Curlew, are nearly, if not quite, gone and more, like the Wood Duck 

 and Wild Turkey, will soon follow theui if a reasonable close season 

 and limited bag l)e not rigitUy enforced. Still others — the l^eautiful 

 Egrets and the (Jrebes, for (^xam]:)le — have alrc^ady gone far on the sauie 

 road owing to the gn^at deuiand for their ])luuiag(' for millin(My ])ur])oses. 



Also down the center of the hall are several cases designed to illustrate 

 the general natural history of birds. 



The widely dilfercut i)lumages (varying with age. sex, season, or all 

 tlii-(M>) often worn by om^ s])ecies will be found illustrated 

 in the Ptarmigan case and in the case containing Orchard 

 Orioles, Snow Huntings, Scarlet Tanagers and l^obolinks. The rela- 

 tionship between structure and habits, the man>' forms of bill, feet. 



General Topics 



