74 MISK OX 



Tlio s]i('ciin('ns in the musk ox ^rouj) were collected for the Museum 



l)y Adminil Peary in ISDli. Musk oxen inhal)it the snow- 



eary us ,.,,vere(l wastes of tlie Arctic barrens, livinii; mainlv upon 

 Ox Group ,, , 1 * 



\\iih)\v leaves, dug up Irom under the snow. 



Note the \arious devices in the way of labels introduced to nuike the 



exhibits interestinji; and instructive. At the entrance attention is called 



to the principal causes influencing the distri])ution of manunals: on many 



of the labels are ma])s showing the ran^e of the sj)ecies shown, and near 



the ^roup of mountain sheep is a label including a map and miniature 



models illustratiii<i; the s])ecies of Xortli American mountain shec)) and 



their rang<'. 



SOUTHEAST PAVILION 



lacing used as a workroom; see ])aragTai)h on preceding page. 



Owing to the lack of an api:)ropriation, no additions have been made 

 to the ]\luseum building for the past ten years, and although a new wing 

 was authorized and the excavation for the basement actually made, 

 work was stopped in 1912. 



Owing to this fact, and the continued work of the ]\Iuseum expedi- 

 tions, all space in the Museum, and especially the storage rooms and 

 work rooms, have become badly congested. When Mr. Akeley began 

 the preparation of the group of African Elephants, intended as the 

 central piece for the projected African Hall, it was necessary to clear out 

 the Southeast Pavilion in order to provide necessary space; when the 

 collections were received from the Congo Expedition, the collection of 

 fishes was removed from the Central Corridor to the Bird Hall to furnish 

 a little storage room. The beautiful Reptile Groups are installed in 

 temporary quarters in the Central Pavilion, Second Floor, while nothing 

 can be done toward exhibiting the collection of Mammals of the Sea, 

 and the African Hall — the most beautiful and comprehensive museum 

 exhibit yet devised — is still in the future. 



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