LABELS 



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and Peary's caribou, the smallest and northernmost of the group. 



_ ., Although fourteen species of caribou occur in North 



Caribou , , , j 



America, none has been domesticated, though thespeciee 



PART OF FUR SEAL GROUP 



brought from Siberia by our Government to furnish food and transporta- 

 tion has increased rapidly. 



Note the various devices in the way of labels introduced to make the 

 exhibits interesting and instructive. At the entrance attention is called 

 to the principal causes influencing the distribution of mammals; just 

 within is a plan giving the location of the various animals shown therein; 

 there are numerous large labels indicating the distribution of the families 

 to which the animals belong, telling something of their characters or 

 habits and giving the number of species and races, while on many of the 

 labels are maps showing the range of individual species, and near the 

 group of mountain sheep is a label including a map and miniature models 

 illustrating the species of North American mountain sheep and their 

 range. 



