No. 482] CATALOGUING MUSEUM SPECIMENS 89 



of tah.s. liowcver. as rt'])re.sentecl in the department catalogue 

 (Fig. 2) w ill ii>iiallv !)(' siiflicient in the smaller museums. 



Here I he ai i aiiueiiieiit of data will meet the needs of the average 

 department. Xear the middle of the upper margin of the card 

 should be placed the name of the particular dej)artni( tii to which 

 it refers, together with the name of the in.stitution. If the depart- 

 also appear, r. 7. Zoology Department ( alalouue. South Afri.an 

 Musenrn, Hir.ls. 



Systematic cross reference classification by tabs. The elassili- 

 cation adopted will (ie[)end on the natm-e of the catalogue. If 

 half-inch tal)s are used on a G inch card twelve divisions are po.ssible 

 which in tlie zoological department cards above consi.st of 1. 

 Mammals, 2. Birds, Rej)tiles, 4. Amphibians, 5. Fishes, etc. 

 6. Tunicates, 7. lv-hitio(l«>rins. S. Articulates, 0. Mollusca, 10. 

 Vermes, 11. Coel(>nterates and Sponges, and ll>. Protozoa. For 

 certain reasons an arrangcni.Mit in the reverse order w(»uld be 

 more logical. In a l.oiani* a,l catalo-uc one could chooM' between 

 theol<lercla..ilicaiion<.f Ki.-hlcr. lss;;,uhcrca .omcwhai arbitrary 

 grouping gives n> the 1. .Vlgae, etc. 1'. Lichen^.;;. Hryojihytcs. 



one of Knuler.' P.Kl l, w ith thirteen grouj)s and ;r)-4() classes. The 

 classification adopted in the other department catalogues, PalcTon- 

 tologv. Antliroj)olo!jv. etc., wdl m a similar manner represent to 

 a mo're or lc>s (>\lent the personal equation of the curator under 

 whose supervision they are maintained. 



Geographical cross reference classification by colors. (ieogra|)h- 



a particular color represent dcnnite area-. Sucli an arratige- 



