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The Bird Rock Group. 



reference to the peculiar shape of the nostrils), may be found in 

 gallery, case C, and main Bird Hall, case B. 



The Making of the Group. 



In the accompanying group the preceding seven species of 

 birds are shown with their nests, eggs, and young. While the 

 attempt to bring them within the comparatively narrow limits of 

 a museum case has necessitated the combination of typical sec- 



LEACH'S PETREL AND YOUNQ IN NEST. 

 From the Group. 



tions of the Rock, the birds nevertheless have been arranged with 

 due reference to their association in life, and it is believed that 

 when taken in connection with the photographs from nature dis- 

 played on top of the case, the group correctly represents the con- 

 ditions of bird life prevailing on Bird Rock. 



The birds were mounted and their surroundings prepared, 

 under the writer's direction, by Mr. H. C. Denslow of the 

 Museum's Department of Taxidermy. 



