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added  to  the  statuary  of  the  Columbian  Rotunda.  A  number  of  the 
souvenirs  of  the  Exposition  have  been  courteously  donated  by 
interested  friends.  In  the  Department  of  Industrial  Arts  the 
principal  additions  have  been  to  the  textile  room.  Several  "promi- 
nent weavers  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  have  contributed  to  the  completeness 
of  the  processes  illustrated  in  the  textile  collection,  A  number  of 
new  collections  have  added  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  new  ceramic 
hall.  The  favrile  glassware  collection  of  the  Tiffany  Glass  and 
Decorative  Co.,  and  the  sets  of  early  American  china  gathered  in 
Pennsylvania,  by  Mr.  E.  A.  Barber,  for  the  Museum,  should  be 
particularly  mentioned.  Upon  the  application  of  the  Museum  to 
English  potters,  William  Ault  &  Co.,  exhibitors  at  the  Exposi- 
tion, donated  a  set  of  modern  English  ware  in  large  sizes.  Not- 
able progress  has  been  made  in  extending  the  collections  of  the 
Department  of  Zoology.  A  large  lot  of  skins  of  mammals, 
principally  from  tropical  habitats,  have  been  purchased  in  London; 
These  were  mounted  by  the  Museum  Taxidermist  and  will  make 
effective  groups  when  all  are  placed  in  position.  A  collection  of 
shells,  of  rodents,  and  a  number  of  minor  vertebrate  animals  have 
also  been  purchased  and  are  now  being  prepared,  classified  and 
labeled  for  display.  A  collection  of  Colorado  birds,  including  114 
species  and  136  specimens,  has  been  purchased  for  the  Department  of 
Ornithology,  and  considerable  field  work  has  been  undertaken  to 
gather  a  typical  series  of  birds  from  Chicago  and  vicinity. 
Expeditions  and  Field  Work — Although  a  great  deal  of  work 
that  might  properly  come  under  the  head  of  expeditions  has  been 
done  during  the  year,  only  three  regular  expeditions  have  been  sent 
out  by  the  Museum:  One  to  Yucatan  and  the  Islands  and  States  of 
Mexico,  the  other  to  the  West  Indies,  and  the  third  to  Alaska  and 
Siberia. 
In  October,  1894,  Mr.  Allison  V.  Armour,  of  this  city,  invited 
Dr.  Millspaugh,  of  the  Department  of  Botany,  and  Prof.  Holmes,  of 
the  Department  of  Anthropology,  to  accompany  him  on  his  yacht  to 
Havana,  Progreso,  the  islands  on  the  east  coast  of  Yucatan,  Laguna 
di  Terminos  and  Vera  Cruz.  On  this  expedition  the  Curator  of  Bot- 
any fitted  out  for  making  collections  in  both  Zoology  and  Botany  and 
for  general  photography.  His  work  resulted  in  the  acquisition  of 
nearly  eight  hundred  specimens  in  botany,  which  formed  the  types 
included  in  his  "  Flora  of  Yucatan,"  and  considerable  material  for 
exchange  to  augment  the  small  herbarium  in  his  department.  He 
also  secured  about  four  hundred  specimens  in  Zoology,  principally 
Conchology,  and  a  number  of  excellent  negatives  relating  to  Geology, 
Botany,  Ethnology  and  Travel.     Having  met  with  a  serious  accident 
