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Locality. Collector. Material. 



Western Venezuela and 



Eastern Colombia . . W. H. Osgood, Birds and mammals. 



Pacific Coast . . . . H. H. Smith, Timber, economic material and 



herbarium specimens. 



Bahama Archipelago . . C. F. Millspaugh, Herbarium specimens and eco- 

 nomic material. 



Ohio C. L. Owen, Archaeological investigations. 



Kansas S. C. Simms, Ethnological investigations. 



South Missouri . . O. E. Lansing, Jr., Herbarium specimens. 



Champion, Michigan . C. Brandler, Skins of Beavers and accessories 



for groups. 



Wisconsin and Illinois . . C. B. Cory, Group studies. 



Tropics of the Old World . C. F. Millspaugh, Economic material and herbarium 



specimens. 



Louisville, Ky. and Chan- 



ahon, Illinois ... A. W. Slocom, Invertebrate fossils. 

 New York and Washington C. B. Cory, Examining and comparing speci- 



mens in museums. 



Michigan, Indiana, and Illi- 

 nois O. E. Lansing, Jr. Herbarium specimens. 



New Buffalo and Dowagiac, 



Mich C. B. Cory and Material for groups. 



L. L. Pray, 



New Guinea, New Hebrides, 



New Caledonia, etc. . . A. B. Lewis, Ethnological. 

 Panama S. E. Meek, Fishes and reptiles. 



Installation, rearrangement and Permanent Improvement. — During the 

 early part of the year 94 cases, containing Cahfornia ethnology and 

 material from the Pawnee, Wichita, Caddo, and Arikara Indians, 

 and material from South America, were removed from Halls 30, 31 

 and 34 and Alcoves 106, 107 and 108 to the East Court, so that 

 cases of installed material in the Department of Geology could be 

 removed from the West Annex and accommodated in the above 

 vacated Halls and Alcoves. In order to make this arrangement, it was 

 found necessary to remove from public exhibition the contents of 

 32 cases of North and South American archaeological material, 

 which has been carefully packed, labelled and stored where it doubt- 

 less will have to remain during the occupancy of the present building, 

 as space for its proper display is not available. Hall 56, containing 

 twenty-seven standard cases of installed Ainu material and material 

 from Saghalin and Siberian tribes, and from India, Ceylon, Siam, 

 Burma, and Korea, has been repainted and refloored and arranged 

 for inspection by the public, which for some time past has been denied 

 this privilege, due to crowded conditions existing in the rotunda of 

 the East Annex, which no longer exists, and which, though not installed 



