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skins than in any other branch of ornithology, very Uttle of that sort 

 of collecting was attempted. The series of alcoholic nestlings begun 

 last year was considerably increased. A collection of skins of moult- 

 ing birds, prepared so as to show the progress of moult from origin 

 to finish, was begun. When complete, this series will be valuable and 

 unique. Another collection, also begun this season, consists of 

 viscera to be used for comparative purposes when the accumulation 

 is large enough and, in connection with the collection of bones 

 begun several years ago, to show correlation between structure and 

 habits. The study of life histories was continued and a camera 

 was used wherever it was possible. The following list indicates the 

 various expeditions sent out during the year: 



Locality. 

 North Pacific Coast, . 

 Lower Klamath River, 

 California, 

 Wyoming, 

 Bahamas, . 

 South Dakota, 

 Oklahoma, 

 Fox River, Illinois, . 



Guatemala, 



Arizona and California, 

 Illinois, .... 

 ^Bermuda, 



*British East Africa, 



Collector. 

 C. F. Newcombe, 



Material. 

 Tsimshian Ethnology. 



Hupa Ethnology. 

 Arapaho Ethnology. 

 Herbarium Material. 

 Vertebrate Fossils. 

 Pawnee Ethnology. 



Ornithological Material. 



J. W. Hudson, 

 C. Warden, 

 C. F. Millspaugh, 

 E. S. Riggs, . . 

 Geo. A. Dorsey, . 

 C. E. Akeley and Assist- 

 ants, .... 

 Edmund Heller and 

 C. M. Barber, . Mammals. 

 O. C. Farrington, Minerals and Ores. 

 N. Dearborn, . Ornithological Material. 

 T.H. Bean, . . Fishes, Reptiles and Invertebrates. 

 Carl E. Akeley, ) 

 -] Vernon Shaw Kennedy, [ Mammals and Birds. 



/ Edmund Heller, 



Jnstallation, Rearrangement, and Permanent Improvement. — New cases 

 have been provided for the meteorite collection, occupying Hall 

 62. Five of these are wall cases, both kinds of cases being 

 similar in design, with a few modifications, to those of Skiff Hall. 

 The wall cases are upright, with a pillared base and projecting 

 bay. Their dimensions are: Length 12 feet, height 7 feet, depth of 

 upper portion 10 inches. The sashes of the upright portions 

 consist of single lights 38 x 68 inches in dimension, and are secured 

 in place by locks and bolts. The bolts screw into nuts fitted into the 

 framework of the case, thus obviating the loosening from wear which 

 would result if they screwed into wood alone. The lower edges of 

 the sashes are rounded to fit grooves in the framework of the case, 

 *Expedition still in field. 



