HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 
ex 
Mr. F. M. 
Chapman, 
1888- 
Mr. R. C. 
Andrews, 
1907- 
Mr. W. De W. 
Miller, 
1903- 
Advisers 
and 
Specialists. 
pedition organized for collecting and exploring was sent out. Under 
his guidance this department has had continuous growth, and at the 
present time the collections comprise more than 30,000 mammals and 
90,000 birds in the exhibition and study series. Dr. Allen is recognized 
as one of the foremost authorities on mammals and birds, and his 
numerous contributions to systematic zoology are widely recognized 
as of the highest merit. Besides carrying on his numerous researches, 
in recent years he has devoted much of his time to editing the scientific 
publications of the Museum. 
In 1888 Mr. Frank M. Chapman was appointed Assistant Curator 
in this Department. His attention has been given primarily to orni- 
thology, in which branch of zoology he has attained preeminence. 
It is in a large measure through his untiring energy and careful field 
work that the Museum is indebted for the effectiveness of its bird 
groups, which competent observers have declared to be second to none. 
At the present time the Scientific Staff of this department includes 
Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews, Assistant in Mammalogy, and Mr. W. 
De W. Miller, Assistant in Ornithology. 
From time to time the Museum has availed itself of the services 
and advice of scientists who have specialized in particular groups of 
the mammals and birds, for the proper identification, classification, 
and installation of the material. Foremost among these should be 
mentioned Dr. Daniel Giraud Elliot, who served as scientific adviser 
to the Trustees in the purchase of the first collections secured. It 
was on his recommendation that the Verreaux and Vedray collections 
were acquired. A few of the others who have assisted in the develop- 
ment of the collection of mammals and birds are: Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, 
U. S. A., who in 1883 identified, labeled, and catalogued a large col- 
lection of European birds; Dr. A. K. Fisher and Dr. J. Dwight, Jr., who 
in 1885 gratuitously labeled and catalogued the Elliot collection of 
birds, and Mr. E. G. Lewis, who gave gratuitous service in the 
Department of Ornithology in 1888. 
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