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Through the cooperation of the proprietors of the Illustrated 
American, the Museum was enabled to send a collector with their 
Archaeological Expedition to the San Juan region of Colorado, 
Utah and New Mexico, resulting in the acquisition by the Museum 
of a large number of mammals and birds. The former proved 
especially valuable, containing several species new to science. 
Early in the year a new " Guide to the Exhibition Collection 
of Mammals " was published, and the labeling of the collection 
completed. The entire collection of both birds and mammals is 
in satisfactory order. 
Department of Taxidermy. — The Bison Group, Woodchuck 
Group and three bird groups have been added during the year. 
The latter are of a very novel and attractive character. 
Fifty mammals and two hundred birds have been prepared and 
placed on exhibition, the Whale skeleton remounted, and repairs 
have been made on various other specimens. 
Bulletin. — During the year an entire volume of the Museum 
Bulletin has been prepared and published, consisting of nearly 
400 pages of text, sixteen plates, and over thirty illustrations in 
the text. 
Of the fifteen papers, three, prepared by Professor Henry 
Fairfield Osborn, Dr. J. L. Wortman, and Mr. Charles Earle, 
relate to fossil mammals ; three, by Professor j. A. Allen, to recent 
mammals ; six, by Professor Allen and Mr. Frank M. Chapman, 
to birds ; and six, by Mr. William Beutenmiiller, to insects. 
Department of Entomology. — This department has been 
greatly enriched and augmented by the acquisition of the well- 
known collection gathered by the late Henry Edwards, which was 
partly purchased by the friends of the deceased. Reference was 
made to this purchase in the report of last year. 
The collection consists of about two hundred and fifty thousand 
specimens of insects from all parts of the globe, and is extremely 
rich in material from this country. 
The Elliot Collection of Butterflies and Moths has been arranged 
and classified and placed in the cabinets constructed for this pur- 
pose. 4000 different specimens of butterflies and moths have been 
displayed in the desk cases and the gallery floor of the new wing. 
