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de^pArtment of zoology. 
The collections in Zoology occupy Halls 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 
25, 26, 27, the West Court and its Alcoves on South Side, and 
the South Court and its Alcoves on the West Side. Of these 
halls and alcoves, the Department of Ornithology occupies Halls 
26 and 27., and Alcove 100. The collections found there are 
■described elsewhere. 
WEST COURT. 
Excepting the group of Musk Ox, it is intended that this 
court shall be filled with groups of large mammals collected 
by the Museum’s East African Expedition, in 1896. The few 
cases now in this court, and not belonging to this collection, will 
sooner or later be replaced by those whose positions they occupy. 
These groups were all mounted by Mr. C. E. Akeley, the chief 
taxidermist of the Museum. In the middle of the east end of 
this court is suspended from the roof of the building the skeleton 
of a North Atlantic right whale {Balaena biscayensis). This 
skeleton has a length of 44^ feet. 
In the- middle of the east end is a group of Musk Ox. (For 
a description of this and other groups in the . west and South 
Courts see labels in each case). 
In the alcove at the west end of the court are three cases ; 
one contains a Pacific Walrus, one Llamas, Alpaca and Vicugna, 
and one contains a group of Pumas. '' 
Beginning at the ea'st 'end of this court and extending along 
the north side is a .row of large cases, the contents of which 
are a-s follows: 
A group of Cheetah, or Hunting Leopard, Somaliland,^ East 
Africa. ^ ^ . 
A group of Dibatag, East Africa. 
A group of Beisa Antelope, East Africa. 
AVgroup of Zebra, Transvaal, S. Africa-. 
A group of Swayne’s Hartbeest, East Africa. 
A group of Orangutans, ^Borneo. 
A group of striped Hyaena, East Africa. 
