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A group of Somaliland Wild Ass, East Africa. 
A group of Lesser Koodoo, Somaliland, East Africa. 
A group of Waller’s Gazelle, Somaliland, East Africa. 
A group of Northern Wart Hog, East Africa. 
Near the center of the court, between the two rows of Af- 
rican groups, are installed three smaller cases showing Amer- 
ican Rodents in their natural surroundings. The first contains 
Muskrats and one of their so-called “houses” of dead rushes, 
the next shows a family of Woodchucks or Groundhogs, and 
the third represents a party of Red Squirrels at play. 
Immediately west of these small groups and near the middle 
of the west end of the court is a large case containing four 
of the Habitat Groups of Birds. Each group occupies one- 
fourth of the case and has a painted background of natural 
scenery. The groups are as follows: (1) The California Con- 
dor, showing two adult birds, one standing near its nest in a 
recess of a cliff and the other with wings at full spread just 
about to alight. The painted background represents a scene 
in the mountains of southern California. (2} The American 
White Pelican, showing several adult birds with their nests, 
eggs and characteristic surroundings on a sandy islet in a 
Saskatchewan lake. In the distance are seen flocks of various 
birds flying over the lake. (3) The Wild Turkey-four adult 
birds in the heavy woods of northern Louisiana. The season 
represented is autumn and the richly plumaged birds are quite 
in harmony with the gorgeous foliage represented on the back- 
ground. (4) The Water Birds of Quill Lake, Saskatchewan. This 
group contains 37 birds of various species including the Can- 
ada Goose, the Pintail Duck, the Blue-winged Teal, the Blue- 
bill or Scaup Duck, the Widgeon, the Ring-billed and Frank- 
lin’s Gulls, the Common Tern, Willet, and the Godwit. Many 
are shown on their nests or followed by broods of young and 
the group altogether is an intimate picture of the home life of 
these birds, nearly all of which are gamebirds common in the 
United States in fall and winter. 
In the east end of this court, suspended from the roof of the 
building, is the skeleton of a North Atlantic Right Whale 
{BaloBna glacialis), having a length of 44^4 feet. 
In the middle of the east end is a group of Musk Ox, and 
