nATi'TfiAi. MUSF iJV 
NEW “ROOM” SHOW-CASES IN QUEENSLAND 
MUSEUM. 
(Plates I-IV.) 
The ground-floor attractions of the Queensland Museum have been greatly 
increased by the opening of four large room-cases, each practically 12 feet 
square. These were formed by the casiug-in of alcoves, the cost of construction 
thus being small when compared with the results obtained. Whilst arranging 
these cases, precedence was given to the more characteristic Australian animals. 
In the one {see Plate I) adjoining the Bird Court, a number of Emus, with 
young and eggs, are appropriately grouped in plain country representing the 
habitat in which they were secured. Large head and side labels give both 
scientific and popular information as to the classification and habits of these 
birds. 
Representatives of the genus Macropus are given a natural setting 
although unavoidably crowded — around a waterhole in the case illustrated by 
Plate II. The artist-taxidermist (Mr. A. Alder) has skilfully introduced stony 
country, and this fades so imperceptibly into the background that it is difficult 
to say which stones belong to the canvas painting. A key to the species is given 
by means of a diagram, with circles placed to correspond with the position of 
different animals. 
Australian Phalangeridie form the principal objects of the third case 
(Plate III) . A scrub scene occupies the background, and in the distance the artist 
has worked in the outlines of a Queensland mountain. Included here are the 
beautiful North Queensland Opossums {Dactylopsila trivirgata, PseiidocMrus 
archeri, and P. herhertensis) . This case is one of the most striking objects in 
the IMuseum. 
In the fourth case (Plate IV), Polyprotodont specimens have been intro- 
duced, among them being the Tasmanian '' Devil, ’’ the IMarsupial AVolf, Native 
Cats or Dasyures, and the Bandicoots. Wombats are also shown, these being in 
