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attractive. The gross weight as packed lor shipping ranges from 65 pounds 
to 190 pounds. The collections are as follows: 
No. 1. Sea Shells. This collection consists of the following groups of 
shells from various parts of the British Empire: 
1. Trumpet shell or dinner horn. 
2. Edible Canadian shells. 
3. Cone shells showing types of tropical colour pattern. 
4. Carnivorous molluscs preying on oysters. 
5. Tropical carnivorous snails. 
6. Shells used as money. 
7. Rock and wood boring shells. 
8. Thorny oyster. 
9. Drill shells. 
10. Cowrie shells, used for ornaments, money, and for buttons. 
No. 2. Indian Ornaments. This exhibit consists of five cases of articles 
used by the Indians of Canada in the adornment of their persons. It is, 
in a sense, an exhibit of Indian and Eskimo jewellery. The five cases bear 
the following labels: 
1. Pendants and ear-rings. 
2. Combs and hair-pins. 
3. Brooches and bracelets. 
4. Labrets and nose-pins. 
5. Necklaces. 
No. 3. Biology. There are six cases as follows: 
1. Protective coloration. Specimens of the following species against natural back- 
grounds: 
Mourning cloak butterfly. 
Under-wing moth. 
Tern’s eggs in nest. 
Whip-poor-will. 
Weasel in winter. 
2. Mimicry. Specimens of: 
Flies mimicking bees and wasps. 
Viceroy butterfly mimicking Monarch butterfly. 
3. Geographic variation. Specimens of various geographic races of song sparrows 
with map showing distribution. 
4. Distinctive characters of woodpeckers. Casts, models, and specimens. 
5. Distinctions between flesh-eating and gnawing mammals. Specimens showing 
distinctions in teeth structure and their use. 
6. Distinctions between frogs and toads. Casts and drawings. 
No. 4- Canadian Dinosaurs. The exhibit consists of the following 
articles: 
1. A cast of the skin impression of a horned dinosaur ( Chasmosaurus belli Lambe) : 
it shows that these animals were protected by rather thin, non-imbricating scales which 
varied considerably in size. 
2. Nasal horn core. 
3. Rostral bone or beak which was also covered with a horny sheath. 
4. Miniature restoration model of a horned dinosaur. It shows the relative pro- 
portions and build of the animal. 
5. Dermal plate or bone that fitted in the skin of one of the armoured dinosaurs. 
6. Teeth of an armoured dinosaur. 
7 and 8. Sections of jaws of a duck-billed dinosaur. The teeth were arranged in 
a magazine, in vertical as well as horizontal rows, and were continually growing up to 
replace the worn ones. 
