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Ornithological Club Collection of local birds with nests and eggs, 
which is now nearly complete. For the storage of bird skins addi¬ 
tional space has been allotted adjoining the room of the Ornitholog¬ 
ical Section. 
In the mammal hall attention is called to the group of Alaskan 
Fur Seals, collected by Dr. Sharp and Mr. J. M. Justice, which 
has been mounted during the year, and is now displayed in a large 
plate-glass case. 
Numerous other animals have been mounted by the taxidermist 
'during the past year, all of which maintain the high standard of 
work which has characterized the specimens prepared for museum 
'exhibition in the past few years. 
Foremost among these may be mentioned the Orang Utan, Striped 
Hyaena, Pacific Walrus, Cheetah and Florida Crocodile. 
In the department of paleontology much valuable work has been 
•accomplished. The large slabs containing the Icthyosauri have 
been removed from the old vestibule to the entrance of the new 
Museum on Nineteenth Street, where they can be seen to much bet¬ 
ter advantage. 
The collection of vertebrate remains from the Port Kennedy Bone 
■Cave; upon which Professor Cope did his last scientific work, has 
been displayed in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Room. The 
entire collection of American invertebrate fossils has been rear¬ 
ranged during the year, and placed in systematic order as regards 
horizons, while upward of twelve hundred specimens have been 
cleaned and placed in trays. 
Work on the Isaac Lea Eocene Collection has progressed regu¬ 
larly during the year, through the liberality of the Rev. L. T. 
Chamberlain, D. D. Mr. C. W. Johnson has been engaged in 
arranging the display collection, which has been increased to fill 
an additional case provided by Dr. Chamberlain early in the year. 
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Burns have also done a considerable 
amount of field work which has added richly to the collection. 
Miss Anna T. Jeanes has presented two horizontal oak cases, 
which have been placed on the first floor of the new museum, in 
which a synoptical collection of minerals has been arranged for the 
benefit of students, while a portion of the old collection of minerals, 
which it is not desired to exhibit, has been stored underneath in the 
drawers. 
