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Perthshire Museum, or 
Local Collections. 
Pishes. —Four more plate-glass tanks have been 
added, after the pattern of those described last year. 
These contain, preserved under natural conditions, the 
Perch, Stickleback, Pike, and Eel. A painted cast of 
a Pike has also been added. 
Amphibians. —Here also three tanks have been 
added. These show the life-history and natural 
surroundings of the Frog, Toad, and Newt. 
Birds. —To the bird-cases no additions of import¬ 
ance have been made. 
Birds’ Nests . —These cases have been cleaned. 
The Nests themselves have been overhauled and new 
labels attached. Two Eagle’s Eggs have been added 
to the collection. 
Ma mm als. —A plate-glass tank containing nest 
and young of a common field Vole, built in a potato- 
pit, has been added ; also a Daubenton’s Bat and an 
albino Rabbit. 
Minerals.- —These have been re-arranged in two 
cases along the east gallery ; new labels were added, 
and small maps of the County affixed, to indicate in 
brief the locality of the specimen. 
Under the east gallery rail cases, a cabinet, fitted 
with trays, has been built for the purpose of storage. 
