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there is not one specimen 
without a special reason for 
its presence there. 
The new Museum of 
Heads and Horns is to be 
open daily throughout the 
year, but it is quite possible 
that it may be decided to 
turn on the electric lights 
only after 1 P. M. each day. 
The two public exhibition 
halls have been so planned 
that at least 60,000 visitors 
can pass through them in a 
day, with every visitor see¬ 
ing every specimen, and at 
no point, from entrance to 
exit, will there be any possi¬ 
bility of cross currents of 
humanity. We have a suspi¬ 
cion that this plan is new. 
Concerning the character 
of the collections it is im¬ 
possible to speak adequately 
at this time. During the past 
year a special gift fund of 
$10;000 lias been expended 
very successfully in procur- 
conformity with the system 
of nature. The only excep¬ 
tion in the grouping by fam¬ 
ilies and genera occurs with 
the small but odd groups of 
large and small specimens 
that represent the elephants, 
rhinoceroses, hippopottami, 
tapirs, swine, equines, gi¬ 
raffes and walruses. All the 
other families are arranged 
very much to our mind. 
The Geographical Hall 
very adequately represents 
the families of Europe, Asia, 
Africa, North America and 
South America, to which is 
added the very interesting 
“Combat Collection” and 
the “Collection to Illustrate 
Horn Development a n d 
Anatomy.” 
It is well to state here 
that there is no collection of 
freaks, and the number of 
freak heads to be seen in 
this Museum is exceedingly 
small. In the three halls 
HIGHEST RECORD HIMALAYAN IBEX 
Gift of John H. Eagle and others. 
BAIRD'S TAPIR, FROM PANAMA 
Gift of Col. David T. Abercrombie. 
