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The redistribution of the specimens in the cabinets of the reserve series in the South-west Gallery was continued until the work caused by the participation of the department in the coming Cincinnati Exposition necessitated the temporary suspension of the rearrangement referred to.

[[underlined]] Work of Assistants. [[/underlined]]

The assistant curator, Mr Leonhard Stejneger, was particularly engaged during the month in working up a small but very interesting collection of Water Birds from the Hawaiian Islands, presented by Mr. Valdemar Knudsen. Besides several additions to the Hawaiian Fauna, the collection contained a specimen of a new Shearwater which Mr. Stejneger