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had been stored. The work is far from finished, however, and cannot be completed until after the World's Fair exhibit has been disposed of.

A very considerable part of the Curator's time was employed in the consideration of plans and details of execution for an exhibit of birds at the World's Columbian Fair. This matter was embarrassed by many difficulties, the most serious of which was the extreme difficulty experienced in securing competent skilled assistants. It was also found very difficult — in some cases impossible — to obtain necessary material; and, owing to the novel character of the work undertaken much