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spent much time and thought upon plans for cases suitable for large specimens but has not as yet hit upon any satisfactory designs.

Experiments have been made looking toward a better installation of the cetaceous casts than the present.  It has been deemed best to arrange them on a raised base upon the top of the wall-cases.  A sample section of the proposed base was made and placed in position and it is to be hoped that the whole re-arrangement will be effected during the coming year.

The mounted specimens added to the exhibition series during the year were chiefly ruminants and marsupials.  Very few small species were mounted.  In addition to the work upon the new specimens much repairing and restoring was done.  A number of specimens furnished by the taxidermists could not be placed on exhibition for want of pedestals.  The species added to the exhibition series during the year were as follows:
St. Bernard Dog

Wolf. [[underlined]] Canis lupus griseoalbus [[/underlined]]

Fallow deer (Albino). [[underlined]] Dama vulgaris [[/underlined]]

Prong-horn Antelope (Head). [[underlined]] Antilocapra americana [[/underlined]]

Kamchatkan Sheep (Head). [[underlined]] Ovis nivicola [[/underlined]]

Indian Sheep (Head). [[underlined]] Ovis cyclocereis [[/underlined]]