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[[Underlined]] Work [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] upon [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] the [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] study [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] series [[/underlined] - A very important change in the arrangement of the study series was made possible by the erection in the laboratory of a large storage case for skins. This case is 11 ft high and 13 1/2 ft wide and is divided into six compartments. As at present arranged, it contains 113 standard drawers of various depths from 3 to 12 inches. The case contains the entire collection of unmounted skins, except the Ungulata, Pinnipedia, Marsupalia, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] the larger carnivores and the rabbits. The larger species are simply placed in [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] deep [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] drawers, each drawer having its proper label. The smaller species, on the other hand, are arranged [[strikethrough]] species by species in [[/strikethrough]] separately in paper trays which are in turn placed in shallow drawers.

The preliminary card-catalogue of skins and alcoholics, begun some time ago under unfavorable circumstances, has been