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[[embossed flying bird]] 53 During this period the exhibition series of mammals occupied [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] certain cases upon the floor of the main hall of the Smithsonian building, and the the galleries on the north [[strikethrough]] side [[/strikethrough]] south sides of the same hall. The mounted skins were labeled throughout in the most careful and [[strikethrough]] precis [[/strikethrough]] elaborate manner. The osteological series was also labeled, but not so thoroughly. The alcoholic collection and the duplicate skins were stored in [[strikethrough]] various [[/strikethrough]] such different parts of the building as the crowded conditions of the storage-rooms would permit. In 1876 the department was represented with others at the Centennial Exhibition. One hundred and fifty-eight species and varieties were included in the series, some of which were represented by mounted skins, others by skeletons, skulls or photographs. Some important species were represented [[strikethrough]] by a [[/strikethrough]] in all these forms.