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than formerly.  The new wings added to the wall cases are designed for the rece[[strikethrough]] ipt [[/strikethrough]]ption [[reception]] of the largest specimens in the collection (the remnants, seals, etc.), which have not hitherto been under cover and have been subject to injury at the hands of visitors.

As a result of the expedition into Montana sent out by the Institution under the charge of Mr. W. T. Hornaday, the Museum has come into the possession of a very fine series of specimens of the Bison; a matter of great importance in view of the approaching extinction of that species.

The reference series has been enriched by purchases and donations of considerable numbers of well-prepared skins of certain North American species of mammals in which the