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of labels, &c, several special tasks were undertaken. The entire collection of skulls was furnished with uniform labels and the skins of the monkeys and carnivores also received fresh labels, it having been noticed in the latter case that many of the old labels were becoming illegible. It should be remarked here that the original labels received with the specimens are never removed unless, as sometimes happens, they are of absurdly large size.

A division was made of the skins, amounting to over 300, which had accumulated in the taxidermists tanks, some being assigned to the exhibition series and others to the study series. A considerable number of large skins, belonging to the latter series, were received from the taxidermists