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tion they should be placed in bottles which can be sealed with parrafine or wax. It is best that the collection should be reduced in size, but in order to convert a portion of the series into dry skins it would be necessary to divert the attention of the taxidermists from the work of mounting groups, which would be inadvisable. The skins might perhaps be made at the least expense by contract with outside parties.


The number of specimens in the different series on June 30th, 1889, was as follows:
Number of mounted skins in the exhibition series - 745
Number of skins in the study and duplicate series - 4557.
Number of specimens in alcohol - 3084.

Received during the year.
Skins - 192
Specimens in alcohol - 35
Skeletons - 44

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