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Keeper of the Hog Island Life-saving Station, Virginia. At the request of the Museum, Capt. A. H. Myers, Keeper of the Quoddy Head Life-saving Station, Maine, procured excellent photographs of a Little Piked Whale, [[underline]]Balaenoptera acutorostrata[[/underline]], that stranded in the vicinity.

The appearance of the Exhibition hall was considerably altered by the introduction of three large cases, intended for the reception of groups.

Three groups were installed during the year, namely, those of the Moose, Musk-oxen and Proboscis Monkeys. The latter however, was placed temporarily in the case