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and rearranged. This part of the collection, although containing less than 10,000 skins, is by far the most bulky, and the handling of it has involved a very great deal of labor. Some dozen or more boxes containing duplicate specimens of the larger birds (chiefly water birds and birds of prey), which have been kept in storage, have been brought out and overhauled; but it was found necessary, on account of lack of drawer space, to repack the duplicates in the same large boxes. They were, however, first classified, and then an invoice made of the contents of each box. Advantage was taken of this opportunity to select specimens for the Indiana State University, the zoological collections of which were completely destroyed by fire, in July preceding; but, although the greater part of this work was done in December, 1883, it is not yet finished and the statistics pertaining to this matter will be included in the annual report for 1884.

The cases and drawers containing the reserve series and part of the duplicates have been numbered, and a key to the arrangement prepared that will greatly facilitate ready access to the specimens.