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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.

partment of ornithology has been increased by fifteen hundred bird skins, obtained by Mr. Brenninger, largely in New Mexico, while numerous zoological specimens were obtained by Mr. Heller on the Pacific coast. Additions have also been made to the department of geology and in other directions.

Virginia or Red Deer in Winter.
The Transvaal Zebra.

Much attention has been paid to the cataloguing and exhibition of specimens, some thirty thousand entries having been made during the year, and some hundred thousand cards written, The sum of $26,000 has been spent on new cases, and many of the collections have been rearranged and new groups