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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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THE WATER BUFFALO There are eight large habitat groups in the South Asiatic hall, and this one of the Indian or waterbuffalo shows a scene in the Central Provinces. These are the wild representatives of the ox whichhas been so widely domesticated throughout southern Asia.
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A PAIR OF LEOPARDS IN SOUTHERN MYSORE In a shoUi or wooded glen, a leopard has just captured a peacock and the two survivors of theflock are flying off through the trees. Pea fowls are a favorite prey of the leopard. SOUTH ASIATIC HALL 69 East Wing VERNAY-FAUNTHORPE HALL OF SOUTH ASIATIC MAMMALS Leaving the North American mammals and the Southeast Pavilion,we enter the new Vernay-Faunthorpe Hall of South Asiatic Mammals. Here, in naturalistic settings of carefully selected accessories andbeautifully painted backgrounds, all the greater game-mammals ofsouthern Asia, as well as many of the smaller species, are on display. This hall was formally opened on November 17, 1930, and a specialguide to the hall will be published at an early date. After viewing the splendid collection of mammals brought togetherby Mr. Arthur Stannard Vernay and the late Lt. Col. John ChampionFaunthorpe, the visitor must retrace his steps through the Hall of NorthAmerican Mammals to reach the Hall of Birds of the

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