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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo07amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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NEW EXHIBITS 97 of INIountain Sheep and the "Whales. Dr. B. E. Dahlgren showed a group of the Snapping Turtle and enlarged models of several minute forms of animal life. W. C. Orchard exhibited models of Indian heads of different tribes, colored to illustrate several styles of face painting used in ceremonies like the Ghost, Corn and Buffalo dances. The heads themselves were modeled by Caspar Mayer, who also exliibited several groups illustrating the Eskimo and the African Negro. Charles R. Knight was well represented with sketches in water colors, oils and clay for some of the famous restorations of fossil mammals and reptiles which he has constructed under the direction of Professor Osborn. Bruce Horsfal exhibited field studies made for the backgrounds of several Habitat Groups, particularly those for the Prairie Hen, the Pelican, the "Wild Turkey, the Aiihinga and the birds of the desert. Albert E. Butler and Miss French contributed models in wax of flowers, fruit and foliage of North American trees from the series in course of prep- aration for the Jesup Collection of "Woods and a charming little group showing the South American Flying Lizard in its home surroundings of orchids, butterflies and moths. Ignaz Matausch showed some enlarged water color drawings and wax models of the brightly colored, peculiar and little known insects called Leafhoppers. The exhibition also included water color landscapes and minutely accurate water color reproductions of moths and butterflies by Mrs. E. L. Beutenmiiller, careful pen drawings of ants by Miss M. E. Howe, pen and wash drawings of vertebrate fossils by INIrs. L. M. Sterlino-, Erwin S. Christman and B. Yoshihara and pen drawings of Indian relics bv W. Baake. NEW FEATURES OF THE EXHIBITION HALLS. ;MONG the recently installed features of the exliibition halls the following may be mentioned: Department of "\'ertebrate Palaeontology,— Allosaurus group, Tracho- don skeletons, Warren Mastodon skeleton, skeleton of Ichthyosaurus preserving impression and outline of body, additions to Horse Alcove, alcove labels; Depart- ment of Geology,— polished blocks of orbicular diorite and other rocks; Department of jMammalog)',— model of Sulphur-bottom Whale, skele- tons of Atlantic Finback and other whales; Department of Ornithology,
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