The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-11
BIRDS. ANIM1LS. IND FOSSILS.
The New American Museum Of Natural His
tory In Manhattan square.

Tho spring reception OF the trustees OF
tho American Museum OF Natural History.
Seventy y-sevcnth street and Eighth avenue was
we'll attended yesterday. and for more than
three hours hundreds Of people who had thero-
toforo known nothing OF tho existence OF tho
museum enjoyed a delightful treat.
The building in which the treasures OF tho
museum arc displayed is one section OF plan
that may yet be extended until 1t covers the
entire area Of Manhattan sQuare-a tract OF land
bounded by Eighth and Ninth avenues and
Seventy seventh and Seventy.ninth streets.
This tract contains moro Than eighteen acres.
and is n part of the Central Park property. The
lower hall Of tho building is filed with cases ot
stuffed animals from all Qunrters OF the globr.
Cats bats rats dcer, buffalo nntolopes sheen.
and rabbits are here to be- found in fiocks and
herds. The Kangaroo from Australia tho
uorcupine. the lion. the tiger. the odOr-
Gus mephtis americana. the Malay tnpir.
the hooded seal from Greenland, tho mouse.
the dormousc. and the wdc-awnke jumping
mouse; the, Wombat, the chinchhlai tho arinh-
dlllO. AMI tho time killing siOth-nll nre hnrc.
and regiment OF mocs, which at large could
razs mountains. the Andaiusian lchneumon
and tho antciiluyian NJ snih"rium, recon-
structcd 10y the tuNidcrmist's art: and the spot
ted ounce. that weighs 100 pounds. Among thg
simians. whose name il legion. nre host oi
miIikis. papion-chacma. a pigtail mncaguc.
and n mona mHunguhcy. tO say nothing ot a
King monkey with a bnck coat and white
whisk"rs and iattarm that might scare lion
Through tho middle of this lower hall arc
ranged scores OF cusrs combining the Jay rol-
lection oi shci.s. presented by Miss Catherine
J.. Wolfe as memorial ~ her father. John ID.
Wolfe. tho first President of the museum. and
for many year. President Of the NurkinE-
womcns Protective Union. In this hall. also,
are numerous spcriinr As OF Bermuiu Hul
japan woods and building stone, together with
marbles from Italy, ireland. nnd NcrmH Mt. The
second floor il 'uAcn ~ with very largo coll
lection of stuffed hlris. from tho cassowary
down to the pretty little ruby and topn, hum.
T. ing bird Of South America. On the third
floor is COLLECTION Of war spears, paddles. bnt-
tle-aXes. kava bowls. md pol dishes from the
Pacific Islands. another collection u Chin"s
musical Instruments and coins. and another oi
stone implempnts from Swiss Lake dwellings,
from peEmnrk. Ireland, England, Peru, Mex
tcn, and the Western ana southern States.
The fourth iloor Is given up to fossils chiel
Anigng which IL the skeleton of the mOa. a bird
now cH.nt. The attic floor is divided into
many ruonic one of W.!ch contains Miss
Wolfe's jay Lihrs.Y on conrhology; another
the Brcvoort Library on fishes and general
zoology; ihird, a in:ulng library: fourth
Prof. Whtlrld's library on pala'ontOlogy; q
iifth. Prof. Berkmnrc'a collection OF works on
ethnology and archaeology; a sixth. the Library
Of the New York Academy OF sciences; aud d
seventh a heterogeneous cole 'tion from VA
rious sources. Tho hooks and pamphlets In
these rooms aggregate 5000 volumes.