78 May 26 - N.Y. Found the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute much larger than I expected. The natural history floors are very well arranged. The local (Long Island) bird room, being arranged under the direction of Murphy, is the best I have seen in that line. An alcove in U.C. Library might well be devoted to a similar exhibit. One feature is the lack of crowding on the wall-case backs; another is the use of light blue label cards, so that they disappear at a little distance. This is certainly an improvement over the buff-colored ones, especially as displaying against the light neutral gray background. Murphy is young, but a hustler and shows excellent museum ability. In his research, however, he attempts