500 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



REPORT OF THE MINERALOGICAL AND GEOLOGI- 

 CAL SECTION. 



The Director of the Mineralogical and Geological Section of the 

 Academy, would respectfully report that meetings of the Section 

 with the Academy have been held regularly every month during 

 the year, besides other meetings of the Section. 



One hundred and four specimens of minerals and rocks have 

 been presented during the year by twenty individuals. 



The special feature of the year has been a series of excursions by 

 the Section to various points of mineralogical and geological inter- 

 est in the vicinity of Philadelphia. These have been most success- 

 ful ; the attendance has ranged from twenty to upward of fifty. 

 The interest manifested has been great, and it is hoped that many 

 young persons have been influenced toward the study of miner- 

 als and rocks. These excursions have been without expense to the 

 Section, except for stationery, etc. 



Some members of the Section, with the Conservator, and with the 

 assent of the Curators, are engaged in rectifying the labels of the 

 specimens in the Academy's collection, quite a number of which 

 were found to have either wrong localities, or localities too indefi- 

 nite. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Theo. D. Rand, 



Director. 



REPORT OF THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SECTION. 



During the past year much important work has been accom- 

 plished in the re-arrangement of the Ornithological collections, and 

 they are now in an excellent state of preservation. 



The renovation of the exhibition collection of birds has been 

 begun in accordance with the plan outlined in last year's report, 

 and with the assistance of the Academy's able taxidermist, Mr. D. 

 N. McCadden, very satisfactory progress has been made. 



The collection of North American birds has been entirely 

 remounted on walnut or stained stands, and re-labelled in accord- 

 ance with the American Ornithologists' Union check-list, while the 

 habitat of each species also appears on the label, which Avill prove 

 of material aid to those who consult the collection. The whole 



