586 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1896. 



Few additions have been made to the mineral collection of the 

 Academy, except to the local collection, which has been arranged in 

 part and displayed to advantage. It seems to have attracted the 

 attention of visitors. It is hoped that this collection may be much 

 increased in the near future, and that we may also have the means 

 of displaying a representation of the rocks of the vicinity of Philadel- 

 phia of which the Academy has a fair supply, while there has been 

 promised to the Section for the Academy a very large and nearly 

 complete series. 



Although not in the care of the Section, it may not be inoppor- 

 tune to call attention to the William S. Vaux Collection, which is 

 now displayed to advantage in the new building. The Conservator 

 of the Section holds the same relation to tliis collection, and to him 

 is due much credit for its condition. As he accepts no salary the 

 entire income of the fund has been applied to the improvement of 

 the collection. During the year many valuable specimens have been 

 added to it. The officers of the Section are : — 



Director, ....... Theo. D. Rand. 



Vice-Director and Conservator, . . W. W. Jefferis. 



Recorder, ....... Chas. Schaffer. 



Treasurer, ...... John Ford. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Theo. D. Rand, 



Director. 



REPORT OF THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SECTION. 



Owing to the opening of the new museum building and the work 

 which it necessitated in other departments, the Conservator has been 

 able to devote but little personal attention to the ornithological col- 

 lections. Under his direction, however, Mr. Henry W. Fowler has 

 carried on the work of cataloguing the collection with such success 

 that quite as much progress has been made as in previous years, 

 while Mr. McCadden, the taxidermist, has been enabled to proceed 

 with the remounting of the exhibition series during several months 

 of the year. 



Since the last report, 7,386 mounted specimens have been identi- 

 fied and catalogued, and most of the specimens intended for the ex- 

 hibition cases remounted, while the types and a part of the du])li- 

 cate specimens have been unmounted and placed in the study series. 



