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The alcoholic specimens generally of the Museum have been 

 looked over by Mr. Parker. 



The alcoholic collection of mollusks, myriapods, spiders, etc., 

 comprising about 500 jars, have been arranged and labelled by 

 Mr. Parker. 



All the crustaceans, amounting to upwards of 1050 species, 

 have been identified, neatly arranged, labelled and catalogued by 

 Mr. Parker and Mr. Tryon. 



The collection of echinoderms has been properly arranged and 

 labelled by the same gentlemen. 



All the specimens received during the year have been deposited 

 in their proper places and labelled. 



The Botanical Committee, Messrs. Meehan, Burke, and Redfield, 

 and Miss Bodle} 7 and Dr. Leffman, have continued their labors in 

 the arrangement of the Herbarium. 



The contributions to the Museum during the year are as 

 follows : 



Mammals. A Giraffe; a Virginia Deer; a Bock Kangaroo, 

 Petrogale penicillata ; a Porcupine, Hystrix javanieus ; a young- 

 Lion ; 2 Sciurus ; 2 Pavxi galeata; Macacus nemestrinus ; Cerco- 

 pithecus sabseus : and a Sapajon. Presented by the Philadelphia 

 Zoological Society. 



A Japanese Dog, from Dr. W. S. W. Buschenberger ; a Howling 

 Monkey, Mycetes, U. S. of Columbia, from Win. M. Gabb ; a Mary- 

 land Marmot, from Dr. Harrison Allen ; and a small mammal from 

 Fung Chow, China, from Wm. M. Capp. Eleven human skulls 

 were presented by Dr. William H. Jones, U. S. N". 



Birds. Grax carunculata, S. America; Red-breasted Pigeon, 

 Phlogaenas cruenta; Philippines; Casarca variegata,~N. Zealand; 

 and Porphyrio martinica. Presented by the Philadelphia Zoolo- 

 gical Society. 



Fifteen specimens, 9 species, of bird skins, mostly from Gua} r - 

 mas and La Paz, and another collection of 28 bird skins, from the 

 Pacific coast. Presented \>y Dr. Wm. H. Jones, U. S. N. 



A Gray Duck, Chaulelasmus streperus, from C. W. Matthews, 

 and an Ostrich egg, from S. C. McClure. 



Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes. An Alligator. Presented by 

 the Philadelphia Zoological Society. 



Two small bottles with reptiles ; three additional species of 

 reptiles, and 33 specimens of 19 species of fishes, from the Pacific 



