1911.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 597 



Mr. H. W. Fowler has continued the care of the collection of 

 fishes and has critically studied the Apodal and Salmonoid groups 

 and prepared a number of papers for the Proceedings. Miss 

 H. N. Wardle has looked after the Archeological collections as 

 heretofore. 



In addition, the Curators are indebted to Mr. Morgan Hebard 

 for having a large number of the Orthoptera obtained on recent 

 expeditions mounted; and to Messrs. S. S. Van Pelt and Bayard 

 Long for valuable aid in the care of the local collection of plants. 



Numerous local field trips have been taken during the year by 

 members of the staff and considerable additions made thereby to 

 the collections of fishes, insects and plants. Mr. Rehn, accompanied 

 by Mr. Morgan Hebard, also visited Georgia and Florida, and 

 Mr. Stone the mountains of western Maryland. 



Early in the year, through the liberality of Mr. Francis E. Bond, 

 an expedition was undertaken to the Orinoco delta and other parts 

 of northern Venezuela, in the interests of the Academy. Mr. Bond 

 was accompanied by Mr. Stewardson Brown and Mr. Thomas S. 

 Gillen, and valuable collections, especially of birds, insects, and 

 plants, were obtained. Several groups of the birds and mammals 

 have been mounted and placed on exhibition and reports are being 

 prepared on the various collections. 



Mr. Clarence B. Moore has continued his investigation of the 

 Indian mounds of the Southern States and has added many valuable 

 specimens to his collection, for the accommodation of which he has 

 presented another mahogany and plate-glass case. The Academy 

 also supported in part an expedition made by Mr. H. W. Wenzel, Jr.. 

 to the mountains of southern Texas, from which it received a valuable 

 series of insects and a few reptiles. 



Noteworthy among the accessions of the year is a skeleton of an 

 adult male sperm whale, which came ashore at Ocean City, N. J., 

 and was secured for the Academy through the prompt and intelligent 

 action of Mr. William B. Davis and the generosity of the Ocean 

 City Life-Saving Crew. 



An important collection of East Indian birds was obtained by 

 purchase and also a fine bull Buffalo, the latter from the Zoological 

 Society of Philadelphia. 



Seventy-three storage cases, 250 insect boxes and six plate-glass 

 and mahogany exhibition cases were purchased during the year. 



There has been a marked increase in the attendance of visitors 

 to the Museum, especially of classes of school children accompanied 

 by their teachers. 



