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Committee on the Building Fund, created for the purpose of obtaining means 

 for the purchase of a suitable lot of ground and the erection of a new and 

 larger Hall for the Academy, should encourage us to renewed efforts to secure 

 the most ample means for the objects of the Institution. 



The Curators further take pleasure in announcing to the Academy that the 

 Museum, committed to their charge, is in a far better condition of preservation 

 than in the previous years. The liberal appropriations made by the Academy, 

 of which only three-fourths were expended, through the exertion of our asso- 

 ciate, Mr. Cassin, has enabled us thoroughly to disinfect and put in good order 

 our magnificent collection in ornithology. 



Without expense to the Academy, under our direction and through the aid 

 of several members, students operating under the Jessup Beneficiary Fund, 

 the American Herbarium has not only been renovated, but all the plants have 

 been poisoned so as to secure them from future depredation, and now the 

 same process is being carried on with the General Herbarium. Through similar 

 aid, we have been enabled to put the Entomological Cabinet in good order. 

 All other portions of the Museum are in an excellent state of preservation. 



The following account exhibits the contributions to the Museum of the 

 Academy in its various departments during the year : 



Mammals and Birds. Eight specimens of the former were presented by Mrs. 

 Mary Brainerd, C. J. Wood, A. H. Smith and Drs. J. F. Meigs and W. Camac. 



One hundred and sixty-five specimens of 90 species of birds, chiefly from 

 Western America and the West Indies, were presented by the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution. Fifty-three specimens of 31 species were presented by Dr. H. B. 

 Butcher; and 28 specimens, mainly in young plumage, by C. J. Wood. Seven- 

 ty-three specimens were presented by W. S. Vaux, E. D. Cope, J. Leidy, J. F. 

 Cavada, Dr. E. Coues, C. S. Westcott, Jos. Jeanes, R. Bridges, J. G. Bell, T. 

 Julius, E. P. Borden, and Dr. W. A. B. Norcom. 



Reptiles and Fishes. Twenty-three specimens of the former, and 18 of the 

 latter were presented by Dr. Lemuel J. Deal, S. Powel, Miss Sallie Bridges, E. 

 Diffenbaugh, W. C. Henszey, and R. J. Hardie. Small collections of both were 

 also presented by Dr. Slack, and Mr. Hoopes. 



Mollusks. Thirteen hundred species of shells, of which 793 were new to our 

 Museum, were presented by the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Tryon presented 

 84 species of shells, in addition to a small collection. Dr. C. J. Cleborne pre- 

 sented a collection of 140 species. Ninety-five species, in addition to several 

 small collections, were also presented by Rev. E. R. Beadle, John B. Eshleman, 

 T. A. Conrad, I. Lea, J. H. Thompson, Dr. LeConte, C. F. Parker, Miss Bridges, 

 Col. Jas. Greer, Patricio Paz, E. Gaussoin, Dr. E. Michener, S. Powel, and Dr. 

 Ruschenberger. 



Articulates. James H. B. Bland presented 207 specimens of 130 species of 

 Coleoptera. Eighty-eight species of insects were presented by Geo. A. Propper, 

 and 41 specimens of 35 species by Dr. H. B. Butcher. A few insects, crustace- 

 ans and worms, were also presented by Tryon Reakirt, Dr. C. J. Cleborne, C. 

 M. Wheatley, Geo. W. Tryon, Jr., R. A. Parrish, Jr., Dr. LeConte, K. K. Wom- 

 rath, W. McConnell, and S. Powel. 



Radiates. Of these, fourteen were presented by Dr. C. J. Cleborne, W. M. 

 Gabb, George W. Tryon, Jr., and Miss Bridges. 



Fossils. A collection of fossil fishes from the cretaceous formation of the 

 Upper Missouri was presented by George A. Propper. Sixty-four specimens of 

 fossils, together with several small collections, were presented by Dr. Geo. H. 

 Horn, Dr. A. C. Hamlin, W. A. Hendry, Col. James Greer, D. C. Collyer, E. D. 

 Cope, F. Ashurst, C. C. Abbott, Dr. W. Spillman, John Hanson, Mr. Da Costa, 

 W. B. Haseltine, J. Jeanes, Col Jas. J. Conner, J. F. Clew, 0. Biddle, E. Gaus- 

 soin, Dr. F. Poey, C. S. Westcott, W. Struthers, W. L. Cassin, and W. N. Allen. 



Minerals. Mr. Lea presented a fine crystal of Phlogopite, weighing 23 pounds, 

 in addition to 19 other minerals. Fifty specimens were presented by Dr. I. I. 

 Hayes, T. D. Rand, Dr. A. C. Hamlin, Dr. F. V. Hayden, Mrs. J. F. Watson, 



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