468 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1894. 



is now in systematic order. The arrangement of the specimens in the 

 Vaux archaeological collection will also soon be completed. 



Mr. Clarence B. ]Moore generously presented six handsome ex- 

 hibition cases made under the direction of the Curators for the Moore 

 collection of Indian pottery and mound relics from Florida, which 

 have been placed in the new building next to the Vaux collection. 

 Mr. Moore has personally superintended the transference and 

 arrangement of his specimens, which now constitute probably the 

 most valuable archaeological series from this region in existence. 



The Academy has also purchased four additional cases like those 

 in which the Moore collection is placed, and in these have been 

 arranged the celebrated Poinsett collection of Mexican antiquities 

 deposited by the American Philosophical Society, and the Haldeman 

 Indian collection. In addition to these the eases of Eskimo imple- 

 ments and clothing have been removed to the new building, and 

 numerous spears, shields, kyaks, and canoes have been placed in 

 position on the walls and pillars. In a short time the remainder of 

 the archaeological material will be removed to the new building. 

 This floor will then be ready for exhibition. 



The archi^ological department of the museum, as finally arranged, 

 will form one of the finest exhibits in the country, being only 

 surpassed in value by those at Cambridge and Washington. Con- 

 taining as it does many unique specimens, this department, which 

 for lack of space has been so long neglected, will now be placed in 

 good condition. The Academy's cabinet of minerals will be trans- 

 ferred as soon as suitable cases can be secured. It will be arranged 

 contiguous to the Vaux collection of minerals. 



In addition to the transference of these collections to the new 

 building an important rearrangement has been effected in the old 

 museum. Nine cases have been removed to the room over the 

 Lecture Hall, which has been set apart to illustrate the natural 

 history of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The mammals of these 

 States have been selected from the general collection and many new 

 specimens have been especially prepared for it, while the Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club's collection of birds, with nests and eggs 

 mounted to show their life history, has been removed from the orni- 

 thological gallery and arranged here to much better advantage. A 

 local collection of reptiles and mollusks has been presented by 

 Messrs. Brown and Stone, while a series of the local lepidoptera is 



