Pibi Natural History — Reports, Vol. III. 



It is lent pro in the Library; more 



conditions for work, 

 an ' a staff ai e public 



erally. T >f the older literature of anthro- 



pology and botany is being continued and important works, difficult to 

 obtain, ha Anthropology there 



has been pur I a number of? ' md the Pacific Island 



in the map it was necessary to reclassify the 

 literature already in the libr -e localities. For the 



Department of Botany a numl I print 9 have been 



secure Long the more valus Iditions are the following works: 



itt, Illustrati ; Hooker. Bxotic I ILim- 



' onpland. ' sixieme partie, botanique; Seeman, The 



botany of tlv Herald ; Sloane, Catal rum 



quas in insula Jamaica sponte provenient; Vahl, Eclo lericanae. 



Tl. it single ition received during the year was that ob- 



tained with the Strecker collection of moths and butterflies, which 

 was received, however, too late to be catalogued. This accession 

 consists of 318 volumes and 947 pamphlets, and contains a number 

 of rare entomological works which are valuable both historically and 

 scientifically. A preliminary ruination shows that there are a 



number of duplicates, which will be valuable for exchange material. 

 With the purchase of the Proceedings and Transactions of the 

 important entomological societies of this country the entomological 

 library has been cons !y strengthened. Through the courtesy 



of Mr. Kiralfy, Commissioner-General of the Franco-British Exhibi- 

 tion, London, the library received a collection of 89 catalogues and 

 reports of the Franco-British Exhibition. The Superintendent of 

 Documents, Washington, D. C, forwarded 195 publications of the U. 

 deal Survey that fill many gaps in the files of its publications 

 in the general library. From the ition. South Ken- 



sington. London, ceived 20 v 3 of miscellaneous publi- 



cations. Tl inical l ofBuitei r a, sent 57 volum 



Dr. John Coulter of the 1 of Chicago presented 25 botanical 



manuscri] ad Miss Alice Bache Gould of Boston an original edi- 



n of tl 15. The list of periodicals and serials re- 



cci if t and exchange from contemporary institutions, both 



jn, increases in number and value from year to year. 

 During the- 'lumes and pamphlets were bound. The binding 



in plain black cloth of many back numbers of periodicals and serials 



