(drawings in color; to Mr. Patrick Calhoun for important works 

 on local scientific history and on early voyages of discovery, 

 presented through Mr. Waring P. Carrington; to Mr. Fitzhugh 

 Salley for a subscription to The Auk; and to Miss Henrietta 

 Murdoch for the National Geographic Magazine. Mr. William 

 M. Bird presented a set of the Iconographic EncyclopaBdia, 

 late in 1908, which was not included in the report for that 

 year. 



In addition to money for binding the library needs a series of 

 modern reference books, including dictionary, encyclopedia, and 

 others. 



Biological Survey 



The biological survey has been largely confined to birds until 

 this year, when additional record forms were devised and the 

 survey extended to other groups. The results of the bird survey 

 were printed in the February issue of the Bulletin and are 

 very creditable, considering the limited opportunity for field 

 work on which they are based. 



A beginning has been made in recording the flowering plants 

 and trees, and plans have been laid for a special survey of the 

 trees of the city, to be prosecuted by members of the Natural 

 History Society. 



From the few records of fishes it is evident that this group 

 promises to yield important results when examined more ex- 

 tensively. A number of species have been added to the list of 

 snakes previously recorded, many of these having been ex- 

 hibited alive. 



A survey of the spiders has been begun and some records for 

 insects have been obtained. As the Museum has no entomolo- 

 gist, however, the insects are studied chiefly for educational 

 work. 



