nests and eggs, including a valuable series given by Mr. Wendell 

 M. Levi, is in preparation. The mounted birds have been ex- 

 tensively used in educational work, and the collection of skins 

 has been rearranged and augmented by a number of important 

 specimens taken in the biological survey. All the birds from the 

 old museum have now been transferred to the new building. 



LIBRARY 



Practically no accessions have been made in the library because 

 of lack of funds. Much has been accompUshed however in im- 

 proving the condition of the books. About 385 volumes have 

 been bound in pamphlet binders, and 800 other volumes have been 

 prepared for binding. In January about 500 volumes of publi- 

 cations of learned societies, which had been inaccessible, were 

 placed on the shelves, and in February a large number of United 

 States government publications was brought from the college and 

 shelved. These additions necessitated a general redistribution 

 of the shelving. Further binding should be provided for early 

 in the coming year. 



The library catalog has not made the progress expected at the 

 beginning of the year because of the large number of demands 

 made upon the hbrarian for work in other departments of the 

 Museum. The addition of an assistant would enable the routine 

 work to be carried on effectively and at the same time continue 

 the desirable close relation between the library and public instruc- 

 tion and installation. 



The interest aroused by the public instruction work has made 

 it desirable to loan books occasionally for use outside the build- 

 ing. There can be no doubt that the value of the library to the 

 pubHc would be greatly increased by placing a part at least on a 

 circulating basis, and the location of the Museum is ideal for this 

 purpose. 



The library is indebted to Miss Maria Gibbes for a copy of Lewis 

 R. Gibbes rare "Catalogue of the Pheenogamous Plants of Col- 

 umbia and Vicinity;" for several other pamphlets by Professor 



