410 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1880. 



For the amount expended from the various funds for books you 

 are respectfully' referred to the report of the Treasurer. 



Edw. J. Nolan, 



Librarian. 



REPORT OF THE CURATORS. 



The Curators respectfully report that the Museum of the 

 Academj' continues in its usual good state of preservation. The 

 following report of the Curator in charge gives brief notice of 

 what has been done, and the additions which have been made 

 during the year. 



Sir : — I would respectfully report, that during the year all the 

 collections of the Mviseum have been carefully inspected and cared 

 for, and that they are in good condition. The vertebrate fossils 

 are in process of arrangement. 



Dr. J. Allen Kite has been engaged in the arrangement of the 

 collection of Bird-skeletons, and Mr. Angelo Heilprin in the ar- 

 rangement of the Invertebrate fossils. 



The specimens received during the year have been labeled and 

 placed in their proper positions. 



The contributions in the various departments during the year, 

 excepting those reported on by some of the special sections, are 

 as follows : — 



Mamwah. — Zoological Society of Philadelphia : Two 3Iacacus 

 ocreatus, Macacus maurus^ Ateles ater, Gercopithecus lalandi, 

 Fterojyua vulgaris, Heiyesfes griseus, Bassaris astida, Viverra 

 indica, two Tragulus Javanicus, Dasyprocta acouchi, Ca?logenys 

 paca, Sciiiriis variabilis, HypsiprymniLs rufescens. Jacob Binder : 

 A colloidal mass with nodules of osteo-dentine embedded, from the 

 tusk of an Elephant. Dr. H. C. Chapman : Placenta of Asiatic Ele- 

 phant, born in Philadelphia. Dr. Geo. H. Horn : Two Atalapha 

 {Lasiurus) noveboracensis, Phila. Jos. Jeanes : Two young Ele- 

 phant skulls, Elephas indie us and E. africanas. Albert Koebele : 

 Nycticejus crepuscularis^Y'lorxdvi. Dr. Jos. Leid}- : Hesperoinys 

 (sp.). Roan Mt., N. C. ; Buffalo jaw, from a forest in the Uintah 

 Mts., portion of the great part of a skeleton observed by him in 

 the locality in which it is now extinct. Miss Miller : Horns of 

 Chamois, Alps. W. S. Yaux : Young Orang-Outang, from Phila- 

 delphia Zoological Gardens. 



Birds. — Philadelphia Zoological Society : Sycalisjlaveola, Bro- 

 togerys xanthoptera, Brazil ; Anser indicus. F. W. Allen : Dio- 



