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and periotlicals received during the last two years, the whole 

 number of volumes now in the library is 22,693. 

 All of which is respectfully submitted, 



Edward J. Nolan, Librarian. 



REPORT OF THE CURATORS. 



The donations to the Museum of the Academy during the j'ear 

 are as follows : — 



Vertebrates. — A fine specimen of a Manatee, Manatus laiiros- 

 tris, from St. Domingo, was presented by Mr. William M. Gabb. It 

 has been mounted, and now occupies a place in the museum. We 

 may also state that the Sea lion, Eumetopias Stelleri, from Cali- 

 fornia, presented last year by George Davidson, has also been pre- 

 pared and placed in the museum. 



Mr. B. A. Hoopes presented a hybrid between the domestic 

 Brahma cock and the Guinea fowl, raised by himself. A peculiar 

 variety of the Bernicla canadensis, from Indiana, was presented 

 by Gen. L. E. Yorke,of Cincinnati, Ohio. A parrot and a toucan 

 were presented by Miss LeClair, and a Snow Bunting from Alaska, 

 by S. R. Roberts. 



A collection of fishes, in eighteen jars, from St. Domingo, was 

 presented by William Gabb ; a collection, in eight jars, from the 

 Delaware river, by Dr. C. Arrott, and a Hipx)Ocampus, by W. A. 

 H. Allen, U.S.N. 



3Iiscellaneous Collections. — A collection of reptiles, marine 

 fishes, mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms, from the vicinity 

 of Fort Macon, N. C, was presented by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, U.S.A. 

 A second collection, consisting of four bottles of fishes, mollusks, 

 crustaceans, and insects, together with some marine shells, and 

 two skulls of Loggerhead turtles, was presented by the same gen- 

 tleman. 



A collection of five jars of reptiles and fishes, a skeleton of u 

 fish, four species of shells, several corals and echinoderms, eggs 

 of the Alligator, and a case of lepidoptera, from the Isthmus of 

 Darien, were presented by Dr. H. C. Eckstein, U.S.A. 



Invertebrates. — A Scorpion with j'oung, and several spiders 

 from Mexico, were donated by Prof. A. Du Bois ; a large crab, from 

 Alaska, bj^ Dr. John M. Kollick; a small collection of lepidop- 



[March 1 9, 



