922 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DeC, 



these is a remarkably beautiful stone vessel, bearing a representation of 

 a duck's head rising from the rim, which was discovered near Mound- 

 ville, Ala. 



Early in the year Mt. Samuel N. Rhoads was sent out in the interests 

 of the Academy to explore the lower Colorado river and adjacent 

 parts of Lower California, Owing to unprecedented floods in the 

 region the expedition was not so successful as had been expected, but 

 a valuable collection of birds and mammals was secured. 



Dr. Henry Skinner spent the greater part of the summer in the 

 Huachuca Mountains of southern Arizona collecting for the Museum, 

 and brought back a series of 2,500 insects of exceptional interest as 

 well as a number of valuable reptiles and mollusks. 



Through the liberality of Mr. Morgan Hebard, ^Ir. J. A. G. Rehn 

 was enabled to accompany him on a trip through central Florida col- 

 lecting Orthoptera, half of the entire series of 4,000 specimens becoming 

 the property of the Academy. 



Mr. Stewardson Brown, through an arrangement with the New York 

 Botanic Garden, was also enabled to visit Bermuda with the Director, 

 Dr. N. L. Britton, and a full series of their joint collection, probably 

 the best yet made on the island, has been added to the Academy's 

 Herbarium. 



Among the additions to the Museum during the year especial men- 

 tion must be made of a notable series of about 500 birds from British 

 East Africa, collected by Mr. George L. Harrison, Jr., and deposited 

 in the Academy. 



A collection of marine animals on the Florida coast by Mr. George 

 Wood, a series of reptiles obtained for the Academy in Kansas by Mr. 

 C. T. Sands, and a valuable collection of mollusks procured in eastern 

 Cuba by Dr. H. M. Hiller, were also added to the collections. 



Detailed accounts of the year's work in several departments are 

 appended. In addition to these, the task of attaching tin tags bearing 

 the catalogue numbers to the entire series of reptiles and batrachians 

 has been completed by Messrs. Rehn and Lorrilliere. The smaller 

 mammalian skulls have also been labelled and systematically arranged, 

 while a rearrangement of a large part of the study series of mammal 

 skins has been effected. 



Mr. Fowler has continued the identification and arrangement of the 

 fishes, besides making large collections of local species. Dr. J. Percy 

 Moore has continued his study and care of the Helminthological col- 

 lection, and Miss H. N. Wardle has made progress in the cataloguing 

 of the archaeological material . 



