8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



posed of 01- destroyed, especially iu view of the fact that nearly 

 every type specimen or other of especial note is still iu our pos- 

 session.* 



The following is a summary of the several collections contained 

 in the Academy's museum: 



Academy collection in 1860, . . . \' 3,000 



Rivoli collection, first purchase, . . . 12,500 



Rivoli collection, second purchase, . . 2,500 



Gould collection (Australia), .... 2,000 



Bourcier collection, 1,000 



Boys collection (India), 1,000 



Collections obtained by Edward Wilson, . 4,500 

 Dr. Thomas B. Wilson's original collec- 

 tion, 2,500 



29,000 



j 428 



1,522 

 300 

 300 



31,550 



1860-64 Du Chaillu collections (Africa) . . 

 1864 D'Oca collection (Mexico), . . . 

 Miscellaneous, 1860-1887, . . . 

 1880 Frazer collection (Pennsylvania), 



1887 Butcher collection (North America), 



Total received to 1887, 



Actual number of specimens in museum, 1887, 



1888 W. L. Abbott (N. A. and W. Indies), . . . 

 1890 F. C. Baker (Florida), 



1890 Mexican Expedition, 



1891 S. K Rhoads (Florida, Texas, Arizona), . . 



1891 West Greenland Expedition, 



1892 Peary Relief and North Greenland Expeditions, 



1893 G. W. Carpenter (miscellaneous), .... 



1893 S. N. Rhoads (Washington and British Co- 



lumbia), 



1894 R. B. Herron (California), 



i5,945 

 2,659 

 70 

 220 

 875 

 163 

 122 

 237 



1,065 

 205 



* In Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1860, p. 86, the Wilson collection is stated as 

 consisting of 26,000 mounted specimens and 2,000 skins. I feel convinced, 

 however, that this is an error and that the estimate of 26,000 as given in 

 detail by Cassin on the next page includes the ' ' 2,000 skins." The Academy 

 collection at that date numbered about 3,000 specimens. 



