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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[Dec. 



being examined by the taxidermist and thoroughly cleansed. Three 

 new cases to accommodate the groups above mentioned are now nearly 

 completed, so that the arrangement of the new bird gallery will be 

 finished at an early date. 



Ten additional cases have been procured for the study series of skins, 

 which is increasing at a rapid rate and is much consulted. 



During the past year the Academy secured by purchase the collection 

 of bird skins belonging to the late Canon Tristram, of Durham, Eng- 

 land. This comprises about 7,000 specimens, representing some 

 3,000 species, the avifauna of British Guiana and of various insular 

 groups being particularly well represented. Altogether it forms one of 

 the most notable accessions that has been made to the Ornithological 

 department and brings the total number of specimens in the Academy's 

 collection close to 55,000, while it adds a large number of forms previ- 

 ously unrepresented in our series. 



Several nests and sets of eggs have been added to the Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club Collection, rendering this local exhibit still 

 more nearly complete. 



The Club has held its meetings in the building of the Academy 

 during the year, and its members, as well as many visiting ornithol- 

 ogists, have studied the collections. 



Mr. J. A. G. Rehn has rendered important service during the year 

 in cataloguing and arranging the accessions. 



At the annual meeting of the Section the following officers were 

 elected : 



Director, . 



Vice-Director, 



Secretary, 



Recorder, 



Treasurer and Conservator, 



Spencer Trotter, M.D. 

 George Spencer Morris. 

 William A. Shryock. 

 Stewardson Brown. 

 Witmer Stone. 



Wither Stone, 



Conservator. 



The annual election of Officers, Councillors and Members of the 

 Committee on Accounts to serve during 1907 was held with the follow- 

 ing result : 



