808 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DeC, 



Sixty-one volumes of Government publications and 45 maps, either 

 duplicates or not pertaining to the Academy's work, have been re- 

 turned to the Government Printing Office. It is proposed to dispose 

 in like manner of a large accumulation of State reports, etc., received 

 from Harrisburg. 



Seventeen hundred and forty-two volumes have been bound and an 

 additional 157 volumes arc now in the hands of the binder. Much 

 the greater part of this work has been devoted to journals and trans- 

 actions, thus securing a notable improvement in the appearance of this 

 portion of the Library, and adding greatly to the convenience of those 

 consulting it. 



Notwithstanding the curtailment in the number of meetings the 

 weekly accessions have been recorded, catalogued and placed for inspec- 

 tion by those interested in them every week as usual. The entries in 

 the card catalogue have been prepared, including the titles of the 

 smallest pamphlets, before the additions are placed in the Library. 

 The entire catalogue is being carefully revised by the Assistant Li- 

 brarian, to whom I am indebted, as usual, for efficient help during the 



year. 



Edward J. Nolan, 



Librarian . 



REPORT OF THE CURATORS. 



The Curators report that the Museum and collections are in excellent 

 condition, with many additions and advances in the arrangement as 

 well as in the identification of the specimens. 



The most conspicuous improvement during the year has been the 

 opening of the new Ornithological gallery, in which more than half the 

 collection of mounted birds— some 6,000 specimens — has been arranged 

 and labelled. The remainder of the collection will be prepared for 

 exhibition and transferred to its new quarters as fast as cases can be 

 produced. 



Plate-glass and mahogany cases, providing 4,343 cubic feet of 

 exhibition space, have been erected during the year for birds, mam- 

 mals, invertebrates and fossils, w-hile Mr. Clarence B. Moore has pre- 

 sented one case for the valuable additions to his archseological collec- 

 tion. A number of storage and herbarium cases have also been pro- 

 vided for the accommodation of various study collections, making in all 

 the greatest advance in the refurnishing of the Museum that has been 

 effected in any one year. 



