1S67.] 171 [Annual Keiiort. 



consisting chiefly of various implements belonging to differ- 

 erent nations. The donors were the Rev. Edw. Johnson, 

 Dr. G. II. Brown, and Messrs. W. T. Brigham, J. C. Brown, 

 Jr., Wm. Munroe and F. G. Sanborn. 



The accessions to the department of Comparative Anat- 

 omy and Mammalogy have been as follows : skeletons, 3 ; 

 parts of skeletons, 19; skulls, 12 ; skins of mammals, 2 ; mam- 

 mals in spirits, 1 ; total 47 . 



The articulated skeleton of a pony, and a very valuable 

 model in papier mache, illustrating the complete anatomy of 

 the horse, were presented to the Society by Mr. Francis 

 Brooks. The skeleton of an Asiatic elephant was also pur- 

 chased. 



During the past two months, this collection has been 

 removed from the cases, cleaned, and to some extent re- 

 arranged. It is now in excellent condition, and contains 

 about twelve hundred speciiuens on exhibition. 



The Council have recently made an appropriation to cover 

 the expense of preparing and mounting the mammal skins 

 which have never been exhibite^l in our present Museum ; 

 when ready for exhibition, the ethnological collections will 

 be removed to make place for them. 



The donors to this department were Drs. J. N. Borland, 

 F. li. Brown, H. Bryant, J. W. Merriam, W. M. Ogden and 

 H. C. Perkins, Miss Carrie Poree, Messrs. F. W. Andrews, 

 Joseph Ballard, W. T. Brigham, Francis Brooks, G. R. Hem- 

 ming, H. Mann, S. Mixtcr, F. G. Sanborn, S. H. Scudder, 

 J. G. Swan and J. F. Wallboum. We are also indebted to 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



Since the last annual meeting the invaluable Lafresnaye 

 Collection of Birds has been opened to the public. The 

 Society is under great obligations to Dr. J. C. White for his 

 voluntary labor in the arrangement of the collection, durino- 

 the absence of the late Curator. The space conceded to the 

 department was all that could then be spai-ed in justice to 

 the other collections ; now that new rooms are to be opened, 



