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1 Mongolian, and 4 American ; and 5 of children of 1,2, 3, 4, 

 and 5 years respectively. 



Of skulls of other animals, there are the skull of Troglodytes 

 gorilla^ the largest of the Quadrumana ; 5 of the Chimpanzee, 

 old and young, and 11 other monkey crania ; 21 of carnivora ; 



24 of rodentia ; 4edentata; 2 marsupiata ; 9 pachydermata ; 

 15 ruminantia ; 10 cetacea ; 30 birds ; 11 reptiles ; 85 jars of 

 specimens in alcohol ; a variety of horns and loose bones ; and 



25 stuffed skins. 



The Curator of Conchology reported, that the care of the 

 Conchological department having devolved upon him at about 

 the first of January last, and as winter is not the most comfortable 

 period for arranging the collections, no very great progress 

 had been made. Considerable attention has been paid to the 

 arrangement of the Crustacea and Radiata. Of these depart- 

 ments our collection is small, but contains many valuable species, 

 some of which are believed to exist in no other Cabinet. But 

 a chief object has been, the perfecting our collection of native 

 invertebrate animals. It has been thought advisable to place 

 these apart, by themselves, rather than to mix them with the 

 general collections ; not only for the purpose of displaying to 

 our citizens the great variety of animal forms which exist in 

 close proximity with, and yet concealed from them, but that a 

 stranger may see what he would first look for in an institution 

 of this kind. Hitherto our collection of exotic species has been 

 much more full than that of our indigena. 



The Curator of Herpetology reported, that there had been but 

 few additions to his department. The catalogue of the collec- 

 tion under his charge is imperfect for want of the proper books 

 for reference. 



The Treasurer reported a balance in his hands of $504.05. 

 Total receipts during the year $2,218.59. Expenditures during 

 that period, $1,714.54. Donations have been received of $20 

 for the benefit of the department of Comparative Anatomy, from 

 Mr. G. H. Shaw, and $20 from Mr. Theodore Lyman for the 

 department of Ornithology. 



The Librarian reported the addition to the Library during the 

 past year of three hundred and fifty-three volumes, and one 

 hundred and thirty pamphlets. The whole number of bound 



