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and additional interest in both it and the general Society 

 thereby excited. 



The additions to the Ethnological collection made durinfic 

 the past year, are : 



Bo\y and arrows, evidently Califomian, (from perhaps the 

 region of Shasta Monntain). Presented by Dr. H. Bryant. 



Stone axe, made by aboriginals of Eastern North Amer- 

 ica. Presented by A. E. L. Dillaway. 



Grass ■ mat, manufactured by, and the costume of, the 

 women in "West Africa ; also hasheesh or hemp cigars, in use 

 there. Presented by Horace McMurtrie. 



The following additions have been made to the depart- 

 ment of Comparative Anatomy during the past year. 



Skeletons 3 ; Parts of skeletons 10 ; Skulls 20 ; Skins of 

 mammals 4 ; Mammals in spirit 5 ; miscellaneous 3 : total 

 44. 



Among the most valuable of these are two complete skele- 

 tons, and several skulls of natives of the Sandwich Islands, 

 brought from Honohilu by Mr. IT. Mann. One of these skele- 

 etons has been mounted and placed in the Anthropological 

 case. Dr. C. T.Jackson has also presented a valuable human 

 cranium from California. Additions have also been received 

 from Drs. A. A. Gould, A. S. Packard, Jr., H. Bryant, B. 

 J. Jeifries, C. A. Kirkpatrick, J. K. Warren, S. Kneeland, 

 and the Boston Milling and Manufacturing Company. 



The specimens belonging to the department, with the ex- 

 ception of the skins, are in good order. 



The Curator of Ornithology states that the original col- 

 lection is in the same good order as rej^orted last year. 



Late in the last autumn, the Lafresnaye collection of birds 

 presented by the Curator, arrived from France. This fine 

 collection, numbering 8,GoG specimens, arrived in very per- 

 fect condition, as the Curator while in France, personally 

 superintended the packing of the specimens. The collection 

 formed by Count Lafresnaye, one of the most eminent ornith- 

 ologists in France, is of great value as contauiing the type 



