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Since that time the collection has greatly increased in 

 numbers and in value, and now totals 798. The fund used for 

 the increase of this collection was depleted during the year, 

 and many opportunities to secure valuable additions to this 

 collection were consequently lost. Until aid is received from 

 some outside source, no great strides can be made in the fur- 

 ther enlargement of this collection. 



The most noteworthy gifts to this collection during the 

 year were a mounted head of wide-horned White Sheep from 

 Yukon Territory, Alaska, presented by Mr. Frederic C. Osborn ; 

 a world record mounted head of Osborn Caribou, presented by 

 Mr. F. C. Havemeyer, from the White River Country, Western 

 Yukon Territory, Alaska ; also a fine pair of antlers of Osborn 

 Caribou, presented by Mr. Frank Callbreath, Telegraph Creek, 

 British Columbia. 



LIBRARY 



No very substantial increases have been made to the 

 Library during the year, owing to the small fund available for 

 this purpose. Small purchases have been made from time to 

 time during the year, but until this fund is increased the ques- 

 tion of the acquisition of more zoological works cannot be taken 

 up seriously. 



The library at present consists of 2,501 volumes. 



PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT. 



During 1912 the Sixteenth Annual Report, six numbers 

 of the Bulletin, and the following numbers of Zoologica were 

 issued: No. 8, "The Northern Elephant Seal," by Dr. Charles 

 H. Townsend; No. 9, "Some Common Affections of the Respira- 

 tory and Digestive Organs Among Primates," by Dr. W. Reid 

 Blair; No. 10, "New Blood Pheasants," by Mr. C. William 

 Beebe; No. 11, "Feeding Habits of Serpents," by Mr. R. L. 

 Ditmars. 



Copies of Zoologica as issued are forwarded to members 

 upon request. 



PHEASANT MONOGRAPH. 



Mr. C. William Beebe has returned from a thorough study 

 of the material in the British Museum and elsewhere, in Eng- 

 land and the Continent, for use in his Monograph on Pheasants, 

 the preparation of which, and its illustration, is progressing 

 rapidly. 



