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during eruption of permanent teeth. Of Indian relics there are ar- 

 rows, perforators, and axes from New Mexico, Yucatan, and Andalu- 

 sia, Illinois; a complete outfit of an Indian brave — bow, arrows, and 

 gun — accompanied by a history of the owner, with his apparatus for 

 kindling fire, also bow-string and iron -tipped arrows from the plains 

 of Texas. 



H. S. Wagner of this city has added to our oological collection the 

 egg of his African parrot {Psitacus erythacus, Lin.), only two of which, 

 he states, were ever laid on this continent, hence he thought it might 

 prove a desirable acquisition to the Academy. 



During the past week a visitor asked whether we would be pleased 

 to have the head and attached horns of the buffalo, proposing to spare 

 us two specimens. The next day they were found at the door, evi- 

 dently one old head and one younger, in a good state of preservation. 



As I said in commencing this report, the additions made to the mu- 

 seum compare very favorably with those of preceding years : there is 

 scarcely a department of Natural History not to some extent repre- 

 sented. This holds good in geology, mineralogy, archaeology, orni- 

 thology, oology. Even in the matter of Indian relics and remains, we 

 could not part with any trusting to find its duplicate. 



January 2, 1895, W. H. Barris, Curator. 



REPORT OF THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. 



Your committee would report that the publication of Volume V. and 

 Part I. of Volume VI. has brought many most interesting and val- 

 uable publications in exchange from scientific societies, and proved to 

 the world at large that the Academy is a live institution. 



The indebtedness of the publication at the end of last year was 

 $284.00. This has been paid by funds raised at the entertainments 

 given and by subscriptions to Volume A^I., and there is a balance in 

 bank of $36.00. 



Professor Frederick Starr of the Chicago University has prepared a 

 "Summary of Iowa Archaeology" which will be included in Volume 

 VI., to be published in the near future. 



The recommendation of your President last year, for an endowment 

 of $20,000 for a publication fund has not, so far, elicited a response. 

 In these days when thousands change hands as Christmas gifts, will not 

 some friend of the Academy remember that thus placing the publica- 

 tion of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences on a sure footing 

 is to perpetuate the good name and fame of the City of Davenport and 

 build up a scientific library that is already superior to many others in 

 the United States? M. L. D. Putnam, 



January 2, 1895. Chairman Publication Committee. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



President — Edward S. Hammatt. 

 Vice-President — C. H. Preston. 



