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that system has been adopted. The miscellaneous books in the 

 main library, numbering some 2650 volumes, have been prop- 

 erly arranged and author and subject cards written by Mr. 

 McGuire and call numbers engrossed by Mr. Carlson on the 

 back of each book and on each card. 



The sets of periodicals and publications of learned societies 

 have also been similarly arranged. 



San Diego meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists. — 

 As one of the societies affiliated with the Pacific Division of the 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, which 

 met at San Diego August 9 to 12, 1916, the Western Society 

 of Naturalists held its annual meeting at the same time and 

 place. The Academy was well represented at these meetings, 

 as many as twenty of its members appearing on the various 

 programs for the presentation of papers. Two of the three 

 presidential addresses were given by members of the Academy, 

 the first by Dr. W. W. Campbell, President of the Pacific Di- 

 vision of the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, whose subject was "What we know about Comets," 

 the second by Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, President of the 

 Western Society of Naturalists, his subject being "Modern 

 Natural History Museums and their relation to Public Educn- 

 tion." 



The following members of the Museum staff were present 

 and presented papers: Miss Alice Eastwood and Messrs. 

 Dickerson, Evermann, Grinnell and Van Duzee. 



ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM 



The accessions to the Museum during the year have been 

 numerous, as set forth in the detailed list in the appendix to 

 this report. Several important donations were received from 

 exhibitors at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and 

 many others from various and miscellaneous sources. 



The Academy feels very grateful to all those who have in 

 this way contributed to its collections. 



RECOMMENDATIONS 



Addition to the Museum Building. — Attention is again called 

 to the necessity for additional room for the proper housing of 



