Vol. VIII] GRUNSKY— PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 191S 3l5 



acres. Apart from the advantage that would come to the 

 Academy by being thus placed in possession of more prop- 

 erty, if the desire of the testator be not frustrated, with cor- 

 responding increase of opportunity to be of service in the 

 advancement of science, such bequests show that the Acad- 

 emy's work and its efforts to be of service in the community 

 are being appreciated in ever widening circles. 



The accessions to the Museum and Library for the year 

 1918 may be summari.-ied as follows: 



Department of Botany 



By Exploration 1216 specimens 



By Gift 805 



By Exchange 1005 



By Purchase 1230 



r^ . T^ , 4256 



Department of Entomology 



By Exploration 10,019 specimens 



By Gift 5,116 



By Exchange 43 



T^ r TT , 15,178 



Department of Herpetology 



By Exploration 1119 specimens 



By Gift 605 



Library 



Books, pamphlets and excerpts 



By Gift 1077 



Department of Paleontology 



By Exploration 447 specimens 



By Gift 339 



786 

 Numerous boxes of fossils, shells and minerals. 



Department of Ornithology 



Important accessions of skins, nests and eggs of birds. 



Department of Mammalogy 



By Gift 139 specimens 



In the ]\lammal Hall of the Museum the fur-seal group is 

 under preparation. In the Bird Hall the generosity of Mr. 

 Herbert Fleishhacker and of Mr. A. K. Macomber has made 

 possible the installation of two more attractive large-size 

 habitat groups, that of the Water-Fowl group of San Joaquin 

 Valley and the White Pelican group respectively. These were 



