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were figured and described for his splendid work on Australian Orni- 
thology. The Academy’s collection have also been enriched by Dr. 
Wilson with five nearly perfect skeletons of large fossil Saurians, ' One 
I of these is the Plesiosaurus Hawkinsii, three are species of Ichthyo- 
bi a" and the fifth is the Teleosaurus. Numerous valuable and costly 
- additions to the library have been made by the same gentleman. And 
q for the accommodation of these accessions to the Society’s collections, 
Dr. Wilson has incurred a large expense in adding to the size of the 
building, remodeling the basement rooms and making them as well as 
other parts of the building fire-proof. 
The Society has also received large donations in different depart- 
ments, from Dr. Hallowell, Dr. T. 8. Savage, Mr. Wm. H. Edwards, 
Dr. R. E. Griffith, Mr. R. E. Kilvington, Mr. Edward Harris, Mr. Wm. 
Gambel, Mr. Cassin and many others 
The additions by deposit and presentation are as follows :—To the 
Library ’ . ; . 1072 additions. ' 
_ Mammalogy 3 3 A 91 specimens, 
a, os mcs ate . _. 28,000 specimens. 
erpetology, } cies. 
ho 1893 species and almost 2300 varieties. 
onchology, . . : 
Entomology, (besides many } 1035 specimens 
d,) 
The quantity of water which issues from the lake 
stly less than that which flows into it, the difference 
