REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 25 



The following is a statement of the books, maps, aud charts received 

 by the Smithsonian Institution from July 1, 1888, to June 30, 1889: 



Volumes: 



Octavo or smaller." 1,002 



Quarto or larger 498 



, 1,500 



Parts of volumes : 



Octavo or smaller 5,556 



Quarto or larger 6,646 



12,202 



Pamphlets : 



Octavo or smaller 2, 705 



Quarto or larger 473 



3, 178 



Maps . — 474 



Total 17,354 



Of these accessions 4,810 (namely, 441 volumes, 3,752 parts of vol- 

 umes, and 617 pamphlets, were retained for use in the Museum library, 

 and 521 medical dissertations were deposited in the library of the Sur- 

 geon-GeneraFs Office, U. S. Army ; the remainder was promptly sent 

 to the Library of Congress on the Monday following their receipt. 



The following universities have sent complete sets of all their aca- 

 demic publications for the year, including the inaugural dissertations de- 

 livered by the students on graduation : Bern, Bonn, Dorpat, Erlangen, 

 Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Giessen, Gottingeu, Halle-an-der-Saale, Heidel- 

 berg, Helsingfors, Jena, Kiel, Konigsberg, Leipzig, Louvain, Lund, 

 Tubingen, Utrecht, and Wiirzburg. 



A list of the important accessions will be found in the Appendix (Re- 

 port of the Librarian). 



THE DEPARTMENT OF LIVING ANIMALS. , 



The collection of the department of living animals has increased dur- 

 ing the year (almost wholly by donations) to such an extent as to quite 

 overcrowd its accommodations, aud render it necessary to resolutely 

 check its growth, while the degree of interest manifested in this small 

 display has been surprising. This has been shown not only by the 

 residents of Washington, and visitors to the city, who form the daily 

 crowd of visitors, but many residents of remote States and Territories 

 have testified their interest by sending valuable gifts to the collec- 

 tion. 



Besides these, many valuable gifts of quadrupeds and birds have 

 been received from United States Army officers in Texas. A most val- 

 uable donation received during the year came from the Hon. W. F. 

 Cody (Buffalo Bill), of North Platte, ]Sebr., and consisted of three fine 

 American elks, two males aud a female. 



Dr. V. T. McGillycuddy, of Rapid City, Dak., offered to deposit in 

 the collection four American bisons which have been in his possession 

 for several years. The conditions of the offer were considered suf- 



