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Esq., of East Las Vegas, New Mexico. There has been de- 

 posited with the Museum by the Geological Board of Georgia 

 a series of handsome eight-inch cubes illustrating the building 

 stones of that State. The series, which was collected for the 

 State of Georgia by Dr. W. S. Yeates, State Geologist, com- 

 prises thirty-eight specimens and includes gray, homogeneous 

 granite of several shades, porphyritic granite, gneiss, sand- 

 stone, limestone and mottled and white marble. Mention should 

 be made also of fossil cycad trunks from the Juras-sic (?) beds of 

 the Black Hills, obtained early in the year by purchase. These 

 additions and some minor purchases, together with the ma- 

 terial' collected in the Black Hills, have rendered the year an 

 unusual one in the growth of the department. It is to be 

 hoped that the rate of increase and improvement can be 

 maintained in the future. 



Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology. — The 

 Curator of this department reports that the growth of the 

 collections under his charge has been unusually and satis- 

 factorily large; 1,512 specimens having been added to the 

 series of mammals and 3,195 specimens to the series of 

 birds. One hundred and sixty mammals were received in the 

 flesh by donation from the New York Zoological Society and 

 the Central Park Menagerie. Among these there are several 

 specimens of great importance. The museum is indebted, 

 furthermore, to the Duke of Loubat for a valuable collection 

 numbering 120 specimens of mammals and no birds from the 

 State of Jalisco, Mexico, presented by him. Seven bird 

 groups have been placed in the exhibition halls, through the 

 generosity of Mr. John L. Cadwalader, who provided the 

 means for the collection and preparation of the specimens. 



The acquisitions through museum expeditions have been 

 largely in excess of those obtained in this manner in previous 

 years, and have included an immense amount of valuable 

 material. This work for the department has been carried on 

 by Mr. Samuel L. Klages in Venezuela, by Mr. N. G. Buxton in 

 Siberia, under the auspices of the Jesup North Pacific ex- 

 pedition, by Mr. J. H. Batty in Chiriqui and Panama, and by 



