Report of the President 87 



I- III, i860- 1898 ; Entomologisches Archiv von Dr. Theodor 

 Thon, Bande I— II, 1829-31; Muse'e Entomologique: Illustre His- 

 toire Naturelle Iconographique des Insectes, publiee . . . sous la 

 direction de J. Rothschild, Tomes I— III, 1876-78; The General 

 History of the Vast Continent and Islands of America by Antonio 

 De Herrera, translated into English by Captain John Stevens, 

 Volumes I— VI, 1725-26; Description of the Fossil Reptilia of 

 South Africa in the Collection of the British Museum by Richard 

 Owen, Volumes I— II, 1876. Among the treatises particu- 

 larly desired by the library are the ornithological works of J. 

 Gould and a set of Collectiones Peregrinationem in Indiam ori- 

 entalem et Indiam occidentalem by J. T. and J. I. de Bry. 



The activities in the Osborn Library of Vertebrate Palae- 

 ontology have of necessity been confined to routine work. 

 The most important accession was a 



Osborn Library of complete set of the International Cata- 



Vertebrate Palaeontology 



logue of Scientific Literature, section rela- 

 ting to Palaeonology. Volume IV of Fossil Vertebrates in the 

 American Museum of Natural History has been issued and dis- 

 tributed so far as possible to the exchanges. Volume V of 

 the same series is also nearly completed and will soon be ready 

 for distribution. The lack of sufficient stacking space pre- 

 vents the installation of all the books pertinent to the subject 

 now housed in the general library. An increased physical 

 equipment would be highly welcomed and would make the 

 Osborn Library a still more complete and efficient unit in the 

 subject of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 



PUBLICATIONS 



J. A. Allen, Editor 



The technical publications consist of Volume XXXIV of 

 the Bulletin, comprising 695 pages, 15 plates, and 293 text 



„, . . . .... . figures, with 23 articles, by 13 contribu- 



Technical Publications & r . , ' . 



tors; parts of six volumes of the Anth- 

 ropological Papers, aggregating 364 pages, 100 text figures; 

 Part VI of Volume I (New Series), of the Memoirs, consisting 

 of a monograph of the Sei Whale, by Roy Chapman Andrews 



