Report of the President $?> 



have contributed $64,000 for the general development of the 

 Museum, while the contributions of Trustees and Members to- 

 gether for general and special purposes have been $106,541.43. 

 As has been the case for many years, the New York 

 Zoological Society has presented to the Museum a large num- 

 ber of zoological specimens, which are separately acknowledged 

 in the department reports. The gifts this year include two 

 Giraffes, a Spectacled Bear, Grant's Zebra, Tasmanian Wolf 

 and many other specimens of mammals, birds and reptiles. 

 A summary of the gifts from the Zoological Society, the 

 Aquarium and the Central Park Menagerie is as follows: 



Zoological Department 



Society Aquarium of Parks 



Mammals 27 2 31 



Birds no . . 37 



Reptiles 82 2 5 



Batrachians 17 2 



Fishes 21 



236 27 73 



One of the most notable gifts of the year was the Mason 

 Archaeological Collection from the vicinity of Jonesboro, Ten- 

 nessee, presented to the Museum by J. P. Morgan. It con- 

 tains several remarkable engraved shell gorgets and a number 

 of unusual stone implements, among which are two large 

 exceptional celts. The entire collection came from one 

 locality and thus constitutes an important addition to the 

 Museum's series from the Eastern States. 



Another gift of note is the Angelo Heilprin Exploring 

 Fund established by Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Sachs. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Sachs have agreed to contribute $500 annually to this 

 fund, which is designed as a memorial to the late Angelo 

 Heilprin, the distinguished artist and geologist, this sum to be 

 devoted to some appropriate exploration. 



The first use of the fund will be to aid in completing the 

 studies of West Indian volcanoes begun by Curator Hovey 

 in 1902. 



Through the generosity of Mrs. E. H. Harriman, our 

 ethnological collections have been enriched by the gift of a rare 

 costume decorated with porcupine quillwork, from the Mandan 

 Indians, a tribe that was once historically prominent along the 

 Missouri River, but now nearly extinct. 



