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  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  These 
  explorations 
  are 
  sustained 
  very 
  largely 
  through 
  the 
  

   gifts 
  of 
  special 
  funds. 
  Altogether, 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  years, 
  

   $134,915.37 
  has 
  been 
  subscribed 
  for 
  these 
  special 
  purposes 
  

   and 
  for 
  the 
  mounting 
  of 
  specimens 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  MINERALS. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Mineralogy 
  and 
  Conchology. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  

   Pierpont 
  Morgan 
  has 
  again 
  evidenced 
  his 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  Gem 
  Collection 
  by 
  his 
  gift 
  of 
  a 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  crystallized 
  gold, 
  also 
  of 
  a 
  jade 
  boulder 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  largest 
  piece 
  known. 
  

  

  Several 
  important 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  

   mineral 
  collections 
  through 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  Bruce 
  Fund, 
  as 
  

   noted 
  in 
  the 
  accession 
  list. 
  

  

  Progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  cataloguing 
  the 
  Bement 
  Collec- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  this 
  work 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  finished. 
  

  

  LIVING 
  MAMMALS 
  AND 
  BIRDS. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Mammalogy 
  and 
  Ornithology. 
  — 
  

   Practically 
  all 
  the 
  mammal 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  catalogued, 
  

   and 
  similar 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  bird 
  collections 
  is 
  well 
  advanced. 
  

  

  The 
  accessions 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  824 
  mammals 
  and 
  2,445 
  

   birds 
  and 
  included 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  very 
  important 
  additions. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  generosity 
  of 
  Mr. 
  George 
  S. 
  Bowdoin, 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  secured 
  the 
  two 
  fine 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  

   Right 
  Whale, 
  which 
  were 
  captured 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  shore 
  of 
  Long 
  

   Island. 
  A 
  complete 
  set 
  of 
  whalebone 
  was 
  taken 
  with 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  whales, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  intention 
  to 
  mount 
  this 
  specimen 
  with 
  

   the 
  whalebone 
  in 
  place. 
  The 
  Cetacea 
  Collection 
  has 
  been 
  

   further 
  enriched 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  scale 
  models 
  of 
  various 
  

   species 
  of 
  whales, 
  executed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  L. 
  Clark. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Roy 
  C. 
  Andrews 
  has 
  been 
  transferred 
  to 
  this 
  depart- 
  

   ment 
  and 
  is 
  making 
  excellent 
  progress 
  with 
  the 
  work. 
  He 
  

   superintended 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  life-size 
  model 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sulphurbottom 
  Whale 
  and 
  also 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  preparation 
  

   of 
  the 
  Amagansett 
  whales. 
  

  

  