﻿4o 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
  

  

  DEPARTMENT 
  OF 
  PHYSIOLOGY. 
  

  

  The 
  handling 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  and 
  the 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  skeletons 
  have 
  formed 
  the 
  chief 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  

   department 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  By 
  the 
  digestion 
  method, 
  78 
  

   skeletons, 
  64 
  skulls 
  and 
  21 
  sternums 
  have 
  been 
  cleaned 
  and 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  collections. 
  Among 
  these 
  are 
  included 
  

   the 
  skeletons 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  Right 
  Whales 
  caught 
  at 
  

   Amagansett, 
  Long 
  Island. 
  Two 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty-six 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  flesh. 
  

  

  JESUP 
  COLLECTION 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  WOODS. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Burrill 
  was 
  appointed 
  an 
  

   assistant 
  and 
  has 
  given 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  Jesup 
  Collection 
  

   of 
  North 
  American 
  Woods. 
  The 
  storage 
  specimens 
  have 
  

   been 
  overhauled, 
  classified 
  and 
  made 
  available 
  for 
  reference 
  

   or 
  use. 
  The 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  

   revised 
  and 
  all 
  data 
  regarding 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  assembled. 
  In 
  all 
  

   there 
  are 
  3,092 
  specimens, 
  of 
  which 
  505 
  are 
  on 
  exhibition. 
  

   The 
  exhibition 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  improved 
  by 
  regrouping 
  

   the 
  specimens 
  and 
  by 
  adding 
  many 
  artificial 
  sprays 
  of 
  fruits 
  

   and 
  flowers. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  colored 
  transparencies 
  has 
  greatly 
  

   increased 
  the 
  general 
  attractiveness 
  of 
  the 
  hall. 
  

  

  LIBRARY. 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Books 
  and 
  Publications. 
  — 
  As 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  extends 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  its 
  scientific 
  work 
  and 
  its 
  

   explorations, 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  a 
  well-equipped 
  library 
  will 
  

   be 
  readily 
  understood. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  aim 
  of 
  Professor 
  

   Tower, 
  the 
  Curator, 
  to 
  build 
  up 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  library 
  of 
  

   natural 
  history, 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  large 
  general 
  library. 
  The 
  

   success 
  of 
  his 
  efforts 
  is 
  attested 
  by 
  the 
  increasing 
  number 
  of 
  

   students 
  and 
  investigators 
  who 
  visit 
  the 
  Museum 
  to 
  consult 
  

   our 
  books 
  and 
  publications. 
  While 
  there 
  still 
  remain 
  many 
  

   gaps 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  periodicals 
  and 
  volumes 
  needed, 
  excellent 
  

   progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  procuring 
  such 
  works. 
  Several 
  

   valuable 
  and 
  important 
  acquisitions 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  through 
  

  

  