﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President. 
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  correspondence 
  and 
  exchange. 
  Among 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  a 
  complete 
  file 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Vienna 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  of 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Entomologische 
  

   Gesellschaft 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Berlin 
  Entomologische 
  Verein. 
  

  

  Arrangements 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  whereby 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   Microscopical 
  Society 
  makes 
  its 
  headquarters 
  at 
  the 
  Museum, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Society 
  has 
  permanently 
  deposited 
  its 
  library 
  with 
  the 
  

   Museum. 
  This 
  library 
  contains 
  many 
  important 
  publications 
  

   which 
  were 
  wanting 
  in 
  our 
  files. 
  

  

  All 
  gifts 
  and 
  exchanges 
  have 
  been 
  duly 
  acknowledged. 
  

   The 
  department 
  has 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1,931 
  volumes 
  

   and 
  723 
  pamphlets, 
  making 
  the 
  working 
  library 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  

   of 
  1907 
  number 
  36,597 
  books 
  and 
  18,455 
  pamphlets. 
  

  

  The 
  reference 
  catalogue 
  has 
  been 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   calation 
  of 
  15,250 
  cards 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Concilium 
  Biblio- 
  

   graphicum, 
  and 
  a 
  like 
  number 
  has 
  been 
  distributed 
  to 
  the 
  

   series 
  on 
  deposit. 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $13,627.63 
  was 
  devoted 
  

   to 
  publication. 
  The 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Memoirs, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  

   Bulletin, 
  was 
  600. 
  Of 
  these 
  publications, 
  one 
  hundred 
  copies 
  

   each 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  scientific 
  centers 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  

   and 
  one 
  hundred 
  were 
  mailed 
  to 
  specialists 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  

   authors. 
  The 
  remainder 
  has 
  been 
  reserved 
  for 
  exchanges 
  

   and 
  sales 
  and 
  to 
  complete 
  sets 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  publications. 
  

  

  Following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  issued 
  in 
  1907, 
  as 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  Curator 
  for 
  distri- 
  

   bution: 
  

  

  DEPARTMENT 
  OF 
  GEOLOGY 
  AND 
  INVERTEBRATE 
  PALEONTOLOGY. 
  

  

  Bulletin, 
  Volume 
  XXIII. 
  

  

  Edmund 
  Otis 
  Hovey. 
  "A 
  Geological 
  Reconnaissance 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  

   Sierra 
  Madre 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Chihuahua, 
  Mexico." 
  (Pages 
  401-442, 
  plates 
  

   xviii-xxxv, 
  with 
  13 
  text 
  figures 
  and 
  1 
  map.) 
  

  

  R. 
  P. 
  Whitfield. 
  "Notice 
  of 
  an 
  American 
  Species 
  of 
  the 
  Genus 
  

   Hoploparia 
  McCoy, 
  from 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  of 
  Montana." 
  (Pages 
  459-462, 
  

   plate 
  xxxvi.) 
  

  

  R. 
  P. 
  Whitfield. 
  " 
  Remarks 
  on 
  and 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Fossil 
  Unionidae 
  

   from 
  the 
  Laramie 
  Clays 
  of 
  Montana." 
  (Pages 
  623-628, 
  plates 
  xxxviii-xlii.) 
  

  

  