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  8 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  and, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  but 
  constituting 
  an 
  independent 
  

   donation, 
  admirable 
  examples 
  of 
  Argentite 
  and 
  Stephanite, 
  

   presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  L. 
  Dufourcq. 
  

  

  The 
  cataloguing 
  of 
  the 
  Bement 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  pushed 
  

   forward 
  as 
  rapidly 
  as 
  the 
  routine 
  work 
  would 
  permit. 
  To 
  

   date, 
  more 
  than 
  13,000 
  cards 
  have 
  been 
  written. 
  The 
  cata- 
  

   logue 
  is 
  frequently 
  consulted 
  by 
  visiting 
  mineralogists. 
  

  

  MAMMALS 
  AND 
  BIRDS 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Mammalogy 
  and 
  Ornithology. 
  — 
  The 
  

   study 
  collections 
  of 
  mammals 
  and 
  birds 
  have 
  been 
  enriched 
  

   and 
  remain 
  in 
  safe 
  condition 
  readily 
  accessible 
  for 
  use. 
  The 
  

   mammals 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  catalogued 
  and 
  considerable 
  progress 
  

   has 
  been 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  new 
  systematic 
  catalogue. 
  The 
  

   registration 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  added 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  

   collection 
  has 
  advanced, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  exhibition 
  hall 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  new 
  habitat 
  groups 
  has 
  been 
  installed. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Chapman 
  visited 
  southern 
  Florida 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  for 
  

   further 
  material 
  for 
  bird 
  groups, 
  and 
  secured, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  

   material 
  for 
  important 
  groups, 
  a 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  moving 
  pictures 
  

   of 
  the 
  Brown 
  Pelican 
  and 
  other 
  birds. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Roy 
  C. 
  Andrews 
  spent 
  several 
  months 
  at 
  Vancouver 
  

   Island 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Alaska 
  collecting 
  cetacean 
  material, 
  

   and 
  had 
  excellent 
  opportunities 
  for 
  studying 
  fresh 
  examples 
  

   of 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  whales, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  took 
  thousands 
  of 
  

   measurements 
  and 
  many 
  photographs. 
  He 
  also 
  was 
  successful 
  

   in 
  obtaining 
  photographs 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  in 
  life. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Rudolph 
  M. 
  Anderson 
  left 
  early 
  in 
  April 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  

   period 
  of 
  exploration 
  in 
  the 
  Mackenzie 
  basin 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  

   Arctic 
  coast. 
  The 
  first 
  instalment 
  of 
  his 
  collection 
  of 
  mammals 
  

   and 
  birds 
  has 
  already 
  reached 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  William 
  B. 
  Richardson 
  has 
  continued 
  his 
  explorations 
  

   in 
  Nicaragua, 
  and 
  has 
  sent 
  to 
  us 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  several 
  large 
  

   collections 
  of 
  both 
  mammals 
  and 
  birds. 
  

  

  The 
  acquisitions 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  include 
  1,034 
  mammals 
  

   and 
  1,626 
  birds. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Morris 
  K. 
  Jesup 
  has 
  ,been 
  the 
  principal 
  benefactor 
  of 
  

   this 
  department 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  She 
  has 
  defrayed 
  the 
  entire 
  

   cost 
  of 
  the 
  Museum's 
  expeditions 
  to 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  