﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  39 
  

  

  A 
  total 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  five 
  animals 
  has 
  been 
  received, 
  

   summarized 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Central 
  Park 
  Menagerie 
  133 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  31 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  Aquarium. 
  . 
  10 
  

  

  Other 
  sources 
  31 
  

  

  205 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  connection 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  many 
  

   courtesies 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  and 
  staff 
  

   of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Aquarium 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  Park 
  Menagerie. 
  

  

  JESUP 
  COLLECTION 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  

   WOODS 
  

  

  The 
  preparation 
  of 
  artificial 
  sprays, 
  showing 
  flowers 
  and 
  

   fruits 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  trees 
  in 
  their 
  natural 
  size 
  and 
  colors, 
  has 
  

   been 
  continued 
  as 
  material 
  could 
  be 
  secured. 
  Thirty-five 
  

   specimens 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  exhibition 
  series 
  during 
  the 
  

   year. 
  Recently 
  Miss 
  Mary 
  C. 
  Dickerson 
  has 
  been 
  engaged 
  

   as 
  an 
  assistant 
  in 
  this 
  department 
  and 
  has 
  done 
  considerable 
  

   work 
  towards 
  preparing 
  guide 
  leaflets 
  for 
  the 
  hall. 
  It 
  is 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  to 
  still 
  further 
  improve 
  the 
  collection 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  

   of 
  photographs 
  and 
  transparencies. 
  

  

  LIBRARY 
  

  

  The 
  charter 
  given 
  to 
  the- 
  founders 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  provided 
  

   for 
  the 
  establishing 
  and 
  maintaining 
  of 
  a 
  Library 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History. 
  Partly 
  through 
  a 
  mutually 
  advantageous 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  but 
  chiefly 
  

   through 
  the 
  assiduous 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  Curator 
  in 
  arranging 
  

   exchanges 
  and 
  in 
  making 
  judicious 
  purchases, 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   now 
  possesses 
  a 
  library 
  of 
  science 
  which 
  is 
  second 
  to 
  none 
  in 
  

   this 
  city 
  and 
  is 
  among 
  the 
  leading 
  scientific 
  libraries 
  of 
  

   America. 
  While 
  the 
  library 
  has 
  had 
  this 
  most 
  encouraging 
  

   growth, 
  there 
  are, 
  of 
  course, 
  many 
  rare 
  and 
  important 
  works 
  

   on 
  natural 
  science 
  which 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   secure, 
  and 
  there 
  is, 
  perhaps, 
  no 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Museum's 
  

  

  