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batrachians, and of fishes and invertebrates, are arranged and 

 classified in the Curator's room, being especially designed for 

 aiding students who apply for instruction in our native objects. 



LIBRARY. 



[Under the charge of Mr. A. Woodward.] 



The additions to the Library this year are principally by pur- 

 chase and donations. The books and pamphlets received have 

 amounted to: volumes, 1,519 ; numbers and parts, 1,172 ; pamph- 

 lets, 1,057. 



By Application (Librarian).. . . 88 Vols. 234 Nos. and parts. 39 Pamphlets. 



Exchange (Bulletin) 23 " 306 70 



" (Duplicates).... 17 " 3 52 



Donations 222 "73 53 



Purchase 1,169 " 556 843 



Total 1,519 1,172 1,057 



These additions include, beside the usual exchanges, the Ornith- 

 ological Library of D. G. Elliot, containing nine hundred and 

 eighty-seven (987) volumes, six hundred and seventy-five (675) 

 pamphlets, purchased through the liberality of Mr. Cornelius 

 Vanderbilt and Mr. Percy R. Pyne. 



This Library is one made of well-selected books, rare and 

 valuable, ranking third of its kind in the United States. Among 

 them is to be found a complete set of the Ibis, Stray Feathers, 

 Gould's Birds of Australia, Gould's Monograph of the Trochi- 

 lidse, Buller's Birds of New Zealand, Malherbe's Monographic 

 des Picidees, Dresser's History of the Birds of Europe, Vieillot's 

 Analyse d'une nouvelle Ornithologie, and many others of the 

 same character. 



Notable among the donations are : 



The bequest of the late Dr. James Knight, New York City, 

 seventy-two bound volumes on Botany. 



Eighty-one (81) volumes added to the Conchological Library, 

 the gift of Miss Catharine Lorillard Wolfe. 



Mr. Geo. Hopkins, of Troy, N. Y., a large collection of the 

 Scientific American and supplement, forming about forty (40) 

 volumes. 



The Library has been presented with a very fine copy of the 

 work on the Mastodon giganteus of North America, by John C. 

 Warren, M.D. This copy formerly belonged to Dr. Warren's 

 brother. At his death it came into the possession of Miss M. A. 

 Warren, who requested Mr. J. Warren to present it to some insti- 

 tution, who kindly favored us. 



The growth of the Library is in every way encouraging and 

 gratifying. Five years ago it had only three thousand (3,000) 



