ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES 



FOR THE YEAR 1888. 



To the Patrons, Fellows and Members of the Museum: 



The Treasurers report for the year ending December 31st, 

 1888, shows the receipts to have been $64,225.43, of which 

 amount the city contributed $15,010.80. 



The total expenditures have been $59,962.60, from which 

 amount $24,732.46 was used for the procurement of additions to 

 our collections. 



The largest and most important addition to the Museum during 

 the past year has been the " Emmons Collection of the Ethnology 

 of Alaska" purchased by the subscriptions of the Trustees, to- 

 gether with those of Messrs. C. P. Huntington, Geo. W. Van- 

 derbilt, Henry G. Marquand, John T. Terry, H. McK. 

 Twombly, John Sloane, Elliott F. Shepard, Josiah M. Fiske, 

 Samuel Thomas, John D. Rockefeller, E. C. Moore. 



In the Department of Mammals the collection of Monkeys has 

 been enlarged by the addition of several very rare specimens, in- 

 cluding the Chimpanzee " Crowley," from the Central Park Me- 

 nagerie, presented by the Commissioners through Dr. W. A. 

 Conklin. 



Two specimens of the Bison have been donated by Col. W. F. 

 Cody, and two Moose, two Caribou, and other small mammals 

 have been collected by the Museum through Mr. Jenness Rich- 

 ardson, in the northern portion of Maine ; also two Manatees, and 

 other valuable specimens obtained by purchase. 



The accessions to the Department of Ornithology number 150 

 mounted specimens and 1370 skins. 



The life-like groups of Birds and Mammals mounted by our 

 taxidermist, and presented by Mrs. Robert L. Stuart, form an es- 

 pecially attractive feature of our exhibition, and 18 new ones 

 have been added during the past year, making now 5 2 groups dis- 

 played to the public. 



A new illustrated a;uide °f tne Collection of Birds has been 



