REPORT. 



The Trustees of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, have the pleasure of presenting this, their 

 Second Annual Report, with copies of their Charter, 

 Constitution, By-Laws, the letters received pre- 

 senting property to the Museum, and the Report of 

 the Treasurer. 



The large and valuable collections, which it was 

 announced in their last Report had been purchased 

 in Europe, have been received during the past year 

 in perfect order, and are now safely deposited in 

 the Arsenal Building in Central Park. 



They comprise the entire Museum of the late 

 Prince Maximilian, of Neuwied, Germany, one of 

 the most celebrated private collections in Europe, 

 and especially valuable to the scientific investigators 

 of zoology on account of the large number of types, 

 it contains, the results of the Prince's extensive 

 explorations in South America, and rare specimens 

 secured during a long life devoted to this branch of 

 Natural History ; also the Mammals and Siberian 

 birds, numbering 250 specimens, purchased of M. 

 Yedrey, in Paris, and nearly all the selection, com- 

 prising 220 mounted Mammals, 2,800 mounted birds 

 and 400 mounted skeletons of mammals, birds, rep- 

 tiles and fishes from the great collection of the late 

 Edward Verreaux, of Paris. 



