FOURTH REPORT/ 



Since our last Annual Report, it Las been our pain- 

 ful duty to record the loss of our honored associate 

 and President, Mr. John David Wolfe. Having long 

 held a distinguished place among New York's emi- 

 nent citizens, he departed at last, full of years and 

 honors, and left behind him a name and memory 

 which will ever be gratefully cherished by all who 

 knew him. Possessed of large wealth he gave it 

 freely to every good cause ; blessed with abundant 

 leisure he devoted it to self culture, and to the de- 

 velopment of whatever tended to the relief and im- 

 provement of those about him. A lover of Science 

 he lent a friendly hand to its advocates and disciples. 

 He entered with zeal into the project of this Museum 

 of Natural History, hoping and believing that it 

 would prove an honor to his native city, and an im- 

 portant means of education to its citizens and their 

 children. It owes its foundation in a large measure 

 to his liberal aid and wise counsels, and whatever 

 success may be in store for it, it will always count 

 among its best treasures the name and character of 

 its first President. 



The Institution has also sustained a great loss in 

 the death of Mr. Coleman T. Robinson, its Curator 

 of Entomology and one of its largest contributors. 



*The Third Annual Report is added as an Appendix. 



