Annual Meeting.] 230 I May 6, 



tion of plants from Miss Furbish of Maine. Miss Jack of Canada 

 has added to her collection of North American fruits and forest trees, 

 eight species, and Mr. F. J. Smith of Iowa has given twenty-four 

 models of South American fruits. 



There has been a decided increase in the number of persons 

 who have applied for permission to consult or use the herbarium, 

 and the Curator desires to call attention to this fact, since it shows 

 that the usefulness of the department is steadily increasing under 

 its pre'sent liberal management. 



Anatomical Collection. 



The work of arranging and mounting this collection has been 

 completed by Mr. Henshaw and the copy for the printed labels 

 prepared. The collection occupies Room F and half of the Main 

 Hall cases, Nos. 1-26 ; these last containing the skeletons. 

 There are 103 skeletons as follows : 



60 Mammals, 25 Birds, 10 Reptiles, 



4 Amphibians, 4 Fishes. 1 



Entering Room F and passing to the right, cases Nos. 1-7 are 

 filled with the Dwight Morphological collection ; this consists of 

 nineteen preparations as follows : Frog, Python, Alligator, Tur- 

 tle, Ostrich, Heron, Owl, Goat, Porcupine, Porpoise, Seal, Sea 

 Otter, Raccoon, Fox, Tiger, Macaque, Mandrill, Gorilla and Man. 

 In this series the specimen of the Frog has been replaced by a 

 larger and more perfect example and that of Man left incomplete 

 by Dr. Dwight has been filled out. It is proposed to add a prepa- 

 ration of a Cod as a typical bony fish. Explanatory labels have 

 been prepared. 



In. cases Nos. 8-17 are the series of skulls arranged in ascend- 

 ing order ; this includes : 



12 Fishes, 6 Amphibians, 21 Reptiles, 



15 Birds and 252 Mammals. 



In cases Nos. 18-21 follow a series of twenty-three sections of 

 mammalian skulls, representing the more important types. On 

 the lower shelves of cases Nos. 22-23 are ninety-seven specimens, 

 showing the osteology of the lower limb. Owing to the limited 



1 This enumeration does not include specimens in the Synoptic or any collection 

 except the Anatomical proper. 



