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To the mammals had been added as follows : 

 By donation, 2 species, 2 specimens. 



In entomology the collection had been examined, and partly 

 arranged in boxes. These are pasted up, and seem to be free from 

 pests. The additions had been as follows: 

 ' By donation, 325 species, 1,000 specimens. 



In the conchological department the additions had been as follows: 



By donation, 185 species, 800 specimens; by exchange, 189 species, 

 346 specimens; total, 374 species, 1146 specimens. 



For the purposes of comparative anatomy, the additions had been as 

 follows: 



By donation, 3 specimens; by purchase, 8 specimens. 



In archaeology a large amount of material had been received from 

 the Madisonville ancient cemeteiy, which is packed away, waiting for 

 time and case room to display it. Beside this, 36 specimens of 

 diseased bones from the same locality, and about 75 miscellaneous 

 articles from various localities had been donated, and 36 plaster casts of 

 crania added by purchase. Taking all the departments together, there 

 had been added to the collection about 7,000 specimens, many of them 

 of course duplicates. 



A register of visitors to the rooms had been kept during the year, 

 and though many had come and gone without registering, the record 

 showed 980 visitors. 



The value of the collection as an educational factor had been shown 

 in the use made of it by the teachers of the kindergarten school, as 

 well as by the teachers and pupils of the various high schools of this 

 city and Covington. 



The valuable addition of a microscope had been made to the collec- 

 tion for the use of the members of the society. 



Dr. J. A. Warder furnished the following list of plants in bloom in 

 the open air, April 4, 1882.* 



* The plants followed by the letter J in parenthesis, thus (J), were added by Davis 

 L James. Fifty-one species were observed in bloom on April 9th, all growing within a 

 very limited locality. The frosts of the nights of April 10th and 11th were severe, the ther- 

 mometer registering 28° in exposed situations. This checked the growth of vegetation, and 

 destroyed the bloom of many hardy shrubs, beside doing an incalculable amount of injury 

 to the fruit crop . 



