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PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OF 
[Dec., 
Jamaica, has been added ot the Isaac Lea collection of Eocene and 
Oligocene mollusca. This collection now affords facilities for the 
paleontologist unequalled elsewhere. 
Numerous specimens of birds, mammals and reptiles were received 
from various sources, including the Zoological Society of Philadelphia. 
These have been prepared in the taxidermical department. A pair of 
mounted specimens of the wild goat of Persia have been received on 
deposit from Mr. Lloyd Griscom. 
Besides the services rendered by the Museum staff, the Curators 
are indebted to Dr. Philip P. Calvert, Mr. Erich Daecke and Mr. Carl 
Fenninger for valuable assistance in the Entomological department, 
as well as to the students of the Jessup Fimd, Miss H. N. Wardle, 
Messrs. J. A. G. Rehn and Raymond Winter. 
In importance the museum, research and lecture work of the year 
exceeds that of any other in the history of the society. 
During the year the Mycological Club, Philadelphia Botanical Club, 
Anti-Tuberculosis Society, Pennsylvania Audubon Society, Delaware 
Valley Ornithological Club and American Ornithologists’ Union have 
held their meetings in the Hall of the Academy. 
The collections of the various departments have been studied during 
the year by many specialists from other cities who have visited the 
Academy, while material has been loaned to Paul Bartsch, C. D. Beadle, 
W. PI. Dali, C. PI. Eigenmann, D. G. Elliott, E. M. Walker, H. W. 
Fowler, J. B. Hatcher, J. C. Merriam, G. S. Miller, Jr., H. F. Osborne, 
C. V. Piper, J. N. Rose, S. N. Rhoads, C. W. Richmond, Robert Ridg- 
way, T. W. Vaughan, Bryant Walker. 
Henry C. Chapman, 
Arthur Erwin Brown, 
Henry A. Pilsbry, 
Samuel G. Dixon. 
REPORTS OF THE SECTIONS. 
Mineralogical and Geological Section. 
The Section has suffered three peculiarly heavy losses by death this 
year. Mr. Lewis Woolman died March 13, 1903. He had been for 
about ten years a highly energetic promoter of the excursions and 
other activities of the Section. Theodore D. Rand died April 24 
1903. He had been an enthusiastic member and the principal founder 
