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Henry Skinner collection of Lepidoptera, the Vanderpol collection of 
Hast Indian birds, the Quadras collection of Philippine Mollusks, all 
obtained by purchase. Also the Herbst collection of Fungi, presented 
by Mr. Herbst’s estate, and a valuable collection of Central American 
Coleoptera, presented by Mr. F. D. Godman. A number of interesting 
mammals were received from the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 
including the fine Indian elephant “Bolivar,” nearly ten feet in height, 
which is now being mounted in the taxidermical department. 
Details of work in several departments will be found in the special 
reports, in addition to which Mr. H. W. Fowler has continued his 
care of the fishes, and Dr. J. P. Moore of the Annelids, while Miss 
Ii. N. Wardle has been engaged upon the arrangement and cataloguing 
of the ethnological collections. 
The Curators are also indebted to Mr. S. S. Van Pelt for valuable 
assistance in the herbarium, and to Dr. P. P. Calvert and Mr. E. T. 
Cresson, Jr., in the Entomological department. 
Many specialists have made use of the collections during the year and 
specimens have been loaned to Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Dr. Charles H. 
Eigenmaim, Samuel N. Rhoads, W. D. W. Miller and Robert Ridgway. 
An idea of the extent of the Academy’s collections at the present 
time may be gained from the following summary, although some of 
the figures are necessarily approximate. 
Of Mammals there are 12,416 specimens, of which 2,500 are osteo- 
logical or alcoholic preparations, 500 are mounted and the rest skins 
with skulls prepared separately. The more important individual 
collections are the S. N. Rhoads collection of North American Mammals 
and the H. H. Smith collection from southern Brazil. 
The Birds number 59,579 specimens, of which about 9,000 are 
mounted and 1,075 are osteological preparations. There are also 
about 2,500 nests and sets of eggs. The notable collections comprise 
that of Massena, Duke of Rivoli; the John Gould Australian collection; 
the Boys collection of Indian birds; Canon Tristram’s collection; 
the Josiah Hoopes collection of North American birds; the Harrison 
and Hiller collection from Sumatra; the George L. Harrison collec- 
tion from British East Africa (on deposit) and the Delaware Valley 
Ornithological Club local collection. There are about 600 types, mainly 
of Cassin, Gould, Townsend, Gambel and Audubon. 
The Reptiles and Batrachians amount to 18,000 specimens, the great 
majority being alcoholic; they comprise among others the E. D. Cope 
collection and the Arthur Erwin Brown collection and include many 
types, mainly of Cope and Hallowell. 
