PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
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[Dec., 
trips he generously took Mr. Relin of the Academy staff with him 
and shared his collections with the institution. 
Local trips were taken by other members of the staff which resulted 
in the acquirement of much valuable material while collections be¬ 
longing to other institutions or individuals were identified by our 
specialists in return for a series of the duplicates. 
The details of work in the several departments of the museum 
follow: 
Mammals. 
As in previous years many valuable specimens were received from 
the Zoological Society of Philadelphia which have been prepared as 
skins, or skeletons. The taxidermist Mr. McCadden has been con¬ 
stantly engaged upon the preparation of such material and in the 
cleaning of skeletons obtained in previous years. A large number 
of such osteological material has thus been added to the study series, 
and an African Wart Hog and Kinhajou have been mounted during 
the year. 
Specimens were loaned to E. W. Nelson. 
Birds. 
A number of valuable local nests and sets of eggs were added to the 
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club Collection, while to the study 
collection of skins the most notable accessions were a large series of 
Colombian birds obtained by purchase from M. A. Carriker; a num¬ 
ber of skins from French Guiana and Senegambia presented by the 
Philadelphia Museums, a collection of local birds, mainly mounted, 
from Mr. E. W. Woolman and some 200 specimens from Arizona 
collected by Dr. Stone. 
Considerable rearrangement of the study collection was accomp¬ 
lished during the year and much miscellaneous material mounted 
and unmounted made readily available. 
Many specimens received from the Zoological Society were pre¬ 
pared either as skins or osteological specimens which were catalogued 
and added to the series. 
Many ornithologists have studied the collections during the year 
and specimens were loaned to H. C. Oberholser, and C. B. Cory. 
Reptiles and Fishes. 
Mr. Henry W. Fowler who has continued in charge of this depart¬ 
ment reports that a large number of specimens have been received 
during the year, notable among which have been 30 specimens of 
