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Mr. H. W. Fowler has continued the care of the collection of 
fishes and has critically studied the Apotlal and Salmonoid groups 
and prepared a number of papers for the Proceedings. Miss 
H. N. Wardle has looked after the Archeological collections as 
heretofore. 
In addition, the Curators are indebted to Mr. Morgan Hebard 
for having a large number of the Orthoptera obtained on recent 
expeditions mounted; and to Messrs. S. S. Van Pelt and Bayard 
Long for valuable aid in the care of the local collection of plants. 
Numerous local field trips have been taken during the year by 
members of the staff and considerable additions made thereby to 
the collections of fishes, insects and plants. Mr. Rehn, accompanied 
by Mr. Morgan Hebard, also visited Georgia and Florida, and 
Mr. Stone the mountains of western Maryland. 
Early in the year, through the liberality of Mr. Francis E. Bond, 
an expedition was undertaken to the Orinoco delta and other parts 
of northern Venezuela, in the interests of the Academy. Mr. Bond 
was accompanied by Mr. Stewardson Brown and Mr. Thomas S. 
Gillen, and valuable collections, especially of birds, insects, and 
plants, were obtained. Several groups of the birds and mammals 
have been mounted and placed on exhibition and reports are being 
prepared on the various collections. 
Air. Clarence B. Aloore has continued his investigation of the 
Indian mounds of the Southern States and has added many valuable 
specimens to his collection, for the accommodation of which he has 
presented another mahogany and plate-glass case. The Academy 
also supported in part an expedition made by Air. H. W. Wenzel, Jr., 
to the mountains of southern Texas, from which it received a valuable 
series of insects and a few reptiles. 
Noteworthy among the accessions of the year is a skeleton of an 
adult male sperm whale, which came ashore at Ocean City, N. J., 
and was secured for the Academy through the prompt and intelligent 
action of Air. William B. Davis and the generosity of the Ocean 
City Life-Saving Crew. 
An important collection of East Indian birds was obtained by 
purchase and also a fine bull Buffalo, the latter from the Zoological 
Society of Philadelphia. 
Seventy-three storage cases, 250 insect boxes and six plate-glass 
and mahogany exhibition cases were purchased during the year. 
There has been a marked increase in the attendance of visitors 
to the Museum, especially of classes of school children accompanied 
by their teachers. 
