62 May 18 - Phila. and reports of seasonal bird records; much wit; evident good-feeling; smoking allowed; no ladies present! May 19 At Phila. Academy, Stone and Rhoads showing me anything and everything. Bird-skins more than a very few years old are so softy as to dirty one's hands in short order; only recently have air-tight cases been installed, tho' now they are quite well supplied. $100000 spent last year for cases. Everything ever gathered by Rhoads is now here, either by [illegible] gift or purchase. Stone says Rhoads is thrifty and even the well-to-do is not inclined to give away anything that there is any chance of selling! Rhoads' book-store barely pays expenses; run merely as a hobby.