CONTENTS 



Introduction, by Thomas Barbour . 5 



The History of the M. C. Z., by George Russell Agassiz . 16 



Entomology at Harvard University, by William Morton 



Wheeler 22 



The Exhibition Collections, by Thomas Barbour .... 33 



The Research Collections, by Thomas Barbour 47 



A Resume of the Research Collections: 



The Mammal Collection, by Glover M. Allen 49 



The Bird Collection, by James L. Peters 50 



The Reptile-Amphibian Collection, by Arthur Loveridge . 53 



The Ichthyological Collection, by Nicholas A. Borodin . . 57 



The Entomological Collection, by Nathan Banks 60 



The Crustacea Collection, by Fenner Chace 63 



The Collection of Echinoderms, by H. L. Clark 64 



The Collection of Fossil Echinoderms, by R. T. Jackson . . 66 



The Collection of Mollusks, by W. J. Clench 69 



The Collection of Vermes, by J. H. Sandground 73 



The Collection of Parasitic Worms, by J. H. Sandground . 74 



The Collection of Coelenterates, by H. B. Bigelow .... 76 



The Collection of Sponges, by Elisabeth Deichmann ... 78 



The Fossil Mammal Collection, by H. C. Stetson 79 



The Fossil Fish Collection, by H. C. Stetson 81 



The Fossil Reptile and Amphibian Collection, by H. C. 



Stetson ^3 



The Invertebrate Fossil Collection, by P. E. Raymond . . 84 



Library, by Eleanor S. Peters 88. 



