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also identified and relabeled, and together with the Carriker collec- 

 tion of Colombian birds, were distributed through the study series, 

 and 1,173 specimens were catalogued. 



The entire collection of birds eggs has been carefully cleansed 

 and all the North American specimens placed in uniform glass- 

 covered boxes secured for the purpose. In these they are absolutely 

 protected and present a very handsome appearance. 



Several important accessions have been received, notably the 

 collection of bird skins of the late Samuel Wright, presented by 

 Mrs. Wright; the Charles J. Pennock collection of eggs and skins, 

 presented by Mrs. Pennock; and collections of Colombian birds 

 and of Hummingbirds obtained by purchase. A number of visiting 

 ornithologists have made use of the collections during the year and 

 specimens have been loaned to J. E. Law, and W. E. Clyde Todd. 



Reptiles and Batrachians. 



^Ir. Henry W. Fowler has had charge of this department and has 

 looked after the welfare of the specimens along with those of the 

 ichthyological department. 200 specimens have been catalogued, 

 representing part of the material received during the year. A 

 number of West Indian reptiles have been loaned to Dr. Thomas 

 Barbour, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, who is studying 

 them critically and redetermining them while a series of African 

 reptiles has been borrowed by the American Museum of Natural 

 History. Mr. G. K. Noble visited the Museum in the summer 

 and made use of the collections while Mr. E. R. Dunn has studied 

 certain of the Salamanders and in conjunction with Mr. Fowler, 

 has prepared a paper upon them. 



During the summer Dr. Stone and the Taxidermist, Mr. McCad- 

 den, made experiments in preparing casts of local reptiles for ex- 

 hibition and material was obtained for several groups of turtles and 

 toads. Specimens were loaned to Dr. Thos. Barbour, G. K. Noble, 

 Mary C. Dickerson and Karl P. Schmidt. 



Fishes. 



Mr. Fowler reports large accessions to the ichthyological collec- 

 tions, of Avhich 1,134 have been catalogued. He has identified a 

 collection of Philippine fishes for the Philadelphia Commercial 

 Museum, in return for which the Academy has received a valuable 

 series of specimens, while in the same way he has secured from the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, a series of cyprinoid fishes from 



