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REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



of duplicates have been made during the past year. It is hoped, how- 

 ever, soon to be able to arrange. sets and in this way get rid of what is 

 superfluous material. 



The statement made in the report of the Curator for 18S2, regarding 

 want of accommodation for the department of reptiles is again urged, 

 for at the present time it is well nigh impossible to accommodate fur- 

 ther accessions ; the reserve series shelves are filled and overcrowded, 

 and we are obliged to make use of the adjoining hall to store valuable 

 specimens, which should properly be placed in the curator's room ; in 

 fact, the entire collections of Testudinata is outside the laboratory. Any 

 attempt to establish a reserve and general series of foreign reptiles 

 similar to those employed for our American reptiles must be fruitless 

 under existing circumstances. 



DEPARTMENT OF FISHES. 



Tarleton H. Bean, Curator. 

 Important accessions during 1883. 



There were 108 accessions during the year, of which 55 were gifts r 

 37 by Museum collectors, 13 by United States Fish Commission collect- 

 ors, and 3 by exchange. 



Synopsis of the accessions. 



Alabama 4 



Arkansas 1 



California 2 



Chesapeake Bay 1 



District of Columbia 4 



Florida 4 



Georgia 4 



Indiana 1 



Iowa 1 



Louisiana 4 



Maine 2 



Massachusetts 8 



Maryland 3 



Michigan 2 



Minnesota 1 



Mississippi Eiver 1 



Montana 2 



New Jersey 2 



New York 8 



North Carolina , 2 



Ohio 2 



Oregon 1 



Pennsylvania 1 



Potomac Eiver 4 



Puget Sound 1 



Rhode Island 3 



South Carolina 2 



Tennessee 1 



Texas 2 



Virginia 4 



Washington Territory 2 



Wisconsin 1 



Deep sea 4 



Extra-limital. 



Alaska 4 



British America 3 



Ceylon 1 



France 1 



Guatemala 1 



Indian Archipelago 1 



Japan 1 



Mauritius 1 



New Brunswick 2 



Pacific Ocean 1 



Panama 2 



South America 3 



Vancouver Island 1 



West Indies 4 



