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of flints, reproductions of flint tools, and other interesting objects; from 

 Rev. F. W. Galpin, Hatfleld Vicarage, Harlow, England, musical 

 instruments and a reproduction of an extinct Welsh instrument; from 

 Mr. Rene Martin, Le Blanc, Indre, France, 25 species of Odonatafrom 

 Europe, Africa, Indo-China, and other countries, and 26 species of 

 dragon flies from Ecuador, Ab3\ssinia, Madagascar, Tonkin, Seychelles 

 Islands, India, Australia, Algeria, and France; from Prof. 8. E. Las- 

 simonne, Moulins, Allier, France, 151 European plants; from Mr. C. 

 Schirmer, Berlin, Germany, 87 species of European Diptera; from 

 Mr. Sven Ekman, Upsala, Sweden, specimens of Polyarttrnia forcl- 

 pata; from Mr. M. Buysman, Middleburg, Holland, three plants; from 

 Mr. E. von Fellenberg, Bern, Switzerland, an iron meteorite from 

 Rafrilti in the Emmenthal, Canton Bern; from M. Micheli, Komilly, 

 Geneva, Switzerland, 100 plants from South America; fromDr. Filippo 

 Silvestri, Bevagna, Italy, 48 species of Termites; from Prof. M. Bezzi, 

 Sondrio, Italy, 280 species of European Diptera; from Luigi Gardi- 

 nale, Vicenza, Italy, 100 species of Middle and Lower Oligocene 

 fossils collected in the neighborhood of Vicenza; from Prof. Paul 

 Choffat, Lisbon, Portugal, 12 specimens of Ostrea joannse, from the 

 Cretaceous system of Portugal; from Senor Serveriano de Olea, Mon- 

 tevideo, Uruguay, a number of rocks and fossils; and from Mr. J. M. 

 Macoun, Ottawa, Canada, 101 plants. 



RESEARCHES. 



The amount of work involved in the care and preservation of the 

 collections leaves to the members of the Museum stafl' comparatively 

 little time for original investigation, though the act founding the 

 Museum directs the classification and arrangement of the specimens 

 placed in its custody. By consulting the Proceedings, Bulletins, and 

 Annual Reports of the Museum, however, it will be seen that the 

 scientific assistants do contribute extensivel}^ every year toward the 

 advancement of science, each in the line of his special stud}'. The 

 working up of many groups of objects is also intrusted to scientific 

 men not connected with the Museum, who give their services gratui- 

 tously, and many specimens are lent to aid in investigations carried on 

 at the various scientific establishments throughout the countr3\ Type 

 specimens oi' choice objects, however, are only allowed to be taken 

 away from the Museum in exceptional instances, and when their safet}^ 

 can be assured. In its present crowded condition the Museum has 

 very scanty accommodations for visiting students, but all applicants 

 are allowed to avail themselves of such facilities as exist. 



In the Department of Anthropology the head curator continued his 

 investigations in aboriginal art and the preparation of reports on pot- 

 tery and stone implements. He also gave much time toward the com- 

 pletion of a paper on the Classification and Arrangement of the 



