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only known by the specimens which are contained in the collection of 

 Lea. 



From Mr. G. A. Link we have received from time to time interesting 

 collections of birds and insects made by him in the Isle of Pines. 

 We are happy to report that Mr. Link is apparently recovering his 

 health. By the advice of physicians he was sent by the Museum to 

 the Isle of Pines in the hope that a stay there would lead to his re- 

 covery from an ailment brought on partly by confinement and arsenical 

 poisoning in the laboratory. He reports himself as greatly improved, 

 and he is occupying his time in adding to our collections many things 

 which no doubt will prove to be of great interest when the specimens 

 receive careful study. 



Dr. C. H. ElGENMANN spent the summer at the Museum, arranging 

 and classifying the collections under his care and in preparing papers 

 upon some of the new material which has recently been acquired. He 

 reports that as the result of his expedition to Colombia last spring he 

 obtained thirty species of fishes hitherto undescribed. Preliminary 

 descriptions of these will be published by the Indiana State Uni- 

 versity, and a full account of the fishes obtained by him on the oc- 

 casion of this journey and a second expedition to Colombia, which is 

 now in the field, will be published together with full illustrations by 

 this Museum. 



We are indebted to Mrs. George Lauder for the gift of a splendid 

 geode containing amethysts, which was brought from Uruguay to 

 Scotland, and which the kind donor there purchased for the Museum. 

 It is one of the largest, if not the largest, and finest specimen of its 

 kind ever displayed, and we deeply appreciate the generous gift. 



