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2. The Atlantic coast of Nortli America south-ward to Cape St. 

 Roque in South America, including Bermuda, the Bahamas and the 

 West Indies; represented by about 170 species. 



3. The fresh waters of North America, east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains; represented by about 115 species. 



4. The Pacific coast of North America; represented by 15 spe- 

 cies from the coast of California. 



5. The Pacific coast of Central America ; represented by 4 species 

 from Panama. 



6. The Pacific coast of South America; represented by 6 species 

 from the coast of Peru. 



7. The fresh waters of Northern South America ; represented by 

 about 50 species. 



8. The Mediterranean ; represented by 5 species. 



9. The coast of Europe ; represented by 6 species. 



10. The fresh waters of Europe ; represented by 14 species. 



11. The Canary Islands and the Northwest coast of Africa; repre- 

 sented by 10 species. 



12. The East coast of Africa; represented by 10 species. 



13. The coast of Southern Asia and the East Indies; represented 

 by 20 species. 



14. The fresh waters of Southern Asia ; represented by 5 species. 



15. The Sandwich Islands; represented by about 200 species. 



There are about 64 species in the collection whose locali- 

 ties are not known; these will eventually be used with 

 others, to show the classification and comparative structure 

 of fishes. 



The dry and stufied specimens have not yet been identi- 

 fied or catalogued, though they are for the present placed in 

 one of the cases in the gallery. The alcoholic specimens not 

 yet catalogued and exhibited are contained in the following 

 lots: — 1st, a collection of about 200 species of Sandwich 

 Islands fishes presented some years since by Dr. C. F. Wins- 

 low; 2d, the fi-esh water fishes of Northern South America; 

 3d, various small lots from foreign countries ; 4th, the collec- 

 tion of 44 species of Cuban Fish purchased the past year by 

 Mr. Scudder, and kindly identified by Prof Poey ; 5th, the 

 collection of several hundred specimens made by the Curator 

 during the past season at the Richardson Lakes, and at Lake 

 Sebago in Maine. These specimens cannot be exhibited, nor 



