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 tliose now on exliibition properly arranged, until more alco- 

 hol and bottles can be obtained. The work of cataloguing 

 which has progressed rapidly during the past year, is also 

 hindered from the same cause. At the same time the space 

 at the disposal of the Curator is insufficient for the proper 

 distribution of the fishes in a faunal arrangement, and with 

 the rapid growth of the collection similar to what the past 

 year has witnessed, the opening of one of the unfurnished 

 apartments will soon be, if it is not already, essential. The 

 additions during the past year were over 1,200 specimens, 

 some of which were obtained by purchase, while for the 

 remainder we are indebted to Drs. Bryant, Shaw, Shurtleff 

 and Winslow, Messrs. Bishop, Buck, Dall, Nason, David 

 Pulsifer, Putnam, Snow and Whitten, and to the Lyceum of 

 Natural History in Williams College. 



A portion of the collection of Radiates has been placed on 

 exhibition during the past year in the wall cases at the west- 

 ern end of the Hall, and in one of the adjoining ones on the 

 southern side. The Echinoderms have been fully catalogued 

 and arranged, with the exception of those preserved in alco- 

 hol, for which no new alcohol or bottles have as yet been pro- 

 vided ; among those arranged are the specimens forming the 

 large and valuable collection of Echini presented by Mr. 

 Barnard. Part of the corals have been displayed, but owing 

 to unavoidable circumstances their final arrangement has 

 been delayed, though it will soon be completed. The collec- 

 tion at present is most complete in the order of Echini and 

 in corals, but even in these there are many undesirable defi- 

 ciencies. The collection of star fishes is still incomplete, even 

 in native species, but we have promise of a series of those 

 found in the Bay of Fundy with their natural colors pre- 

 served, from the Museum of Yale College, which have 

 already been selected for us in exchange for some sent by us. 

 Of Holothurians we have but a very meagre collection. A 

 collection embracing 153 specimens and about 60 species, 

 chiefly Echinoderms, has been sent to the Museum of Yale 

 College in exchange. A small collection of corals formerly 

 borrowed by the Curator for study at the Museum of Com- 



