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of specimens on exhibition on December 31, 1905, exclusive of 

 invertebrates and young fishes in the hatchery troughs, was 2,435. 

 No other aquarium maintains so large and varied a collection. 



Exchanges of specimens were made during the year with the 

 Aquarium in Detroit and the New England Fish and Game Asso- 

 ciation in Boston. Additions were made to the collection of trop- 

 ical fishes from Bermuda. 



The New York Forest, Fish, and Game Commission presented 

 15 albino lake trout. These were young specimens, all with the 

 pink eyes peculiar to albinos. 



Among the specimens received from Boston were 7 of the 

 beautiful golden trout (Salvelinus aureolus) of Sunapee Lake, 

 New Hampshire. 



A green turtle, weighing 313 pounds, and a Florida crocodile 

 9 feet long were purchased and are doing well. The harp seals, 

 harbor seals, and manatee were lost from pneumonia. 



A porpoise — unfortunately injured in capture — was placed in 

 the large central pool on August 4th, where it attracted a great 

 deal of attention during the four days it lived in captivity. On 

 June 26th a large green moray (Lycodontis fitnebris) from the 

 Bermudas died after living in the Aquarium nearly six years. 

 The specimen was 6 feet long and weighed 40 pounds. On No- 

 vember nth a striped bass (Rocciis liiicatiis) died after living in 



