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to elsewhere were presented by Mr. Joseph K. Nye, of New Bed- 

 ford, Massachusetts. A complete list of accessions will be found 

 elsewhere. 



COLLECTIONS. 



The Aquarium has at present on exhibition two hundred 

 species of fishes and other aquatic forms of life, represented by 

 6,700 specimens, not including the large number of fry annually 

 turned out by the fish hatchery. Exchanges of fresh water fishes 

 were made with the Aquariums in Detroit, Philadelphia and 

 Boston. 



The collection of fresh water fishes is made up from various 

 sources. Many of the commoner species have been obtained by 

 the Aquarium collector from lakes in the parks of New York 

 and Brooklyn and from the Bronx River. Other specimens have 

 been obtained from Government and States fish hatcheries. A 

 few collecting trips have been made to suitable points in New 

 York and New Jersey, by permission of State fishery boards. 



About half of the hundred tanks of the Aquarium are de- 

 voted to fresh water species, many of which, such as gar, stur- 

 geon, bow-fin and muskallunge, have lived in the building many 

 years. The attractive exhibit of large Japanese goldfishes has 

 long been maintained through the gifts of Henry Bishop of Bal- 

 timore, and E. K. Bruce of Thornburg, Iowa. The local sea 

 fishes are obtained by the Aquarium collector from pound nets 

 in the vicinity of New York City, and are also brought from the 

 ocean fishing banks on the fishing steamers "Cleremont" and 

 "Taurus." Certain of the larger sea fishes are brought in motor 

 boats by fishermen operating pound nets in the vicinity of Port 

 Monmouth, N. J. Collections of tropical fishes are annually 

 brought by steamer from Florida and Bermuda. The latter, on 

 account of their showy colors, are perhaps the most attractive 

 exhibits of the Aquarium. 



The collection of turtles, salamanders and frogs, while not 

 large, contains most of the species found in the eastern United 

 States. A number of rare and interesting turtles not hitherto 

 exhibited at the Aquarium were obtained from the upper Ama- 

 zon River through the co-operation of the Booth Steamship Line, 

 whose vessels reach those waters direct. Three large Japanese 

 salamanders {Cryptohranchiis) and some cave salamanders 

 (Proteus) were procured from Europe. Four species of sea 

 turtles, mostly large specimens, have lived in the Aquarium for 



