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The mammals at present are limited to a single large 

 male California sea-lion. The mortality among animals of this 

 group resulting from confinement indoors has been so great in 

 past years that no effort has been made to secure new speci- 

 mens of other species, many of which we have had on exhibition 

 in past years. 



Accessions. — The collections of the Aquarium as a whole 

 are supplied by the New York Zoological Society and are pur- 

 chased with its funds. A small number of specimens is annually 

 received from friends of the Society. A gift of considerable 

 importance is the annual supply of eggs of fishes received from 

 the United States Bureau of Fisheries for the maintenance of 

 a fish-hatching exhibit. The eggs of several kinds of fishes 

 are supplied from government hatcheries at different seasons 

 of the year. The fish cultural exhibit is interesting and instruc- 

 tive to the public, and the young fishes hatched in the Aquarium 

 — to the extent of several thousand each year — are afterward 

 placed in public waters by the New York Conservation Commis- 

 sion. During the past year the following species were hatched at 

 the Aquarium: Black-spotted trout, brook trout, steelhead 

 trout, rainbow trout, quinnat salmon, silver salmon, land- 

 locked salmon, smelt, yellow perch, pike perch and whitefish. 



On March 10th the Aquarium received a most desirable col- 

 lection of fresh-water fishes from the New York Conservation 

 Commission through Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, State Fish Culturist. 

 These fishes had been exhibited at the Sportsmen's Show in 

 New York City. The collection contained 257 specimens, rep- 

 resenting 18 species. The Commission also presented at later 

 dates thirty live lobsters and specimens of brook and rainbow 

 trout. 



Gifts of brook trout and trout eggs were received from 

 the Southside Sportsmen's Club of Oakdale, Long Island, 

 through Mr. Geo. P. Slade, President. The Tuxedo Club, 

 through Mr. Edwin C. Kent presented 10,000 eggs of the steel- 

 head trout. An attractive collection of thirty-two fancy gold- 

 fishes representing six different varieties was presented by 

 Mr. E. K. Bruce of Thornburg, Iowa, and twelve large sized 

 goldfishes of the fringe-tailed variety were presented by Mr. 

 Henry Bishop of Baltimore, Md. Mr. S. C. Lloyd, of Brooklyn 

 also presented fancy goldfishes of several varieties. Captain Al- 

 bert Runyon presented a loggerhead turtle weighing 210 pounds 

 and Mr. Walter T. Smith of Fulton Market a green turtle weigh- 



