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material in the division preparatory to a trip to Borneo. Among 

 others who made use of the collections were Dr. Thomas Barbour, of 

 the Museum of Comparative Zoology; Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, 

 head curator of the Museum of the University of Michigan; Mr. 

 Julius Hurter, sr. ; and Dr. O. P. Hay, of the Carnegie Institution 

 of Wasliington. The only loan of specimens was one made to Mr. 

 C. H. Richardson, jr., of Stanford University, Cal., for comparison 

 with collections from Utah and Idaho. 



Fishes. — Transfers from the Bureau of Fisheries aggregated over 

 11,000 specimens of fishes, mainly collected in Japanese waters in 

 1906 by the steamer Albatross^ but also including some material from 

 the Philippine Islands, collected by Mr. R. C. McGregor, and from 

 various localities in the United States. A number of species from 

 the vicinity of Cape Lookout, N. C, were presented by Mr. Russell 

 J. Coles, and a specimen of Neophr-ynichthys latus was received as a 

 gift from Mr. S. R. Waite, of Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, 

 New Zealand. 



Good progress was made in the arrangement of material in the 

 neAV storage room, and by the end of the year about one-third of the 

 entire collection had been permanently installed, including the test- 

 ing and the strengthening or renewal of the alcohol as was required. 

 Some 25,000 specimens were labeled and catalogued, adding about 

 4,000 entries to the register^ and many old and illegible labels were 

 replaced. The fish skeletons were transferred from table cases in 

 the exhibition halls to insect-proof unit cases in the laboratory, 

 where they have been systematically arranged and provided with 

 outside labels to facilitate reference. 



Mr. Barton A. Bean, assistant curator of the division, in conjunc- 

 tion with Mr. Alfred C. Weed, aid, completed a report on the fishes 

 collected in Java in 1909-10 by Mr. Owen Bryant and Mr. William 

 Palmer, and had two other papers in course of preparation, owi on 

 interesting forms from the coast of North Carolina, the other on 

 material from Vancouver Island. The study of the fishes obtained 

 in British East Africa by the Smithsonian African Expedition was 

 continued and the greater part of the species identified. The col- 

 lections of the division were utilized by Dr. S. E. Meek, of the Field 

 Museum of Natural History, and Mr. S. F. Hildebrand, of the Bu- 

 reau of Fisheries, in connection with the working up of the fishes 

 gathered by them on the biological survey of the Panama Canal 

 Zone. Other members of the staff of the Bureau of Fisheries who 

 consulted the collections were Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Fisheries, Mr. Lewis Radclilfej and Dr. W. C. Kendall. 

 Specimens were lent for study to Dr. C. H. Gilbert and Prof. J. O. 

 Snyder, of Stanford University ; Mr. J. T. Nichols and Mr. L. Hus- 

 sakof, of the American Museum of Natural History; Dr. H. F. E. 



