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same region. The latter, delivered in April, are already nearly 

 four times as large as when received. 



A specimen of the remarkable blind salamander, (TypJiloiiiolge 

 rathbiini), from the artesian well of the United States Fisheries 

 Station at San IMarco, Texas, was sent by Mr. J. L. Leary, 

 Superintendent. 



■Master Edward Redfield, of Closter, N. J., sent several 

 Muhlenberg and other species of fresh-water turtles. He has. 

 in fact, supplied most of the Muhlenberg turtles received at the 

 Aquarium for several years. 



Several paradise fishes were presented by Mr. Russel P. Van 

 Keuren, of Honesdale, Pa., and Capt. Percy \\'atson, of the 

 steamship "Castle of Muncaster." 



At the close of the Jamestown Exposition a fine harbor seal 

 Avas presented by the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



Dr. F. B. Summer presented a loon, which was later trans- 

 ferred to the Zoological Park. 



Contributions to the Library w-ere received from the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, the United States Bureau of Fisheries, the 

 New York Forest, Fish and Game Commission, the Illinois State 

 Laboratory of Natural History, the New Jersey Fish and Game 

 Commission, Messrs. A. S. Barnes & Co., New York ; Prof. E. L. 

 Mark, Harvard University ; the New Jersey State ]Museum, 

 Trenton, and C. H. Townsend, N^ew York. 



Colored plates of fishes and other aquatic animals were pre- 

 sented by Messrs. A. Hoen & Co., Baltimore ; the J. B. Lyons 

 Co., Albany ; and the Zeese-Wilkinson Co., New York. 



Messrs. Chesebro Brothers, of Fulton Market, presented an 

 albino diamond-backed terrapin. 



A complete list of gifts will be found under the head of 

 accessions. 



