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III. IV. EEPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 



7. Cast of Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. 



8. Casts of Tortoises, Gopher, Xerobates polyphemus, Terrapin, Malacoclemmys 

 palustris, Slider, Pseudemys rugosa, Southern Terrapin, Macrochelys lacertina, Soft-shell 

 Turtle, Aspidonectes ferox, Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, Loggerhead Turtle, Thalassochelys 

 caonana, Leatherback Turtle, Dermatochelys coriaceus. 



9. Casts of Water Snakes, Tropidonotus, several species, Moccasin, Ancis- 

 trodon piscivorus, Kattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus, &c. 



10. Collection of 24 species of tailed batrachians, including Siren, Necturus, 

 Arnphiuma, Menopoma, Amblystoma, Siredon, &c. 



11. Four species of edible frogs, including Giant Bullfrog, Rana Catesbiana. 



12. (Cancelled). 



V. FISHES. 



13. Casts of 121 characteristic fishes, including most of the important 

 economic species, arranged on nine screens. 



14. Casts of Giant Catfish, Amiurus ponderosus, Guasa, Serranus guasa, &c. 



15. A series of photographs of the important fishes of the United States. 



16. A series of proofs of engravings of the food fishes of the United States, 

 prepared to accompany the forthcoming quarto report, with specimens of the original drawings. 



17. Colour sketches of fishes; chromolithographs of twenty water-colour 

 sketches of game fishes exhibited by Charles Scribner's Sons (publishers of Kilbourne & 

 Goode's Game Fishes of the United States). 



18. Series of fishes in alcohol : Fishes of Alaska. The American Salmonidge. 

 Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico and East Florida. The genera of fresh-water species. Fishes 

 of the Adirondacks, collected by Fred. Mather. 



Ip. Living fish eggs, fishes, &c. All under fish culture ; section P. 



20. Collection of market fishes in fresh condition on ice sent from time to 

 time by E. G. Blackford, New York. 



VI. MOLLUSKS. 



21. Models of Giant Squid, Architeuthis princeps and of Giant Octopus, 

 prepared under direction of J. H. Emerton. 



22. Series of Gasteropoda, useful as affording food, bait, &c., or injurious by 

 destroying edible mollusks. 



23. Series of specimens showing the life of the American Oyster from the 

 time of attachment to full growth, under various conditions influencing development. 



24. Collection of plates and diagrams illustrating the embryology of the 

 American Oyster. 



25. Series of American Oysters, illustrating geographical distribution and 

 local variation. 



26. Other useful Mollusks, Unto, Haliotis, &c, 



27. Specimen illustrating injurious work of Teredo and other pernicious 

 Mollusks. 



28. Enemies of the Oyster. 



VII. MARINE AND FRESH- WATER INVERTEBRATES, EXCLUSIVE OF MOLLUSCA^ i 



29. Collection of economic Crustaceans, mainly alcoholic, containing forty- 

 eight species, used as food and bait, and injurious to submarine structures of wood. It includes 

 the Lobster, Homarus americanus, Eock-lobster, or Salt-water Crayfish, Panulirvs interrupts, 

 River Crayfish, Cambarus and Astacus, common edible Crab, Callinectes hastatus, Rock Crabs , 



In Tweed, Paramatta, and other Materials. 

 WATERPROOF LEGGINGS & SCHOOL SATCHELS. 



ANDERSON, ABBOTT, & ANDERSON, 



37, Queen Victoria St., London, E.G. 



