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REPTILES AND FISHES. 
By SamMuEL GARMAN. 
LarcE additions have been made to these collections by the 
material from the Museum of the Peabody Academy, forwarded by 
Professor Robinson. Thus far the identification and distribution 
of the Reptiles and Batrachians only have been attended to. A 
partial collection of exhibition specimens has been sent in return. 
In exchange for specimens previously sent, Dr. Alex. Strauch of 
the Imperial Museum of St. Petersburg shipped a large series of 
Reptiles and Fishes, representing a considerable number of species 
and genera new to the collections. 
By purchase from Messrs. C. J. Maynard and Wm. B. Richard- 
son the Museum secured a number of types and many duplicates 
of species heretofore desiderata. From the duplicates of a collec- 
tion belonging to Cornell University, sent for identification, quite 
a number belonging to rare species have been obtained. 
A donation by Mr. S. F. Denton includes Reptiles and Batra- 
chians of New Zealand, of Ohio, and an excellent series of species 
of Massachusetts. Mr. H. S. Greenough kindly presented a fine 
lot of living snakes from North Carolina. Living lizards and 
toads rare in this part of the world were received from the Zo6- 
logical Society’s Gardens in London. 
Besides the foregoing, donations have been received from Dr. 
C. C. Abbott, Mr. A. Agassiz, Geo. R. Allaman, Prof. B. W. 
Evermann, Miss A. E. Gooding, F. H. Gould, A. W. Hicks, Alex. 
H. Higginson, Prof. 8. E. Meek, Dr. D. D. Slade, N. Vickary, and 
Drob., G:- Wilder. 
Shipments have been made to the London Zodlogical Gardens, 
Dr. Heron-Royer, the Museum of the Peabody Academy, Dr. 
B. G. Wilder, Prof. 0. C. Marsh, Dr. G. Baur, and Dr. H. Ayers. 
Various specimens also have been turned over to instructors for 
students’ use. 
