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mission have beeu transferred to the cnstody of tbe Museum. This 

 co-operation between the Smithsonian Institution and the Fish Com- 

 mission has existed since the organization of the latter, at which time 

 Prof. Spencer F. Baird, then Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, was appointed U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 

 and it is sincerely hoped that it will always continue. 



The most important accession to the Museum, resulting from the co- 

 operation of the Fish Commission with the Museum, was a series of 

 collections obtained by the U. S. Fish Commission schooner Grampus 

 during her expedition to Funli Island, which was organized primarily 

 for the purpose of obtaining bones of the great auk. The expedition 

 was very successful, and in addition collections of fishes, bird skins, 

 birds' eggs, shells, echinoderms, sea anemones, surface towings, Crus- 

 tacea, copper ores, fossil shells, living birds, skins and skulls of meadow 

 iark, and rocks were made and transferred to the Museum. Dr. T. H. 

 Bean, while engaged in work for the Commission on the coast of New 

 Jersey, collected fishes, crabs, star-fishes and sea-urchins in the vicinity of 

 Great Egg Harbor. Fishes and cray-fishes were sent from the Central 

 Station of the Commission, in Washington, from the Wytheville Station, 

 in Virginia, and from the station at Havre de Grace, Maryland. 



Collections of fishes, crustaceans, and insects were received from the 

 summer station of the Fish Commission at Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 

 Important contributions of fishes, marine invertebrates, and mollusks 

 were received from the IJ. S. Fish Commission steamers Albatross and 

 Fish HaivTc. Mr. Vinal Edwards contributed collections of fishes, birds, 

 birds' nests, parasites, surface towings, crustaceans, and turtles. 



The services of Mr. Eichard Eathbun as honorary curator of marine 

 invertebrates, of Dr. T. H. Bean as honorary curator of fishes, of Capt. 

 J. W. Collins as honorary curator of naval architecture, and of Mr. 

 E. E. Earll as honorary curator of fishes and of animal products, have 

 been continued, through the courtesy of the Commissioner, and sincere 

 acknowledgments are due for their valuable labors. 



U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



The Museum has enjoyed the cooperation of the officers of the Geo- 

 logical Survey, and this has resulted in much benefit to the Museum. 



Dr. C. A. White continues to act as curator of Mesozoic Fossils ; Mr. 

 C. D. Walcott, of Paleozoic Fossils ; Mr. Lester F. Ward, as curator of 

 Botaoy ; Prof. F. W. Clarke, as curator of Minerals, and Mr. William 

 H. Dall and Dr. E. E. C. Stearns as curator and adjunct curator, re- 

 spectively, of Mollusks. 



Among the collections of fossils, rocks, ores, and minerals made by 

 officers of the Geological Survey and transferred to the National 

 Museum may be specially mentioned those which were collected by 

 Messrs. Frank Burus, W. G. Brown, Whitman Cross, C. W. Cunning- 

 ham, William H. Dall, S. F. Emmons, W. F. Hillebrand, L. C. Johnson, 

 E. E, C, Stearns, and C, D. Walcott. 



