of a goodly collection of tlie small quadrupeds of Georgia — • 

 and that of James Bartlett of Wenham, those in this vicini- 

 ty. W. A. Lander presented a specimen of Otisorex pla- 

 tyrhinvs^ one of the smallest of our quadrupeds, and sel- 

 dom noticed. 



Ornithology. Twenty contributors have made large addi- 

 tions. Progress has been made in the arrangement of the 

 collection ; the specimens are in good condition. The atten- 

 tion of the members and friends is called to that of the nest 

 and eggs — ^being deficient in several of the common species. 



Herpetology . The curator reports a very gratifying in- 

 crease from thirty-six contributors, and that the collection 

 in regard to preservation is in the best possible condition ; 

 many of the wants in the species of the county have been, 

 through the kindness of friends, supplied, though we are far 

 from having all that is required to give us a complete his- 

 tory of the reptiles of the county. 



Ichthyology. The additions have been unprecedentedly 

 large and valua])le ; the collection of American fishes hav- 

 ing been largely augmented by donations and exchanges, 

 while by means of the cans despatched to different foreign 

 countries through the kindness of our merchants and ship- 

 owners, the Foreign specimens have nearly doubled. We 

 are greatly indebted to those gentlemen who have kindly 

 consented to take or send them and hope during the year to 

 obtain still other opportunities. The specimens have all 

 been alcoholic with the exception of a sturgeon, Acipenser 

 oxyrinchus, weighing about 150 pounds, presented by C. K. 

 Stevens of Lawrence. The numb(;r of donors, thirty-one. 



Articulates and Radiates. Thirty-six contributors have 

 made valuable additions — these are principally, however, 

 confined to the Crustacea and the radiata — this is owing, in a 

 great measure, to the system of sending cans and alcohol 

 through the kindness of our merchants and seamen. The 

 collection is reported to be in good, condition. 



