16 Forty-sixth Report on ihe 



The careful study of each suite of specimens which is necessary 

 in making a reidentification of the species, has resulted in bring- 

 ing to light several of Gould's types which heretofore have not 

 been recognized as such. In addition to these the types of several 

 species described by Dr. Philip P. Carpenter have been found in 

 the Gould collection. The " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London" for the year 1856 contained a paper entitled 

 ^' Descriptions of Shells from the Gulf of California and the 

 Pacific Coasts of Mexico, by A. A. Gould and P. P. Carpenter." 

 Dr. Gould proposed the names of some of the new species 

 •described in this paper, and Dr. Carpenter proposed the names 

 •of the remainder. The types of several of these species, which 

 .'iintil recently have not been recognized as types, have already 

 been found in our collection and it is probable that w^e have all 

 of them. They are especially valuable because they have not 

 been figured and in a few cases the species are represented by 

 specimens which are unique. 



As reported last year, it is our intention to publish a catalogue 

 of the collection of shells as the w^ork of rearranging it progresses. 

 An appendix to the last annual report contained a catalogue of 

 the famih^ Muricidae. An appendix to this report contains a 

 catalogue of the families Tritonida?, Fusidae, Buccinidae, Nassidae, 

 Turbinellida3, Yolutidas and Mitridae. Family, generic, sub- 

 generic and specific labels have been printed for the portion of 

 the collection of shells catalogued in this report. 



Printed labels have been placed upon the specimens of birds 

 lacking labels, and the sex: of the bird has been indicated on the 

 label of each specimen. The entire collection of birds has been 

 renumbered. 



Early in the year the skeleton of the Indian elephant " Colum- 

 bia" was received from Ward's establishment at Kochester, 

 where it had been sent for cleaning and mounting. Owing to 

 lack of space it was impossible to place the specimen with the 

 collection of recent animals upon the fourth floor of the Museum. 

 It Tvas therefore placed upon the third floor, near the mastodon 

 and Irish elk. In order to provide room for the specimen upon 

 this floor it was necessary to remove the entire Kosenbusch col- 

 lection of rocks and to lessen the Avidth of the aisles between the 

 various cases. 



The fact that material properly belonging in the Zoological 

 department is overflowing into other departments, w^here it can 



