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to that area, from the littoral zone to a depth of 1,700 fathoms, an 

 especial feature being a large and fine series of Grinoids (Pentacrinus) 

 from off Havana and elsewhere. Considering that during this cruise 

 the Albatross was mainly occupied with hydrographic work, the col- 

 lection does much credit to the energy and zeal of the officers and nat- 

 uralists attached to the vessel. The Crustacea have been sent to Prof. 

 S. I. Smith, at New Haven, Connnecticut, for study; the Anthozoa are to 

 be examined by Prof. A. E. Verrill ; and the Echini have already been 

 worked up by the curator of the department. The Annelids, which are 

 not included in the above enumeration, were retained on board the 

 steamer, where they are being studied by Mr. James E. Benedict. 



Fifty-six cases, including 1,400 packages, of specimens resulting from 

 the explorations of the steamers Albatross and Fish Hawk, during last 

 summer, off the eastern coast of the United States, between George's 

 Bank and the latitude of Cape Hatteras, were sent direct from the 

 Wood's Holl station to the Museum. The greater part of this material 

 had been examined and identified by the naturalists at Wood's Holl, 

 but much of it is still undetermined. An additional collection made 

 by the steamer Albatross on her return trip from Wood's Holl to Wash- 

 ington was received in November. 



Eleven cases, containing nearly 800 packages, of alcoholic specimens, 

 and 171 species, have been received from Prof. A. E. Verrill. These 

 represent a portion of the results of Professor Verrill's studies on the 

 Echinoderms and Anthozoa, and of those of Prof. S. I. Smith on the 

 Crustacea, made at New Haven during the year. The collection of 

 deep-sea barnacles stored at New Haven has also been turned over to 

 the Museum by Professor Smith, for transmission to Dr. P. P, C. Hoek, 

 of Leyden, a competent authority, who has offered to examine and 

 report upon this group. 



Several smaller collections were sent in by or through the Fish Com- 

 mission, as follows : Specimens of various kinds obtained at the mouth 

 of Saint Mary's Eiver, Florida, in March, by the steamer Fish Hawk ; 

 Crustaceans and Eadiates collected by Dr. T. H. Bean at Fire Island 

 Beach and Patchogue, Long Island, during the summer; numerous 

 Crustaceans from Mr. E. G. Blackford, of New York; specimen of 

 Crustacean fish parasites from Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, and 

 of rare Crustaceans obtained by the steam -dredger working about the 

 new pier of the Fish Commission at Wood's Holl, from Mr. Vinal N. 

 Edwards. 



The following donations from Gloucester fishermen were also re- 

 ceived through the Fish Commission : Specimens of sponges and corals 

 from the fishing grounds off the provincial coast ; specimen of cup 

 sponge and several Bryozoan corals from the fishing grounds north of 

 Iceland, collected and donated by Capt. J. A. Dago, of the schooner 

 Concord ; a lobster from near Gloucester, Mass., of which one side is of 

 the normal color and the other red, or similar to the color produced by 



