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REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



28599. Salmofario. 

 20688. Salvelinus oquassa. 



March, 1886: 

 Albatross Station, 2858. Oreosoma (?). 

 Blake lx. Peristcdium platycephalnm 



(type). 

 Albatross Station, 2316. Malthe nasuta. 

 37790. Hcxanchus griseus. 



April, 1886: 

 3785. Notacanthns. 

 37861. Pteraclis carolinus. 

 Blake xxiii. Aplioristia pigra (type). 

 37860. Sudis. 

 35637. Paraliparis n. sp. ((type). 



May, 1886: 

 37886. Torpedo. 



Blake lxxxi. Uraleptusf 



Coregonus. 



Salvelin us namaycush . 



June, 1886 : 

 38001. Carcharinus glaucus. 

 Coryphcena pn nctulata. 

 Eel. 

 Albatross Station, 2663. Synodontid. 

 Exocoetm. 

 Exocwtus. 

 Albatross Station, 2642. Maurolicus. 

 Albatross Station, 2647. Nbmeus gronovii. 

 Albatross Station, 2665. (ronostoma. 

 Albatross Station, 2679. Coryphcena. 

 Albatross Station, 2392. 



The number of specimens now in the Museum is estimated to be 

 about 75,000, divided as follows : (1) in the reserve series, 38,000 ; (2) 

 on exhibition, 22,000; (3) duplicates, 15,000. Numerous additions to 

 the duplicate series have been obtained from the deep-sea investiga- 

 tions of the U. S. Fish Commission. 



The condition of the collection is constantly improving, and would 

 be still more rapidly perfected by increasing the space for assorting 

 and installing the vast amount of material now crowded into the base- 

 ment of the Smithsonian Institution. 



