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Numerous important papers have been published by Prof. D. S. Jordan 

 and his assistants, upon materials belonging to the Museum, and Prof. J. 

 A. Ryder has published many valuable embryological papers, which will 

 be found noticed in the bibliography. 



The work has been continued upon the drawings of fishes by Mr. H. 

 L. Todd aud Mr. W. S. D. Haines. The character of the illustrations 

 has been kept up to the high standard. 



During the latter portion of the year almost the entire collection of 

 fishes was moved out of the exhibition halls, the tank-room, the corri- 

 dors, and the ichthyological laboratory at the expense of a considerable 

 loss of time and the causing of more or less confusion. 



ACCESSIONS. 



The total number of accessions during the year was 110, of which the 

 following are among the more important : 



From S. Applegate, U. S. Signal Service, Unalashka, Alaska : 7 species of Alaskan 

 fishes. 



From Senor Don Jose* Areckavaleta, Montevideo : Geotria chilensis,S'tphostoma, Halo- 

 cypselus, Loricaria, Tetragonopterus, Curimatus, Acara, and Piratinga. 



From Commander L. A. Beardslee, U. S. Navy: 10 species of fishes from Key West, 

 Florida, common to vicinity. 



From R. E. Call, of Columbia, Missouri : A small box of fishes from the Ozark 

 region in northern Missouri. 



From A. F. Clapp, of Sunbury, Pennsylvania : A specimen of Lamprey, Petromyzon 

 marinus, juv.,from the Susquehanna River, at Sunbury. 



From F. N. Clark, of Northville, Michigan : A specimen of Coregonus clupeiformis, 

 5 inches long, grown in railroad water-tank at Northville. 



From Capt. J. W. Collins, Gloucester, Massachusetts : A specimen of an abnormal 

 Cod-fish. 



From Capt. J. W. Collins, U. S. Fish Commission schooner Grampus : Lower jaw of 

 Ground Shark, Somniosus microcephalics, taken on Grand Bank, August, 1886, in 22) 

 fathoms, by N. Day, of schooner M. A. Baston; also eggs of Slime Eel, Myxine gluti- 

 nosa, from 122 fathoms on the trawl-line. 



From the Connecticut Fish Commission, New Haven, Connecticut : About 40 species 

 of young Shad, Clupea sapidissima, from 4 to 6 inches in length, from the canal at 

 Birmingham, on the Eousatonic. 



From Alfred Duges, of Guanajuato, Mexico : Lampeira spadicea Bn., Characodon 

 atripiniris, Characodon variatus, Bn., Limnurgus variegatus. 



From J. B. Edwards, of Amagansett, New York : A fresh specimen of Torpedo occi- 

 dentalis. Seut to Mr. Hornaday to be stuffed. 



From J. M. C. Eaton, of Irvington, New Jersey: 1 specimen of Zoarces anguillaris. 



From C. H. Eigenmann, Indiana University, Bloomingtou, Indiana : Type of Oph- 

 iclithys retropinnis, from Snapper Banks of Pensacola, Florida. 



From N. M. Ferebee, surgeon U. S. Navy, U. S. S. Trenton : Alcoholic specimens of 

 fishes from China, Japan, and Corca. 



From C. H. Gilbert, of Cincinnati, Ohio: A specimen of Etheostoma nianguw spilo- 

 tum from Owsley County, Kentucky, and three specimens of Etheostoma cragini, Gar- 

 den City, Kansas. 



From R. A. Golden, of Washington, D. C. (through Henry Marshall, U. S. National 

 Museum): A specimen of Chub Mackerel, Scomber pneumatophor us. 



From R. A. Golden, of Washington, D. C, was purchased a specimen of Halibut, 

 Hippoglossus hippoglossus, caught in the Potomac River, having in its stomach a 

 partly-digested Cat-fish, Amiurus albidus. 



