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the air in various positions. From a technical point of view, 

 it may be mentioned that the fins in such models are difficult 

 to make satisfactorily, but we believe that an excellent method 

 has now been worked out by Mr. Horter, of the Department 

 of Preparation. 



The storeroom of fossil fishes has been completely over- 

 hauled: its materials have been effectively classi- 



5, tu .? y . fied and rendered accessible ; storage space has 



Collections ... 



been gained and several scores of specimens have 



been worked out or repaired. 



In the collection of alcoholic fishes, much work has been 

 done by Mr. Nichols and his assistant Mr. Griscom in caring 

 for the fishes from the Lang-Chapin expedition to the Congo. 

 The entire collection has been overhauled to insure its preser- 

 vation. Our catalogue has been enriched by 900 cards. 



The examination of the Congo collection by Messrs. Nichols 



and Griscom will shortly be completed ; six thou- 



Research and san( j fi s h es w jU h ave been listed, including thirty 



species hitherto undescribed. The report upon 



this valuable series will be ready for publication during the 



coming spring. 



"A Bibliography of Fishes," a work which has been twenty- 

 five years in preparation, is now completed, so far as the copy 

 of the Author's volumes is concerned. Volume I, Authors 

 A-K, comprising 730 pages and approximately 20,000 titles, 

 has been printed and will shortly be distributed. Volume II, 

 Authors L-Z, together with pre-Linnsean papers, is largely in 

 the hands of the printer, the proof of over a hundred pages 

 having already been corrected. The work on the Index vol- 

 ume is making rapid progress and should be completed during 

 the year 1917. It is believed that this work will be the greatest 

 boon to the student of fishes that the American Museum could 

 possibly offer him, for it gives immediate access to the whole 

 storehouse of ichthyological knowledge, old and new, ana- 

 tomical, systematic, fish-cultural, embryological, palaeonto- 

 logical, pathological, physiological. And in the future anyone 



