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rooms, — an arrangement that entailed considerable inconvenience 

 to students as well as instructors. If the classes continue to be as 

 large, it will be very desirable to provide in the future additional 

 room for their accommodation. Temporary relief from the over- 

 crowded condition of the room for students engaged in research 

 was provided by the Director of the Museum, who allowed Drs. 

 Davenport and Wood worth to fit up one of the rooms used for the 

 storage of collections as a private laboratory, in which a place was 

 also made for one of the advanced students. 



Satisfactory progress was made by those engaged in research, 

 and the meetings of the Zoological Club every two weeks were 

 well attended. At Commencement the degree of Ph. D. was con- 

 ferred on one student, now Professor of Zoology in the University 

 of California, and that of A. M. on three others. 



Considerable time was given, especially by the chairman of the 

 Department and Dr. Woodworth, to the preparation and arrange- 

 ment of material for the World's Fair Exhibit at Chicago. The 

 zoological exhibit contained, besides photographs of the various 

 laboratories, samples of work done by students, and special appli- 

 ances and apparatus used in the laboratories and lectures. The 

 collection also embraced both wax and plaster models, in various 

 stages of advancement, made from microscopic objects and such 

 apparatus as is employed by advanced students in making 

 them. 



During the second half of the year Dr. Davenport gave at the 

 Museum a brief course of lectures on *' Morphogenesis," which was 

 open to all members of the University interested in the subject. 

 Similar courses of lectures on other topics would undoubtedly be 

 valuable both to zoological students and others interested in the 

 work of the Department. 



Since my last report the following contributions from the 

 Zoological Laboratory, Nos. XXXIII.-XXXVIL, have been pub- 

 lished : — 



XXXIII. On Urnatella gracilis. By C. B. Davenport. 44 pp., 6 pi. 

 Januar} 7 , 1893. 



XXXIV. Note on the Carotids and the Ductus Botalli of the Alligator. 

 By C. B. Davenport. 6 pp., 1 pi. January, 1893. 



XXXV. On the Eyes, the Integumentary Sense Papillae, and the 

 Integument of the San Diego Blind Fish (Typhlogobius californiensis, 

 Steindachner). By W. E. Bitter. 54 pp., 4 pi. April, 1893. 



