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Report on the Collection of Fishes, by A. Agassiz. 



The Selachians have been undergoing a revision by Professor 

 Agassiz. Mr. St. John has continued his studies of the Fossil 

 Fishes. Mr. Putnam has been for some time engaged in cata- 

 loguing and taking care of the specimens received. Owing to 

 the crowded state of the Fish room, it has been necessary to 

 re-arrange to a considerable extent the collections stored in the 

 cellar. This part of the collection is increasing so rapidly that 

 the whole time of one individual is needed merely to take the 

 proper care of the specimens on their arrival. 



Among the invoices specially to be noticed are the collections 

 made by Captain Putnam, at Batavia, the immense collection of 

 Society Island fishes from Mr. Garrett, the valuable invoice of 

 Mr. Blake, from Bangcok, of Dr. Stimpson, from Somers' 

 Point, New Jersey, of Captain Atwood, of Provincetown, of 

 Professor Poey, of Havana, of Mr. C. Cooke, from Zanzibar, of 

 Dr. Watson, from Tennessee, of Mr. Lacerda, Dr. Brunet, Mr. 

 D. Bourget, Dr. Fletcher, from Brazil, the collection of Mr. A. 

 A. Smith, made in the Gulf of Tartary, the collections of Mr. 

 Salmin, from the Adriatic and the Elbe, the collection of Fishes 

 from the Bermudas, presented by the proprietor of the Aquarial 

 Gardens, of Professor Baird, from Wood's Hole, of Mr. Rock- 

 wood, from Lake Champlain, the specimen of Lepidosireu 

 obtained by purchase, and the invoices of Mr. Rich. 



DONATIONS OP FISH. 



Adamson, Mr. 1 specimen. Pernambuco. 



Agassiz, L. & A. 50 specimens, 6 species, young. Nahant. 



Aquarial Gardens. 84 specimens, 33 species. Fresh Pond and 

 Bermuda. 



Atwater, Mrs. C. 1 blind fish. Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. 



Atwood, N. E. 33 specimens, 13 species. Provincetown. 



Bannerman, Sir A. 20 specimens. 1 species. Newfoundland. 



Beal, W. J. 10 specimens, 1 species. Rollin, Michigan. 



Blake, F. 25 specimens, 18 species. Bangcok. 



Boardman, Geo. A. 27 specimens, 6 species, Grand Menan, and 

 Schudic Lakes, Maine. 



Bourget, D. 43 specimens, 28 species. Rio de Janeiro. 



Brunet, Dr. 10 specimens, 9 species. Pernambuco. 



Buford, C. 2 specimens, 2 species. Rock Island. 



Burkhardt, J. 1 specimen. 



