18 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Mar. 



The numbering and cataloguing of the specimens and species 

 has been continued, as new collections have come in. The col- 

 lection of bats, sent to Dr. H. Allen last year for monographic 

 study, has been returned, with his identification of the species. 

 The shrews and spermophili, sent to Professor S. F. Baird for 

 examination, have likewise been identified and returned, as 

 have the weasels, sent to Mr. R. Kennicott. Mr. W. H. Niles 

 has commenced the study and arrangement of the skeletons. 



The whole number of additions to the collection has been 

 over 60 lots, from 54 different sources, embracing 506 speci- 

 mens, and 78 species, of which a large proportion are new to 

 the collection. A number of mounted specimens of much value 

 have been received, among which are included a pair of East 

 India deer, a giraffe, several large and interesting quadrumana 

 and carnivora, and a young hippopotamus, in exchange, from 

 the Jardin des Plantes, a kangaroo and other animals from 

 Australia from Mrs. G. R. Russell, all of which will soon be 

 placed in cases in the exhibition rooms. 



To the osteological department has been made the valuable 

 addition, through the Gray fund, of a skeleton of a right whale, 

 secured by Captains Atwood and Soper, of Provincetown, and 

 prepared by Messrs. A. Agassiz, Niles, and 0. St. John. Among 

 the alcoholic collections lately received are a number of very 

 valuable embryos, including a small collection from Cape Town, 

 Africa, in exchange, from Mr. L. Layard. Valuable collec- 

 tions of ancient human remains and implements have been 

 received from Mr. T. G. Cary, of San Francisco, Cal., and from 

 Messrs. H. Christy and Lartet, from France. 



Additions to the Mammalia, from Nov. 20, 1863, to Nov. 20, 1864. 



BY DONATION. 



Agassiz, A., Assistant in M. C. Z. 1 Guinea Pig, fresh ; 1 Bat, in 

 alcohol, from Nahant, Mass. 



Allen, J. A., Student in M. C. Z. 25 specimens, 7 species, in 

 alcohol, and 3 skins, 1 species, from Springfield, Mass. ; 2 skins, 

 1 species, from Wayne Co., N. Y. 



Arnold, Dr. G. J., Roxbury, Mass. 4 Human Embryos, in alcohol. 



