28 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 



By Thomas Barbour. 



During the year all the time available for routine work has been 

 consumed in identifying the new material received and entering 

 it in the register and card catalogue. This work has been kept 

 almost up to date. 



Mention should be made of Mr. G. K. Noble's excellent West 

 Indian collection, especially from Guadeloupe, which arrived just 

 too late for inclusion in last year's report. Last March I left 

 with Mr. W. S. Brooks for Cuba and the Island of Pines returning 

 in May. Thanks to our many kind friends there, especially 

 Dr. C. de la Torre, Sr. V. J. Rodriguez, and Sr. Francisco Morales, 

 our journey was more successful than we had hoped. Special 

 mention should also be made of the splendidly preserved and 

 extensive collections obtained by Prof. Harrison W. Smith and 

 his Dyak assistants during Professor Smith's explorations of the 

 Limbang and Madalam Rivers in Upper Sarawak, Borneo. Mr. 

 C. T. Ramsden of San Carlos, Guantanamo, Cuba, has continued 

 to make frequent contributions of rare Cuban species. 



Other gifts have been received from Profs. R. T. Fisher, W. M. 

 Wheeler and from Messrs. G. W. Stevens, J. B. Rorer, C. A. Clark, 

 and A. G. Ruthven. The Museum also profited by a visit of 

 Dr. Stejneger who aided in determining and sorting out the types 

 and figured specimens of North American chelonians used by 

 Prof. Louis Agassiz in preparing his classic monograph. 



Exchanges have been completed with the Queensland Museum, 

 the Australian Museum, the British Museum, the U. S. National 

 Museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, the 

 California Academy of Sciences, the Museum of the University of 

 Michigan. 



Desirable material has also been purchased from several sources — 

 particularly important being the specimens of Cricosaura typica 

 secured by Mr. O. Torlin, at Belig, Cuba. 



