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REPORT OX THE FISHES. 



By Samuel G arm ax. 



In this department the work has been devoted to research with 

 preparations for future publication and to improvements of the 

 material; also the identification, labeling, and cataloguing of the 

 specimens. Losses from corrosion, leakage, breakage, and evapo- 

 ration have been less than in previous years. 



Additions to the collections have been received from Messrs. 

 Thomas Barbour, W. B. Cabot, W. F. Clapp, J. Dawson, C. L. 

 Hay, W. M. Mann, R. E. Merwin, and from the Boston Society of 

 Natural History; the last including important specimens from the 

 collection of the old Boston Museum. A fine series of South 

 American fishes, the gift of Mr. H. McK. Landon, consists of 

 specimens identified by Prof. C. H. Eigenmann. 



