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REPORT ON THE REPTILES, BATRACHIANS, SELACHIANS, 



AND FISHES. 



By S. W. Garman. 



REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS. 



The largest addition to these departments for the year comes 

 from the West India collections made during the " Blake " ex- 

 peditions and subsequently. They contain many species new to 

 the Museum, some of them new to science, and a large number 

 of desirable duplicates for exchanges. By purchase, important 

 representatives of the faunae of the East Indies and Australia were 

 obtained, and a skeleton of the Matamata Tortoise, Chelys mata- 

 mata. A collection made in Borneo by W. T. Hornaday, Esq., 

 adds several genera and a large number of species not previously 

 in our collection. Some of the species are undescribed. Dr. 

 Edward Palmer's collection contains some valuable Mexican 

 species. The Kentucky Geological Survey, under Professor 

 Shaler, contributes a valuable lot of specimens collected by Pro- 

 fessor C. J. Norwood. A number of Massachusetts species were 

 obtained from N. Yickary. A large lot of type specimens of North 

 American Reptiles and Batrachians has been received through 

 Professor Baird, from the United States National Museum. 

 Thirty species, represented by series of specimens, from Algeria, 

 Spain, and Southern France, have been secured in exchange for 

 North American species from Mr. Fernand Lataste. 



Mrs. C. N. Willard sends a fine collection of Florida Reptiles, 

 and Professor John T. Humphreys another from North Carolina. 



Richard M. Kemp, Esq. has made several additions to his 

 donations from the Florida Keys. 



Messrs. Bullard, Goodrow, and R. Woodward are to be credited 

 with contributions of duplicates of Massachusetts Reptiles. 



