6 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Jan. 



library sent in acknowledgment. If we can continue our pub- 

 lications with anything like a moderate regularity, we shall, 

 no doubt, enlarge the circle of our usefulness and obtain valu- 

 able returns ourselves. In this connection I would state that 

 arrangements have been made with the United States Coast 

 Survey, through the courtesy of Professor Bache, to incorporate 

 into the next number of the Illustrated Catalogue Professor 

 Agassiz's Report on the Coral Reefs of Florida, originally pre- 

 pared for the use of the Coast Survey. This report is accom- 

 panied with plates drawn by Mr. Sonrel, and as it illustrates 

 most of our common North American corals, we can readily, 

 by adding a few illustrations, publish an exhaustive catalogue 

 of the polyps of the east coast of our continent. This 

 latter part Colonel Lyman has undertaken to finish, and it is 

 hoped that the third number of the Catalogue may be published 

 near the close of the year 1867. This will probably exhaust 

 the sum so generously placed at the disposal of the trustees by 

 the legislature, and it is earnestly to be wished that hereafter 

 some additional means may be provided to continue these 

 catalogues. 



The usual lectures on Zoology to the scientific students 

 and others, were given by the assistant in charge during the 

 first term of the past academic year. Mr. Shaler delivered the 

 lectures on Geology in the second term. Three special students 

 availed themselves of the privileges of the Museum during the 

 year. 



The cellar, owing to our large accessions, has now become so 

 crowded that the space formerly devoted to unpacking is almost 

 given up to storage ; we shall soon come to the end of the few 

 feet of available room left there and be obliged to encroach 

 upon the exhibition and working rooms. The kegs containing 

 our collections have been thoroughly overhauled and repainted 

 and filled up, and the general condition of the alcoholic collec- 

 tion is as satisfactory as we can expect with our present 

 facilities. 



To accommodate the dry collections, floors have been laid 

 across the galleries of the two eastern rooms, where lighter 

 material may be stored until better arrangements can be made. 



The Museum is indebted for facilities and assistance in for- 

 warding specimens to their destination, to the State department 



