36 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Jan. 



record a still further increase, and it is to be hoped that by 

 means of the exchange of the publications of the Museum, 

 (which have already been sent to prominent institutions and 

 individuals, both at home and abroad,) this desirable result 

 may be realized. The Library is yet very deficient in the 

 transactions of most of the learned societies abroad, many of 

 which are indispensable in the work of identifying the species 

 in the Museum. 



One hundred and seven volumes, and sixty-four pamphlets, 

 or parts, of various sizes, have been presented by the following 

 societies and individuals : Acad. Real. Scienc. de Lisboa, Bos- 

 ton Soc. Nat. History, Chicago Acad. Nat. Sciences, Entomo- 

 logical Society of Philadelphia, Essex Institute, Salem, Kais. 

 Kongl. Zool. Botan. Gesellschaft, Vienna, Lyceum of Nat. His- 

 tory, New York, Nat. Hist. Soc. of New Brunswick, Oberhes- 

 sische Gesell. Giessen, Real. Instit. di Palermo, Smithsonian 

 Institution, St. Louis Acad. Nat. Sci., University of Copenhagen, 

 Verein fiir Naturk. Nassau, Mr. A. Agassiz, Prof. L. Agassiz, 

 Mr. J. G. Anthony, Mr. J. M. Barnard, Mr. E. Billings, T. 

 Bland, Prof. J. D. Dana, Editors of Nashville Journal of Medi- 

 cine, Dr. G. Krefft, E. S. Morse, Hon. Isaac Newton, Dr. A. S. 

 Packard, Jr., Prof. F. Poey, Messrs. T. Reakirt, S. H. Scudder, 

 J. B. Trembly, H. Trimoulet, President James Walker, and 

 Profs. Winchell and Marcy. Three volumes have been pur- 

 chased from the Entom. Soc. of Philadelphia, and from Mr. G. 

 W. Tryon, Jr. 



