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passed in review the different collections in possession of the 

 Museum. Messrs. St. John and Hartt were engaged, previous 

 to their departure for Brazil, in working up the collections of 

 fossils they had made in the Western States and in Nova Scotia 

 during the summer of 1864. Mr. Allen was for a time in 

 charge of the birds and mammals, and left the collection in 

 very good order previous to his departure for Brazil. 



The remaining departments were left in my charge, but little 

 besides making up a few exchanges, and taking care of the 

 new additions, could be' done. 



After many unavoidable delays, the first number of the 

 Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum has been published ; the 

 Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae, by Theodore Lyman. It has 

 been distributed among the scientific societies of this country, 

 as well as to individuals specially interested in those animals. 

 A few copies have also been sent to Europe, and the remainder 

 of the edition will be distributed to foreign societies with the 

 second number, which will shortly be published. Owing, how- 

 ever, to the sudden departure of Mr. Burkhardt, who was 

 engaged in coloring the plates of the first number, the whole 

 edition could not be completed, though a sufficient number of 

 copies were finished to satisfy our immediate wants. The 

 fourth number of the Museum Bulletin, on the Brachiopoda of 

 the Island of Anticosti, by Mr. N. S. Shaler, has also been 

 lately issued. In exchange for these publications, the Museum 

 may hereafter expect valuable additions to its library, by 

 receiving similar publications from other museums and scien- 

 tific societies, as well as original investigators. 



During the first term of the academic year 1864-5, Pro- 

 fessor Agassiz delivered the usual course of lectures to mem- 

 bers of the scientific school and undergraduates, open also to 

 public teachers. A special course of university lectures on 

 mollusca, was also delivered by him at the Museum. During 

 the second term, the lectures on zoology were omitted, but will 

 be delivered during the present term by myself. Three other 

 courses of university lectures were delivered at the Museum, 

 one on the geological succession of the Brachiopoda, by Mr. 

 Shaler, delivered during the last term. During the present 

 term, Mr. Uhler is giving a course of lectures on North Amer- 

 ican entomology, and Mr. Shaler another on the elevation of 



