22 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Jan. 



ber of preparations illustrating the arrangement and structure 

 of the feathers in different families. It is to be hoped that his 

 health will soon permit him to resume these studies. Prof. H. 

 J. Clark has rearranged the collection of embryos, and made 

 a number of preparations. A part of a collection of about 

 200 specimens, sent to Mons. Auguste Youga to be mounted, 

 has been returned in good order. Mr. S. R. Jillson has also 

 mounted quite a number of specimens. A collection of Laridae 

 in alcohol has been sent to Elliott Coues, M. D., for study, 

 while preparing a monograph of the family. 



There have been received during the year 1,676 specimens, 

 representing 820 species, in 64 lots. Among the most interest- 

 ing and valuable additions are a collection of skins from the 

 East Indies, presented by J. M. Barnard, Esq., a collection of 

 mounted European birds from Dr. Kaup ; a collection of skins 

 from Brazil, from Mons. Bourlemaque, Director of the Museum 

 at Rio Janeiro ; a large number of birds in alcohol, from Zan- 

 zibar, collected by Mr. C. Cooke ; a very valuable lot from the 

 Amoor river, presented by H. A. Pierce, Esq. ; a collection of 

 skins collected in Arctic America by R. Kennicott, from the 

 Smithsonian Institution ; a large number of specimens in 

 alcohol, from Springfield, Mass., embracing some species never 

 before found in New England, presented by Mr. J. A. Allen, 

 with careful measurements of many of them, made while 

 fresh ; eggs and birds in alcohol, from Beaufort, N. C, from 

 Mr. A. S. Bickmore ; a collection in alcohol from Norway, Me., 

 from Mr. S. I. Smith ; a large number from Waterville, Me., 

 collected by Prof. Chas. E. Hamlin. 



The following is a complete list of the invoices received 

 during the year : — 



Donations. 



Agassiz, A. Assistant at the Museum, 9 eggs of Tringoides, in 

 alcohol, from Nahant, Mass. 



Allen, J. A. Student in the Zoological Department of the Scien- 

 tific School, 3 birds, mounted, from Cambridge ; 5 birds, 3 species, fresh, 

 from Cambridge; 183 birds, 80 species, 50 eggs, 9 species, in alcohol, 

 from Springfield, Mass. 



Aquarial Gardens, Boston, Mass. 1 Heron, in alcohol, from 

 Massachusetts. 



