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Cooke, Caleb. Student in the Zoological Department of the Scien- 

 tific School, 8 birds, 7 species, in alcohol ; 52 birds, 18 species, in alco- 

 hol ; 3 skeletons and 1 nest, from Zanzibar ; 22 birds, 18 species, in 

 alcohol, from Mozambique ; 8 nests, 1 species, from Zanzibar. 



Gulich, J. T., Kanagawa, Japan. 2 birds, 2 species, in alcohol ; 5 

 skins, 5 species, from Japan. 



Rich, J. T., Upton, Me. 1 Snowy Owl, fresh, from Upton. 



Stimpson, Wm., M. D., Washington, D. C. 4 birds, 4 species, in 

 alcohol, from Oban, Scotland. 



During the year the following collections have been sent away in 

 exchange : — 



Boardman, Geo. A., Milltown, Me. 35 eggs, 11 species, dry, mis- 

 cellaneous. 



Newell, K. B., Cambridge, Mass. 13 eggs, 13 species, dry, chiefly 

 Natatores. 



Parker, B. G., Cambridge, Mass. 2 skins, 2 species, from Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Report on the Collection of Reptiles, by F. W. Putnam. 



A full series of the Ophidians belonging to the Museum was 

 sent last year to Professor Jan, of Milan, for comparison ; 

 these have been returned with Professor Jan's identification 

 of the species ; thus increasing very much the scientific value 

 of our collection of Ophidians, as we have now, in respect to 

 North American species, the identification of one of the leading 

 Herpetologists of Europe, added to those of Professor Baird and 

 Mr. Kennicott. 



During the year, nineteen hundred and eighty-four speci- 

 mens, representing one hundred and eighty-three species new 

 to the collection, have been received from sixty-five donors. 

 Several hundred specimens have been collected especially for 

 exchange. A number of fossil reptiles have also been received, 

 but from want of room still remain in their original packages. 



The want of glass jars still obliges us to retain in the cellar 

 most of the specimens of this department. The work done 

 during the year amounts to but little more than attending to 

 the preservation of specimens, cataloguing the additions, and 

 taking care of the Ophidians returned by Professor Jan. 

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