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But little has been done in the way of exchanges, the only 

 specimens sent out, being twelve, comprising ten species, to the 

 Essex Institute, of Salem. 



The most impotant collections received are the following : 



From Brazil, by the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, Doctors Wucherer, 

 Coutinho, Marcus and Jeffrys, Don Antonio de Lacerda and 

 Mr. Bourget, consisting of 80 species and 170 specimens. 



From Zanzibar, Mozambique, and Madagascar, by Messrs. Cooke, 

 Soares and Goodhue, and Baron von der Decken. 



From Japan, by Mr. Gulick. 



From North Carolina, by Messrs. Shute and Bickmore. 



List of the Additions to the Collections of Reptiles. 



Anthony, J. G., assistant M. C. Z. Skeleton of Turtle from 

 Natchez, Miss. 



Atwood, Capt. N. E., Provincetown. Eggs of a Turtle, from 

 Provincetown. 



Barnard, James M., Boston. 2 specimens, 2 species, from Africa, 

 new to the collection; 14 specimens, 9 species, from Hong Kong (?) 

 — 2 species new to the collection. 



Bickmore, A. S., student M. C. Z. 92 specimens, 11 species, from 

 Beaufort, N. C. ; 2 specimens, 1 species, from Shackelfort, N. C. ; 1 speci- 

 men, 1 species, from Wind Hill Island, N. C. ; 35 specimens, 4 species 

 from Newbern, N. C. 



Bourget, D., Brazil. 24 specimens, 16 speoies, from Rio Janeiro, 

 Brazil, — 13 species new to the collection. 



Bridgham, Mrs. S. W., New York. 3 specimens, 2 species, from 

 East Providence, R. I. 



Carter, S. R., Paris, Me. 50 eggs and 9 young of Desmognathus 

 fuscus, from Paris, Me., — eggs new to the collection. 



Coutinho, Dr., Brazil. 1 Amphisbaena, from Manaos, Brazil — new 

 to the collection. 



Cutting, J. A., Boston Aquarial Gardens. 1 Python, from Africa ; 

 1 Turtle, from West Indies. 



Dall, W. H., Medford. 29 specimens, 9 species from Medford, Mass. ; 

 16 specimens, 2 species, from Exeter, N. H.; 2 specimens, 1 species, from 

 Illinois ; 6 specimens, 4 species, from Nagasaki, Japan ; new to the collection. 



Dewey, Prof. C, Rochester, N. Y. 3 Menobranchus, from Rochester, 

 New York. 



DeWitt, Capt. F., U. S. A. Young Turtle from Beaufort, N. C. 



Decken, Baron von der, Zanzibar, Africa. Saurian, from Mada- 

 gascar, — new to the collection. 



