1864.] SENATE— No. 22. 29 



Skin of a Rattlesnake, from (?) 



Living Turtle, from the Gulf of Mexico (?) 



In Exchange. 



Normal School, Salem, Prof. Crosby, Principal. 17 specimens, 

 12 species, from Madagascar, — 5 species new to the collection. Col- 

 lected by W. W. Goodhue, of Zanzibar. 



Salmin, C. L., Hamburg. 1 specimen, 1 species, from Cape of Good 

 Hope, — new to the collection ; 2 specimens, 2 species, from Java. 



From the Gray Fund. 



Cooke, C, student M. C. Z. 119 specimens, 38 species, from 

 Zanzibar, Africa, — 29 species new to the collection. 



Cooke, C, and Soares, J. C, Zanzibar. 37 specimens, 15 species, 

 from Mozambique, Africa, — new to the collection. 



Niles, W. H., student M. C. Z. 583 specimens, 15 species, from 

 Worthington. 



Putnam, F. W., student M. C. Z. 116 specimens, 10 species, from 

 Bridport, Vt. 



Stimpson, Dr. Wm., Washington, D. C. 5 specimens, 4 species, from 

 near Liverpool, England. 



Bought. Young Python, from Africa. 



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



A large number of duplicate specimens have been sent from 

 the Museum, not only in exchange for other specimens, but also 

 for the purpose of distributing authenticated specimens. Four 

 thousand seven hundred and sixty-six alcoholic specimens, 

 comprising one hundred and eighty-nine species, have thus been 

 sent to twenty-one different persons and institutions. 



The greatest possible pains have been bestowed upon the 

 identification of these specimens. Nineteen hundred labels 

 were written to accompany the specimens, and to make them 

 authentic, every one was signed on the back. 



The care of older specimens, and the cataloguing of those 

 more recently received, and their distribution to their proper 

 places in the Museum, consumed much time. The systematic 



