52 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Jan. 



be done, but most of them have already received labels. The 

 duplicates have also been separated, labelled and catalogued. 

 During the year, fifteen collections, including 575 specimens, 

 have been sent away for exchange, and twelve other collections 

 are now ready for packing. In these collections, each specimen 

 has a parchment number attached permanently to it, while 

 authentic labels, correspondingly numbered and endorsed 

 with the name of the person by whom they are named, are 

 sent with them. In order to make the necessary corrections in 

 the nomenclature of the described species, of which there are 

 duplicates, and to make the new materials available for 

 exchanges, Part III., of the Bulletin of the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology has been prepared, and is now printing. A 

 preliminary report on the Halcyonoid Polyps collected by 

 William Stimpson, M. D., on the North Pacific Exploring 

 Expedition, under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers, has also 

 been prepared. When the report is completed, a suite of the 

 specimens will be presented to the Museum. The specimens 

 in the Museum from the eastern coast of the United States, 

 have been used in the preparation of a paper entitled a A 

 Revision of the Polyps of the Eastern Coast of the United 

 States, by A. E. Verrill," which is now printing. 



The additions to this department during the year have been 

 24 lots, containing 1,006 specimens and 125 species. Among 

 those that deserve special notice, either for their interest or 

 extent, are the following : A large alcoholic collection of the 

 British Polyps, made by Dr. Stimpson at Oban, Scotland, at 

 the mouths of the Mersey and Dee, and at Milford Haven, 

 South Wales; a valuable collection of Corals, from Mr. 

 C. Cooke, Zanzibar ; one from Dr. O. H. Otis, U. S. N., 

 collected at St. Thomas ; an alcoholic collection of great 

 interest, from Mr. J. H. Sternbergh, Panama ; a beautiful 

 lot of Gorgonidce, from Mr. D. B. Van Brunt, Acapulco, Mexico ; 

 a very valuable collection, embracing some species of great 

 rarity, from Dr. J. W. Paige, U. S. N., collected at Stono 

 Inlet, S. C. ; a large and interesting collection from John 

 Russell, Esq., from Manilla; a large collection of New England 

 Polyps, in alcohol, from A. E. Verrill, collected at Eastport, Me. 



The following is a complete list of the collections received : — 



