54 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Jan. 



Secured with the Gray Fund. 



Cooke, C, Student in the Zoological Department of the Scientific 

 School. 31 Actinidae, 2 species, in alcohol ; 2 Astraeidae, 2 species, 

 dry; 155 Fungidae, 15 species, dry, from Zanzibar. 



Stimpson, William, M. D., Washington, D. C. 21 Actinidae, 10 

 species, and 6 specimens Funiculina, in alcohol, from Oban, Scotland ; 



12 Actinidae, 2 species and 26 Alcyonium digitatum, from the mouths 

 of the Mersey and Dee ; 1 2 Actinidae, 6 species, in alcohol, from 

 Milford Haven, South Wales. 



The following collections have been sent away in exchange 

 during the year : — 



Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. 21 Corals-, 21 species, dry. 



Carter, S. A., Paris Hill, Maine. 3 Corals, 3 species, dry. 



Cooke, Mrs. M., Cambridge, Mass. 1 Pocillopora, from Singapore. 



Crosby, Prof. A., Normal School, Salem, Mass. 13 Alcyonaria, 8 

 species, 18 Zoantharia, 18 species ; 3 Tabulata, 3 species. 



Hamlin, Prof. Charles E., Waterville College, Maine. 7 Corals, 7 

 species. 



Kaup, Dr., Darmstadt. 13 Alcyonaria, 12 species ; 43 Zoantharia, 

 42 species ; 6 Tabulata, 6 species. 



Krauss, Prof., Stuttgard. 21 Alcyonaria, 1 6 species ; 51 Zoantharia 

 41 species ; 5 Tabulata, 5 species ; and a second collection, containing 



13 Alcyonaria, 13 species ; 29 Zoantharia, 29 species ; 3 Tabulata, 3 

 species. 



McGill College, Montreal, Canada, Dr. Dawson, Principal. 14 

 Alcyonaria, 9 species ; 27 Zoantharia, 26 species ; 2 Tabulata, 2 species. 



Milne-Edwards, Prof. H., Jardin des Plantes, Paris. 28 Madre- 

 porae, 23 species ; 10 Pocilloporae, 10 species ; a second collection, 

 containing 21 Fungidae, 21 species. 



Schimper, Prof. Wm., Strasbourg. 12 Alcyonaria, 10 species ; 36 

 Zoantharia, 35 species ; 6 Tabulata, 6 species. 



Tenney, Prof. S., Cambridge, Mass. 12 Alcyonaria, 11 species; 34 

 Zoantharia, 34 species ; 7 Tabulata, 7 species. 



Valenciennes, Prof., Jardin des Plantes, Paris. 25 Alcyonaria, 19 

 species, dry ; 31 Alcyonaria, 20 species, in alcohol. 



Report on the Library, by A. Agassiz. 



Professor Marcou has been engaged during the past year in 

 arranging the books according to their subjects, and in making 

 catalogues of the different alcoves. Mr. A. Agassiz has made an 



