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stant friend and contributor Mr. Charles Wright, who has laid 
us under great obligations by a fine invoice of desirable Cuban 
shells, and our Thayer Expedition must also be credited with a 
small but valuable contribution of 35 species and 1,039 speci- 
mens of Brazilian land shells. Thus from twenty-six sources 
we have derived 1,523 species and 21,394 specimens as the 
result of our year’s labors in this department, while our consign- 
ments have only been to seven persons, amounting to 443 
species and 867 specimens. 
We may add that during the past year we have had the 
pleasure of aiding, as far as we could, Mr. William G. Binney 
in his undertaking to edit the new edition of the late Dr. 
Gould’s Report on the Invertebrate of Massachusetts, and 
have furnished for that purpose a large number of our best 
specimens of New England mollusca, in order that new figures 
might be drawn to replace the lost plates of the first edition. 
In this connection we may remark that it seemed to us 
peculiarly fitting that this enterprise, ordered by the State, 
should be aided in every possible way by a State institution like 
our own, and we have cheerfully rendered every assistance in 
our power. 
Report on the Mammals, by J. A. ALLEN. 
Since the last announcement of the additions to this depart- 
ment, there have been added 369 specimens, representing 168 
species, one-half of them through our exchanges, and about 
one-fourth each by donation and purchase. The most impor- 
tant additions have been a fine collection of skins from Aus- 
tralia, from Professor McCoy; a large invoice of European 
mammals, including a number of very fine specimens mounted, 
from Professor William Schimper; a fine lot of skulls from 
Kast India, from W. Theobald, Jr.; and an invoice from South 
Africa, from Professor Layard. These collections have all been 
added by exchanges. Some very desirable lots have also been 
added by purchase. : 
Except the cataloguing of the skins, which we have recently 
completed, little has been done in this department beyond the 
