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Faxon took charge of the general Biological Laboratory, assisted 

 by Mr. J. H. Perkins. 



Professor Shaler and Mr. Davis gave the usual courses in 

 Geology, Palaeontology, and Physical Geography. 



Prof. J. D. Whitney gave, as heretofore, a course in Economic 

 Geology, Mr. Wadsworth assisting in a part of the course. 



The publications embodying original work carried on in the 

 different departments, or based upon Museum materials, will be 

 found enumerated in the special Reports. 



During the past summer the following persons pursued their 

 studies at my Newport Laboratory : — 



Mr. Fewkes, one of the Museum Assistants, devoted his time 

 principally to the Embryology of Siphonophores. 



Mrs. Whitman made good progress with her studies of the 

 early stages of the Crab. 



Professor C. O. Whitman assisted me in the continuation of 

 my investigation upon the early stages of Fishes, commenced 

 the previous year. A preliminary notice of this work has been 

 published, " On the Development of some Pelagic Fish Eggs, 

 by Alexander Agassiz and C. O. Whitman." (Proc. Am. 

 Acad., XX., pp. 52, 1 pi., August, 1884.) 



A special list of the Museum publications during the last 

 Academic year is given in Appendix A of this Report. They 

 consist of seven numbers of the Bulletin, and two numbers and 

 two volumes of the Memoirs ; the two complete volumes, on 

 the Water Birds of North America, are in continuation of the 

 publications of the California Geological Survey, in connection 

 with Prof. J. D. Whitney. 



About six hundred volumes have been added to the Library 

 of the Museum during the past year. 



Small collections of Vertebrate Fossils have been received 

 from Wyoming and Kansas, but they have not yet been ex- 

 amined carefully enough to enable me to report upon their 

 value. 



A collection of alcoholic Invertebrates, destined for the At- 

 lantic Exhibition Rooms, has been purchased from the Naples 

 Zoological Station. It is in a remarkably perfect state of 

 preservation. 



We have also received from Professor Lesquereux the collec- 

 tion of fossil plants collected by Professor Lakes, principally in 

 Colorado, which had been sent to him for study. 



