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HEPORT ON THE REPTILES, BATRACHIANS, AND 



FISHES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



Donations to the collections of this Department have been 

 Teceived from Drs. Thomas Barbour, H. B. Bigelow, H. L. Clark, 

 W. C. Farrabee, L. C. Jones, Major Wirt Robinson, and the 

 New York zoological society. The contributions of the latter 

 comprised specimens valuable for exhibition mounts and others 

 of importance for study. The exchanges have brought in many 

 of the more uncommon species from localities heretofore unrepre- 

 sented in the Museum. Dr. Barbour's efforts in collecting and 

 exchanging have been especially effective. A number of rarities 

 from Japan have been acquired by purchase. Improvements 

 and enlargements made in the cases of the storage room devoted 

 to the reptiles and batrachians have greatly increased the capacity, 

 and have much enhanced the convenience in use of these collections 

 for study, besides improving their appearance in a marked degree. 

 The increases in the catalogues and the numbers of identifications 

 have been greater than for years past. Some of the specimens 

 sent out to specialists for examination and study have been re- 

 turned. 



