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REPORT ON OSTEOLOGY. 
By D. D. Siape. 
THE several Mammals which had been preserved in alcohol, 
and sent to Professor Ward to be prepared as skeletons, as stated 
in my last Report, have been returned and distributed. 
No other additions to the collection of articulated and disartic- 
ulated skeletons have been made. It remains in excellent order, 
and has been consulted as in former years by naturalists and 
students. 
Occasional specimens from neighboring and distant regions 
have been sent for identification, and answers returned. 
Instruction in this department has been given during the past 
academic year by means of lectures and laboratory work. The 
course has been attended by four undergraduates, those in for- 
mer years having been special or advanced students. The at- 
tendance upon lectures and the laboratory work has been very 
satisfactory. 
During the year, the following papers have been published by 
the Assistant in this department. 
On Certain Vacuities or Deficiencies in the Crania of Mammals. Bul- 
letin of the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, Vol. XIII., No. 8, March 
26, 1888. 
Notes on the Boundaries of the Four Bones composing the Occipital 
Segment of the Mammalian Cranium. Science, Vol. XI., No. 274, p. 
218. 
The Wild Turkey in Massachusetts. The Auk, Vol. V., No. 2. 
