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REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND FISHES. 
By SaMvUEL GARMAN. 
So far as the routine work in these departments is concerned, 
the story is much the same as in former years. The changes and 
the renewals of alcohol have been continued. They have been 
accompanied by withdrawal of useless material, by selection and 
mounting of types for Exhibition Rooms soon to be opened, or to 
replace inferior representatives already on the shelves in others, 
by preparation for exchanges, and by identifications and arrange- 
ment to facilitate examination and study. Not a little time has 
been spent on the storage collections of other departments. 
Among identifications, a large number of the South American 
Siluride, of the American Gobiide, and of the West Indian 
Reptiles and Batrachians, have been included. The Museum is 
indebted to Messrs. F. 8. Chaffee, John Gorell, F. T. Hubbard, 
L. W. S. Kimball, A. P. Morse, James Reed, E. A. Samuels, 
James Saunders, G. H. Whittier, W. W. Woodworth, and Miss 
Ruth Hoppin, for invoices of specimens in this department. 
The largest additions to the collections were secured by 
exchange: a collection of Fishes from the Museum of Stock- 
holm, through Dr. F. A. Smitt, and another from the British 
Museum, through Dr. G. A. Boulenger, containing Old World 
Batrachians and Reptiles and Deep-sea Fishes. Other additions 
were received from Professors O. C. Marsh, C. J. Maynard, E. L. 
Mark, and D. S. Jordan. 
By purchase from Professor Maynard, the Museum obtained a 
desirable lot of West Indian Reptiles and Batrachians. 
Series of Reptiles and Batrachians from the West Indies were 
sent in exchange to the Museum of Stockholm and to the British 
Museum. A smaller lot of Reptiles was forwarded to Professor 
Marsh, and a collection of Fishes was sent Professor Maynard. 
