MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 31 
REPORT ON THE FISHES. 

By SamMvuEL GARMAN. 

Additions to the department have been secured through the 
efforts of Messrs. G. M. Allen, Thomas Barbour, W. A. Brown, 
H. L. Clark, Samuel Garman, C. L. Hay, W. M. Mann, R. E. 
Merwin, George Nelson, G. H. Parker, J. C. Phillips, J. E. Thayer, 
and by purchases. 
The routine work has been directed toward the improvement of 
the collections, by betterment of their condition, by identification, 
etc.; and the preparation for future publication, in order to make 
the collections more available for the student, whether general or 
special. 
