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Specially worthy of notice is a large collection of Central Ameri- 

 can Longicorns, compared with the types of the great work of 

 Messrs. Godman and Salvin on the Zoology of Central America, 

 which we owe to Messrs. Godman and Salvin. 



A fine collection of California Birds has been presented by 

 Mr. King. 



To the Peabody Academy of Sciences of Salem we are again 

 indebted for large additions to our collections of Fishes, Reptiles, 

 Crustacea, Worms, and Insects. In many of the groups, the 

 number of types contained in them renders this gift peculiarly 

 valuable. 



A number of casts of fossil Vertebrates have been sent us by 

 the Museums of Lyons, Prague, and Munich. The Museum has 

 also purchased a good collection of palaeozoic fossil corals from 

 Mr. Green, of New Albany, Indiana. 



A large collection of Bohemian Cretaceous and Tertiary Fos- 

 sils has been received from the Prague Museum. This collection 

 takes the place of the Silurian Fossils left us in his will by the 

 late Joachim Barrande, which would merely have duplicated the 

 Senary collection of that period already in the Museum. A large 

 number of glass models of Marine Invertebrates have been added 

 to our series. 



Finally, a number of samples of bottom deposits, collected by the 

 " Blake," have been sent us by the United States Coast Survey. 

 These, with a few additional interesting specimens from our for- 

 mer collections, have been sent to Mr. John Murray for study. 

 An assortment of Atlantic bottom deposits has also been sent to 

 Messrs. Norman and Brady. A number of alcoholic specimens 

 have been purchased from the Naples Zoological Station. Dr. 

 Horn has kindly continued to fill the gaps in our collection of 

 North American Coleoptera. 



The Museum is again indebted to Messrs. Brewster, Cabot, 

 Slade, and Lyman, for their interest in behalf of their respective 

 departments. 



As will be seen from Professor Hyatt's Report, he has made an 

 excellent beginning in the laborious work he has undertaken of 

 arranging and preparing for exhibition our vast stores of Fossil 

 Invertebrates. He has been assisted in this by Mr. Jackson. 



From the reports of the different Assistants, the condition of the 

 collections continues excellent. We are little by little improving 



