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REPTILES AND FISHES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



Large additions have been made to these collections by the 

 material from the Museum of the Peabody Academy, forwarded by 

 Professor Robinson. Thus far the identification and distribution 

 of the Reptiles and Batrachians only have been attended to. A 

 partial collection of exhibition specimens has been sent in return. 



In exchange for specimens previously sent, Dr. Alex. Strauch of 

 the Imperial Museum of St. Petersburg shipped a large series of 

 Reptiles and Fishes, representing a considerable number of species 

 and genera new to the collections. 



By purchase from Messrs. C. J. Maynard and Wm. B. Richard- 

 son the Museum secured a number of types and many duplicates 

 of species heretofore desiderata. From the duplicates of a collec- 

 tion belonging to Cornell University, sent for identification, quite 

 a number belonging to rare species have been obtained. 



A donation by Mr. S. F. Denton includes Reptiles and Batra- 

 chians of New Zealand, of Ohio, and an excellent series of species 

 of Massachusetts. Mr. H. S. Greenough kindly presented a fine 

 lot of living snakes from North Carolina. Living lizards and 

 toads rare in this part of the world were received from the Zoo- 

 logical Society's Gardens in London. 



Besides the foregoing, donations have been received from Dr. 

 C. C. Abbott, Mr. A. Agassiz, Geo. R. Allaman, Prof. B. W. 

 Evermann, Miss A. E. Gooding, F. H. Gould, A. W. Hicks, Alex. 

 H. Higginson, Prof. S. E. Meek, Dr. D. D. Slade, N. Vickary, and 

 Dr. B. G. Wilder. 



Shipments have been made to the London Zoological Gardens, 

 Dr. Heron-Royer, the Museum of the Peabody Academy, Dr. 

 B. G. Wilder, Prof. 0. C. Marsh, Dr. G. Baur, and Dr. H. Ayers. 

 Various specimens also have been turned over to instructors for 

 students' use. 



