20 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE FISHES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



The principal additions for the year were made in a considerable 

 purchase of freshwater forms, from especially desirable localities 

 in the interior of Africa. Other additions were made from the 

 Antilles, by Mr. C. T. Ramsden, from the Bermudas, by the 

 Biological Station for Research, (Dr. E. L. Mark), and from the 

 East Indies, by Dr. Thomas Barbour. 



In the care of the collections, changes have been made on 

 account of corrosion, evaporation, and fading labels. Determina- 

 tions of present values, or of possible future utility, identifications, 

 the histories of types, and other material studied or illustrated, 

 have taken much attention; preparations and studies long con- 

 tinued, have been added to or revised, and throughout, a decrease 

 in the amount of useless material has gone hand in hand with an 

 improvement of what is retained. 



