REPORT. 



To the President and Fellows of Harvard College: — 



During the Academic year 1917-1918, most of the instruction 

 in Zoology, Geology, and Geography offered in Harvard University 

 and in Radcliffe College was given in the Laboratories and Lecture 

 Rooms of the Museum. 



In Zoology sixteen courses and half courses were taken by 

 263 students in Harvard University and ten courses and half 

 courses were taken by 121 students in Radcliffe College. 



In 1916-1917 these courses and students were: — 



Harvard: — 19 courses, 410 students. 



Radcliffe: — 10 courses, 98 students. 



In Geology and Geography eleven courses were given in Harvard 

 University and two courses were given in Radcliffe College. 



The number of students taking these courses was 372 in Harvard 

 University and 24 in Radcliffe College. 



In 1916-1917 these courses and students were: — 



Harvard: — 28 courses, 703 students. 



Radcliffe: — 2 courses, 34 students. 



In December an imperfection in the sprinkler system caused a 

 water damage to the building and cases. Fortunately, however, 

 the break occurred at an hour when the prompt and energetic 

 work of the Museum force prevented serious injury to the col- 

 lections. 



Though the field-work and most of the activities of the Museum 

 have been curtailed during the year, the Museum has been fortu- 

 nate in having much voluntary assistance in the care and develop- 

 ment of its collections. Especial mention should be made of the 

 work of Mr. T. E. Penard in the Ornithological department; of 

 Mr. E. H. Dunn who has studied and catalogued the entire col- 

 lection of urodele amphibians; of Mr. G. K. Noble for his study 

 of a large number of reptiles and amphibians from South America; 

 of Mr. H. W. Fowler for his study of a large part of the Indian 

 fishes received in the early seventies from Rev. M. M. Carleton; 

 of Mr. L. W. Swett who has continued the rearrangement of the 

 geometrid moths; of Miss E. B. Bryant for her work on the col- 

 lection of Araneina; and of Prof. W. H. Twenhofel who has iden- 

 tified and labeled the Ordovician and Silurian fossils collected 

 during the 1914 expedition to the Baltic. 



