4 ANNUAL EEPORT OF THE 



cording to the terms of the gift, and the income of the Humboldt 

 Fund has been applied to assisting students working at the Wood's 

 Hole Laboratory. 



Professor Faxon reports that the principal additions to his 

 Department consist of a large and very complete collection of 

 North American land and fresh-water shells (over 20,000 speci- 

 mens), presented to the Museum by Dr. R. Ellsworth Call of 

 Lawrence, Indiana, and of a very beautiful collection of marine 

 shells from the Straits of Malacca, presented to the Museum 

 through Professor Goodale. 



Messrs. Henshaw, Garman, and Brewster report the collections 

 under their care in excellent condition. The additions to their 

 Departments are enumerated in their Reports. The Departments 

 in charge of Dr. Woodworth and Dr. Mayer need no special no- 

 tice, as during the greater part of the year these two Assistants 

 were absent with me in Fiji. Dr. Woodworth has left for Samoa 

 to collect additional material for his Bololo paper, and Dr. Mayer 

 has spent the greater part of the summer collecting Acalephs in 

 the Tortugas and along the east coast of the United States. 



To Professor Hyatt, to Mr. William Brewster, as well as to Dr. 

 R. T. Jackson, the Museum is indebted for the care of their re- 

 spective Departments. 



The Exhibition Rooms have remained much as they were at the 

 time of the last Report. A stand-pipe and hose have been placed 

 in the Museum building in order to guard each floor against fire. 

 The tables used for heating in the different Laboratories have been 

 specially protected against the spreading of fire. 



Specimens have been sent to Dr. Dendy, to Mr. H. A. Pillsbury, 

 and to the Smithsonian Institution for examination, and a lot of 

 Galapagos Turtles to the Hon. Walter Rothschild. A number of 

 specialists have consulted the Entomological Department, and Mr. 

 G. N. Calkins has examined our collection of Hydroids from the 

 Pacific Coast of the United States. 



In addition to the gifts specified in the different Reports, I may 

 mention a collection of Fossil Medusae from the Cambrian of 

 Alabama, presented by the United States Geological Survey. 

 Fossils from Griffin Landing, Savannah River, presented by Mr. 

 C. B. Moore of Philadelphia. The collections made during my 

 expedition to Fiji consist of Land Shells, Reptiles, Insects, Corals, 

 and pelagic animals. An interesting fossil Egg (Struthiolithus) 



