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REPORT ON THE REPTILES, BATRACHIANS, AND FISHES. 



Br Samuel Garman. 



In these departments the largest addition was a collection of 

 more than two hundred species of reptiles and batrachians do- 

 nated by Mr. Thomas Barbour. The collection was in good con- 

 dition, with comparatively few duplicates, and, being gathered 

 from widely separated localities, it supplied many of our de- 

 siderata. Through Mr. Barbour's interest, other representatives 

 of good species were received from the New York Zoological 

 Park. Some of these were especially desired for the exhibition 

 rooms, for which, with others, they have been well prepared by 

 Mr. Nelson. A large collection of Japanese fishes has been re- 

 ceived from Stanford University through Professors Jordan and 

 Snyder, and another extensive series of Hawaiian species was ob- 

 tained from the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. 

 The list of donors includes the names of Alexander Agassiz, 

 Outram Bangs, Thomas Barbour, Austin C. Clark, Prof. Hubert 

 Lyman Clark, E. N. Carter, Walter Deane, R. H. Howe, Jr., D. S. 

 Jordan, George Nelson, the New York Zoological Society, G. H. 

 Parker, J. 0. Snyder, the U. S. Fish Commission, and B. G. Wilder. 

 Specimens in exchange or for study were sent E. H. Baynes and 

 the New York Zoological Park. The alcoholic portions of the 

 storage collections have been worked over, with the result that the 

 jars are cleaned, waxed, and filled, and otherwise put in good 

 condition. Various additions, including mounted specimens, have 

 been made to the exhibition series. More than the ordinary use 

 of the collections has been made by students. 



