4 ANNUAL REPORT OF Till: 



use of students pursuing investigations at the new stations in 

 Bermnda and at the Tortugas (see [C], page 35). 



The various reports of the assistants in charge of the collections 

 announce a gratifying list of accessions to the stores of the Mu- 

 seum. All departments of the Museum already feel the influence 

 of the expedition by which, through the generosity of Mr. John 

 E. Thayer, our collections are being enriched. The significance 

 of Mr. Thayer's expedition is of especial value. A student of 

 nature himself, he is the son of Nathaniel Thayer, who in 1865, 

 in the early infancy of the Museum, supplied its distinguished 

 founder with all the means for the famous expedition to Brazil, 

 the fruits of which are the basis of the immense storage collec- 

 tions now at Cambridge. 



Among the larger accessions for the year is the extensive 

 Flood collection, chiefly birds, received through Mr. J. E. Thayer 

 (see Mr. Brewster's report), and the donation by Professor PL P. 

 Johnson, who was formerly a student at the Museum, of his large 

 and valuable collection of marine annelids, mostly from the 

 Pacific Coast. Professor Johnson's gift is of especial value as it 

 contains his many types and figured specimens. 



Much has been done toward developing the new palseontological 

 exhibits. Upwards of one hundred and fifty fossil vertebrates 

 have been mounted by Mr. Nelson and placed on exhibition. To 

 the reptilian fauna of the North American Room and elsewhere, 

 Mr. Nelson has added some twenty of his excellent preparations 

 of recent forms, including a large Anaconda. 



The Museum was fortunate in securing for a part of the sum- 

 mer the services of Miss E. Wood of the United States Geological 

 Survey. With the help of Dr. Jackson she selected a large 

 amount of material for the Palasozoic Room, and it is hoped now 

 that this room will soon be accessible to the public. A new case 

 has been installed in connection with the exhibit illustrating 

 methods in Thalassography, and with the new instruments and 

 apparatus expected, the exhibit promises to be one of peculiar 

 interest. 



The additions to the Library, as reported by Mr. Henshaw, are 

 5,588 volumes, parts of volumes, pamphlets, and maps, making the 



