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REPORT ON THE REPTILES, BATRACHIANS, 

 AND FISHES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



The list of accessions for these departments, like that of the 

 donors, is of more than the usual extent for a single year. The 

 material received is from widely distributed localities. The fol- 

 lowing is the list of those by whom these collections have been 

 increased : Charles C. Adams, Alexander Agassiz, Henry B. 

 Bigelow, the Boston Society of Natural History, the British Mu- 

 seum, Outram Bangs, Thomas Barbour, G. A. Boulenger, Owen 

 Bryant, F. W. Carpenter, L. J. Cole, William F. Clapp, Austin C. 

 Clark, R. L. Ditmars, R. T. Jackson, H. P. Johnson, F. T. Lewis, 

 Seth E. Meek, George Nelson, the New York Zoological Society, 

 G. H. Parker, F. W. Putnam, Captain Wirt Robinson, U. S. A., 

 Rev. Robert K. Smith, John E. Thayer, United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries, and W. McM. Woodworth. 



The largest additions to the collections were those of the John 

 E. Thayer Expedition, the Yucatan Expedition, the two expedi- 

 tions of Thomas Barbour, and the collection sent by Charles C. 

 Adams. These are particularly rich in insular species. An im- 

 portant lot of marine species was obtained by purchase, some of 

 which were desiderata for the exhibition rooms, and all are of 

 special value in connection with present researches. Certain 

 forms, among them a number from the New York Zoological 

 Society, have been mounted for the exhibition rooms. The cata- 

 logues have been much enlarged, and undesirable duplicates and 

 worthless specimens have been withdrawn. Material has been 

 exchanged with Charles C. Adams, the British Museum, the Bos- 

 ton Society of Natural History, F. W. Carpenter, E. L. Mark, the 

 New York Zoological Society, and G. H. Parker. Dr. Parker has 

 returned the Museum collection of Branchiostomatidae. Except 

 in case of gradual changes of color in alcohol, by oily specimens, 



