REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND FISHES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



Contributions to the collections in this department have been 

 made by Mr. H. L. Shumway, Dr. G. 0. Rogers, Mr. J. E. Hall, 

 Dr. W. M. Haines, Prof. Walter Faxon, Mr. A. N. Cheney, Mr. 

 Eugene A. Browne, Mr. J. H. Blake, Miss I. Batchelder, and Prof. 

 Alexander Agassiz. In that made by Dr. Rogers, received through 

 the kindness of Prof. F. W. Putnam, there were a number of very 

 desirable Reptiles and Batrachians from Central Mexico. 



Among the exchanges sent us there was a valuable series of 

 deep-sea types, secured by the French Government Expeditions 

 in the " Travailleur " and the " Talisman," forwarded by Prof. 

 Leon Vaillant from the Paris Museum. Another series of species 

 from the Kara Sea was received from Prof. Chr. Liitken, of the 

 Copenhagen Museum ; and various Reptiles and Batrachians were 

 sent us by Dr. George Baur and Mr. A. L. Babcock. 



By purchase, a number of choice representatives of West Indian, 

 African, and Australian species were obtained from the Linnsea 

 Nafcurhistorisches Institut. 



The outgoing exchanges were a comprehensive series of the 

 South American Siluroids to Dr. K. Kraepelin, of the Natur- 

 historisches Museum zu Hamburg ; another to Prof. C. H. Eigen- 

 mann, of Indiana University ; a lot of Deep-sea Fishes to Prof. R. 

 Collett, of Christiania, Norway ; and others to Dr. George Baur, 

 of Clark University. 



In connection with the continued preparations for the Exhibition 

 Rooms, certain Selachians, Reptiles, and Fishes have been sent to 

 Professor Ward for mounting. The condition of the collections as 

 a whole has been much improved ; the waste from evaporation or 

 other causes has been comparatively small, and the number of 

 identified species from which exchanges may be made has been 

 considerably increased. 



