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REPORT ON THE REPTILES, BATRACHIANS, 

 AND FISHES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



Considerable additions to the collections in these departments 

 have been received from Senor Anastasio Alfaro, Messrs. Outram 

 Bangs, Thomas Barbour, Owen Bryant, H. L. Clark, George C. 

 Deane, R. L. Ditmars, Eugene N. Fisher, Charles H. Gilbert, 

 Harris Kennedy, Trevor Kincaid, F. A. Lucas, Arthur S. Pearse, 

 Wirt Robinson, F. G. Shaupp, John E. Thayer, W. McM. 

 Woodworth, the New York Zoological Society, and the U. S. 

 National Museum. 



The specimens from the New York Zoological Society, being 

 fresh, gave opportunity for improving the exhibition series ; other 

 specimens were secured in the Boston markets. A fine series of 

 West Indian Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes were obtained by 

 purchase from Mr. Alex. E. Wight, and considerable other very 

 desirable material was presented by Mr. Thomas Barbour. 

 Among outgoing shipments were those to Prof. C. H. Eigenmann, 

 Prof. Theo. Gill, Prof. Chas. H. Gilbert, Dr. J. W. Spengel, and 

 Dr. B. G. Wilder. Certain types loaned to Professor Gilbert 

 were returned in good order. 



Aside from filling up the new cases, made necessary by increase 

 of the storage Reptilia, few changes have been made in the 

 alcoholic series. Loss by leakage, breakage, or evaporation has 

 been small in amount. The greater portion of the work for the 

 year has been devoted to preparation of the memoir on the 

 Plagiostomes. 



