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large series of reptiles and amphibians, and many of the rarest 

 birds and mammals still extant on the island. Dr. Barbour and 

 Mr. Shaw also purchased and presented to the Museum a series 

 of Cuban Lepidoptera. 



Prof. P. E. Raymond's field work has added a large number of 

 valuable invertebrate fossils to the collection of the Museum. This 

 material is from the Ordovician of Ontario and Quebec, from the 

 Upper Cambrian and other formations in New York, and from the 

 Upper Ordovician of Ohio and Indiana, and the Silurian about 

 Chicago and Milwaukee. 



As in 1912 the Museum is indebted to the U. S. Bureau of Fish- 

 eries for the use of the U. S. F. C. Schooner Grampus during July 

 and August, 1913. In charge of Dr. H. B. Bigelow with Mr. W. 

 W. Welsh as Assistant, the field of work of the Grampus ranged 

 from Nova Scotia to the Chesapeake. Serial temperatures and 

 water samples were taken, currents measured, and collections of 

 plankton made. With the cooperation of the Bureau of Fisheries 

 and of Capt. John MacFarland of the Schooner Victor, Dr. Bigelow 

 continued his oceanographic studies during the winter of 1912- 

 1913 and the spring of 1913. 



Dr. R. V. Chamberlin has carried on field work in the west in 

 Arizona and California, and in New England in Massachusetts, 

 Vermont, and New Hampshire. This work, though directed 

 largely toward the myriopod and arachnid fauna, has contributed 

 valuable collections in other groups. 



Mr. W. F. Clapp, by the courtesy of the Bay State Fishing 

 Company and with the cordial aid of Captain Steele and the crew 

 of the trawler Ripple, spent a week in February, 1913, off the eastern 

 side of George's Bank. The material obtained, though less exten- 

 sive than that secured in 1913 from the western side of George's, 

 adds several new records to the molluscan fauna of the Banks, as 

 well as many invertebrates of interest to the collections of the 

 Museum. 



Mr. George Nelson's third trip to Swan Island in March and 

 April, 1913, yielded additional material for both the research and 

 exhibition collections. Mr. Nelson also collected for the Gray 

 Herbarium a representative set of the plants of Swan Island. 



In the interest of the Museum, Mr. W. M. Mann visited Haiti, 

 during November and December, 1912, and January and February, 

 1913, working at widely separated points. The collections, prin- 

 cipally reptiles, insects, myriopods, and spiders, though not 

 thoroughly examined, contain many rare and new species and 



