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REPORT ON THE FISHES, SELACHIANS, BATRACHIANS, 



AND REPTILES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



The process of reducing the bulk of these collections by ex- 

 changing the duplicates has been continued. A large number 

 of identifications have been added to the lists. In the exhibi- 

 tion-rooms a number of additions and changes have been made, 

 and considerable attention has been paid to anatomical prepa- 

 rations. 



The Museum is indebted for donations to Professor Agassiz, 

 W. S. Bryant, S. E. Cassino, A. P. Chadbourne, S. F. Denton, 

 J. W. Fewkes, F. H. Gould, Miss Helen Lennebacker, J. H. 

 Noble, Prof. F. W. Putnam, Miss Rosa Smith, Prof. S. Watson, 

 Charles White, C. O. Whitman, and N. Vickary. The largest 

 accessions were secured by exchanges, through Dr. Ehlers, Dr. 

 Pagenstecher, and Prof. John Robinson of the Peabody Museum, 

 and in a lot purchased by Professor Agassiz in New Mexico. 

 The series from the Peabody Academy is large and valuable, 

 though the majority of the specimens are duplicates of species 

 already on hand. Those from Gottingen and Hamburg supply 

 a large number of species previously unrepresented here. 



Large series of Fishes, of more than a hundred species each, 

 were sent to Museums in Bremen, Florence, Frankfurt (Main), 

 Gottingen, Hamburg, and Stockholm. Another invoice, of 

 specially selected species, was sent to the Milan Museum. 

 Materials for various special investigations were sent to Dr. 

 G. Baur, Prof. F. A. Smitt, Dr. B. G. Wilder, and Prof. R. R. 

 Wright. 



The following publications have been based wholly or mainly 

 on material in our collections : — 



