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REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND FISHES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



Comprehensive series of the Fishes have been sent as ex- 

 changes to the Australian Museum of Sydney, the British 

 Museum of London, the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. 

 Petersburg, the K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften of Gottingen, 

 the K. K. Academie der Wissenschaften of Vienna, the Konigl. 

 Zoologische Sammlung of Berlin, the Museo Civico of Milan, the 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris, the Queensland Museum 

 of Brisbane, the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, the 

 Universitetets Zoologiske Museum of Copenhagen, and the 

 Zoolog. Museum Universitetet of Christiania. To the shipment 

 for St. Petersburg there was added a series of the Reptiles and 

 Batrachians. Other Fishes and Reptiles were furnished Prof. A. 

 Goette, Dr. R. Semon, Prof. B. G. Wilder, and the instructors 

 and students of the University. 



We are pleased to acknowledge the following receipts: — Yu- 

 catan Reptiles and Batrachians from the Hon. Edward Thompson ; 

 a large number of Missouri Cave Animals, both vertebrates and 

 invertebrates, from Miss Ruth Coffin; various lots of New Eng- 

 land species, from Miss Reed, Messrs. Frank Bolles, N. Vickary, 

 W. J. Wright, and Dr. L. C. Jones ; Mississippi Valley species, 

 from Professors H. Garman and G. H. Parker ; and California 

 Reptiles, from Mr. W. E. Ritter. An excellent collection of Rep- 

 tiles, Batrachians, Fishes, and Selachians was received from the 

 Australian Museum, and a valuable representation of Pacific Coast 

 Fishes from Prof. C. H. Eigenmann. Important additions of 

 Tropical Reptiles and Batrachians have been made by exchanges 

 with Mr. N. L. Wilson. A number of purchases of desiderata 

 from South America and the Old World have contributed mate- 

 rially to the completeness of the collections. With rare excep- 

 tions, all arrivals were good in kind and condition. 



