



ANNUAL Hi: PORT OF THE 



A part of Dr. Allen's time is devoted to researeh, one of the re- 

 sults of which has been published as Memoirs M. C. X., vol. 40, 

 no. 1, Solenodon paradoxus, 54 pages, 9 plates. 



To the preparation of specimens for exhibition Mr. Nelson 

 gives a large part of his time. In addition to those already men- 

 tioned he has prepared a number of North American snakes and 

 turtles, among the latter a giant Snapping turtle, Chelydra ser- 

 pentina, a specimen remarkable not only for its weight, fifty- 

 four pounds, but for the absolute perfection of its exoskeletal 

 parts; also a series of West Indian Crows and Troupials. The 

 collection of North American mammals, the systematic collection 

 of birds, and the special collections of domesticated animals, 

 of nests and eggs of birds, and of heads and horns of mammals 

 all show additions, the result of Mr. Nelson's work. 



Mr. Nathan Banks was employed for two weeks, during which 

 time he identified and labeled a large part of the collection of 

 scorpions, and Mr. E. C. Day was engaged for several weeks in 

 labeling some of the Bryant birds and the Selah Merrill birds and 

 mammals. 



Details of the work accomplished during the year and of addi- 

 tions to the several departments of the Museum will be found in 

 the Reports of the Assistants. 



To Messrs. Faxon, Brewster, Woodworth, Bangs, Bigelow, 

 and Sayles the Museum is indebted for the interest they have 

 taken in the collections under their charge. 



The Library contains 46,924 volumes, and 43,367 pamphlets; 

 1,269 volumes, and 1,559 pamphlets have been added during the 

 year. For many of the accessions this year the Museum is 

 indebted to Mr. Outram Bangs, Mr. Henry L. Higginson, Profs. 

 W. M. Davis, G. L. Goodale and to Dr. W. McM. Woodworth. 

 The publications for the year include eight numbers of the 

 Bulletin, three numbers of the Memoirs, and the Annual Report, 

 a total of 609 (222 quarto and 387 octavo) pages, with 77 (48 

 quarto and 29 octavo) plates. Two numbers of the Bulletin 

 and two of the Memoirs contain reports on the scientific results 

 of expeditions maintained by Mr. Agassiz. Two numbers of the 

 Bulletin contain Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory 

 and the other publications, four numbers of the Bulletin and one 

 number of the Memoirs, are based upon Museum collections and 

 explorations. A list of these publications is given on pages 46-47. 



