MUSEUM OF COMPAEATIVE ZOOLOGY. 13 



We have received from the Smithsonian a series of types of 

 Deep-Sea Fishes collected at various times by the " Albatross " ; 

 a collection of Fresh-water Fishes from Tennessee, Kentucky, and 

 Texas ; also a collection of Sponges from Alaska, collected by Dr. 

 Dall, and identified by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe of the Canadian 

 Geological Survey. The National Museum has sent us a set of the 

 more interesting deep-sea types from the collection of Holothu- 

 rians returned by Dr. Ludwig. 



We have as usual filled a few gaps in our collections by pur- 

 chases from Prof. H. A. Ward and from Rowland Ward & Co. 

 A small collection of Pteropods has been obtained from Mr. 

 Sowerby. 



Thanks to the kindness of the authorities of the British 

 Museum, we have been able to secure a large collection of casts 

 representing types the originals of which we can hardly hope to 

 obtain. A part of this collection has been received, and we are 

 indebted to Dr. H. Woodward for supervising that invoice. 



Messrs. Scott and Osborne have returned the Fossil Mammals 

 which had been lent to them. 



The cast of Iguanodon obtained from the Brussels Museum has 

 been successfully mounted, and forms the centre-piece of the Ju- 

 rassic Exhibition Room. 



From the Oxford Museum we have received in exchange some 

 casts through Professor Lankester. 



From Mr. Alan Owston we have received a few Japanese desid- 

 erata ; from Mr. Russell Johnson of Buffalo some specimens 

 of Eurypterus ; from Dr. Beecher some interesting preparations 

 of Trilobites ; from Mr. Appleton Sturgis a most interesting 

 Sponge from New Guinea ; and from Mr. F. W. Townsend a valua- 

 ble alcoholic collection of Invertebrates from the Persian Gulf. 



As will be seen from the special reports, considerable material 

 has been sent to different investigators, either for study or in ex- 

 change, and I may mention the National Museum, the British 

 Museum, and the Jardin des Plantes as having received from us 

 collections to fill some of their desiderata. 



The alcoholic specimen of Pleurotomaria collected by the 

 " Hassler " has been sent to Professor E. Bouvier of the Jardin 

 des Plantes for investigation. 



As usual, the facilities, offered by the Museum Library and its 

 collections have been available to properly qualified persons under 



