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space in the wall cases the remainder of the osteological series, 

 which should be placed here, is arranged in the flat cases and will 

 be spoken of later in this report. 



On the upper shelves of cases Nos. 22-23 and also in cases 

 Nos. 24-28 are ninety preparations of the digestive system, in- 

 cluding dissections, dried and inflated stomachs, intestines, etc. ; 

 the middle shelves of cases Nos. 29-30 are filled with twenty-eight 

 preparations of glandular organs connected with the intestinal 

 canal and dissections and casts of the urinary organs. Fifty prepa- 

 rations of the respiratory system are on the upper shelves of cases 

 Nos. 29-30. 



The lower shelves of cases Nos. 29-30 and also cases Nos. 

 31-32 are filled with fifty dissections and preparations of the cir- 

 culatory system. 



The nervous system is represented by a fine series (chiefly from 

 the Wyman collection) of ninety-four dissections ; these are in 

 cases Nos. 33-34. 



The generative system and the series of eggs, larvse and foetuses 

 follow in cases Nos. 35-36 and on the lower shelves of Nos. 

 37-38 ; of these there are 140 specimens. The upper shelves of 

 cases Nos. 37-38 contain a somewhat miscellaneous assortment of 

 animal secretions, contents of stomachs, etc. 



The flat central cases Nos. 1-3 contain the vertebral series, 100 

 specimens, followed in Nos. 4-6 by the series of lower jaws, hy- 

 oidean apparatus and separated skull bones, fifty- eight specimens. 

 The osteology of the upper limb, eighty specimens, are in cases 

 Nos. 7-9. Cases Nos. 10-16 contain 140 specimens relating to 

 the external skeleton, the skin and its appendages, teeth, scales, 

 etc. 



The most important contributors to this department, in addition 

 to the Wyman collection, have been Drs. James C. White, H. Bry- 

 ant, T. D wight, J. B. S. Jackson, B. J. Jeffries, Samuel Kneeland, 

 C. F. Winslow and Mr. W. H. Dall. 



Synoptic Collection. 



Miss Martin, under the direction of the Curator, has completed 

 the diagrams necessary for the illustration of the Protozoa and the 

 collection is now sufficiently far advanced to permit of the prepa- 

 ration of a guide. Several Blaschka models have been added. 



