HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM 



very satisfactory results. The present exhibition series of fishes 

 comprises 125 casts, models, and mounted skins, together with about 

 the same number of colored plates of the various families. To the 

 New York Aquarium the Department is indebted for very many 

 specimens, also to the United States Fish Commission. From the 

 latter, twenty specimens — types and cotypes of new genera and 

 species of fish from the Philippines — were received in 1903, and in 1904 

 a collection of 200 Hawaiian fish, besides various smaller collections 

 received from time to time. 

 Batrachians The exhibition series of reptiles numbers in specimens and groups : 



Reptiles. °f turtles, 54; batrachians, 28; lizards and snakes, 62. About 150 



specimens have been received from the Zoological Society, and over 

 fifty from the Department of Parks. 



Four hundred and sixty batrachians, representing every species 

 of the United States but one, were presented in 1905 by Miss Mary 

 C. Dickerson. In 1907 eighty-two exotic lizards from various localities 

 were given by Mr. A. Herrman; and thirty-eight reptiles and batrachians 

 from Brazil were presented by Mr. Morris K. Jesup. 



The expeditions sent out by other departments of the Museum 

 have added many specimens to the study collections from Mexico, 

 Porto Rico, Alaska, Patagonia, Fayum Desert (Egypt), and Siberia. 

 In 1906 an expedition sent to New Mexico and Arizona for reptiles 

 returned with 1,000 specimens. Another trip to Colorado in 1908 

 yielded fifty-one specimens. 



A new Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology was estab- 

 lished in July, 1909, and Dr. Bashford Dean appointed its Curator. 



CHIEF BENEFACTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHES, 

 REPTILES, AND BATRACHIANS 



GIFTS TO THE VALUE OF $500 OR MORE 



Cleveland H. Dodge Alessandro Fabbri 



Ernesto Fabbri 



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