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COWARATIYE ZOOLOGY. [Mar. 



By Donation. 



Pike, Hon. Xicolas, 50 species, 150 specimens, from the Mauri- 

 tius. 



Carleton, Rev. M. M., a collection from the Jumna Basin, and 

 another from near the Thur Desert, Northern India. 



Pitkin, Dr. H. S., a collection from Panama. 



JoxES, Dr. W. H., a collection from Honolulu, S. I. 



"Wherry, Rev. E. M., through Mr. Carleton, a collection from 

 Loodianah, India. 



Babcock, a. L., 9 species, 12 specimens, from British Guiana, 

 S. A. 



Saxborx, F. G., a collection from Carter County, Ky. 

 Edwards, H., 1 Pomacentrus rectifrcenum, from Mazatlan, 

 Mexico. 



Murdoch, J., 1 Micropterus nigricans., from Plymouth, Mass. 

 Ash, C. E., 1 Monacantlius cuspicauda, from Xewport, R. I. 

 Garman, S. W., 1 Monacanthus cuspicauda, from Gay Head, 

 Mass. 



By Exchajige. 



Heller, Prof., Innsbruck, a collection from the Adriatic Sea. 



Report on Radiata, 6y L. F. Pouetales. 



During the past year, the Corals in the exhibition-room 

 destined to the Radiates, were arranged so as to present a 

 systematic collection, comprising both fossil and living rep- 

 resentatives. It has required considerable labor in selecting 

 the specimens from the large store of duplicates, mounting 

 them (slate tablets have been used with advantage for the 

 purpose), revising their names or determining those which 

 were new to the collection, and arranging them to the best 

 advantage in the cases. At the end of the year, all but the 

 Rugosa and Milleporidse had been thus arranged, occupying 

 more than three sides of the lower part of the room. Al- 

 thouo^h the families havinof the closest affinities have been 

 kept together as much as possible, a slight departure from 

 the general plan has been, in some cases, unavoidable, on 

 account of the necessity of exhibiting families of which the 

 representatives are mostly small and delicate, in a better light 

 than is necessary for those of large size. It is proposed to 



