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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE REPTILES, BATRACHIANS, AND 



FISHES. 



By Samuel Garmax. 



Additions to these collections have been received from Messrs. 

 Alexander Agassiz, Thomas Barbour, H. B. Bigelow, J. H. Blake, 

 G. and H. R. Carey, Henry W. Clark, H. L. Clark, L. J. Cole, 

 A. Henry Higginson, L. C. Jones, E. L. Moseley, J. D. Sornborger, 

 R. Thaxter, John E. Thayer, and the N. Y. Zoological Society. 

 Much the larger portion of the additions were of the Reptilia. 

 Mr. Agassiz supplied material important in connection with studies 

 of the embryology of pelagic fishes. Mr. Barbour's contributions 

 were very extensive, several thousand specimens, from collections 

 made in the East Indies and South America, or later secured by 

 purchase. Many of his specimens are of genera and species new 

 to the Museum, part of them identified by the authorities who 

 originally discovered the species. Much of this material has been 

 worked over and catalogued by Mr. Barbour. Mr. Thayer's 

 collections, as in previous years, call for particular notice because 

 of their amount, and also because his collectors were sent to locali- 

 ties from which representatives of the fauna were especially desired. 

 A series of Central American reptiles and fishes was purchased 

 from Mr. Wm. B. Richardson. New cases have afforded to 

 some extent relief from an overcrowded condition. A large portion 

 of the characines, from South America, studied by Professor Eigen- 

 mann, has been returned with many identifications, among them 

 types of new species. Other students have availed themselves of 

 opportunities to study the collections. 



