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REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND FISHES. 



By Samuel Garman. 



The following are included in the list of those who have con- 

 tributed to the collections in these departments by donation : 

 Mr. Bradlee Whidden, Mr. N. Vickary, Dr. J. G. Owens 

 (through Prof. F. W. Putnam), Dr. T. G. Lee, Dr. L. C. Jones, 

 Dr. W. M. Haines, Mrs. Capt. Josiah W. Cooke, Miss I. Batch- 

 elder, and Prof. Alex. Agassiz. 



Parcels were taken out for the United States National Mu- 

 seum, Prof. F. H. Snow, Prof. C. J. Maynard, Dr. G. A. Bou- 

 lenger, Dr. T. G. Lee, Prof. J. W. P. Jenks, and the University 

 students. 



Valuable exchanges have been received from Dr. Georg Baur, 

 Prof. J. W. P. Jenks, Dr. Julius Hurter, the United States Na- 

 tional Museum, and the Imperial Museum at St. Petersburg. 

 From the last we received important types from Central Asia. 

 Dr. Hurter, from the Southwestern States, sent us living speci- 

 mens, which before killing provided occasions for new and con- 

 firmatory observations on disputed points, and which afterwards 

 were put into excellent condition for the exhibition cases. The 

 lot from Professor Jenks contained representatives from the Gulf 

 coast of the Southwest. Dr. Baur's collections were from the 

 Galapagos Archipelago and the adjacent South American coast. 

 These last, with that of Professor Jenks, were determined and 

 subjected to special study and publication. In connection with 

 the routine work, the exhibit for Madagascar has been selected 

 and put in place, and various changes and additions have been 

 made in other representations. To the number of large mounted 

 specimens have been added a large Alligator, various Sharks, 

 several Fishes, and some Land Tortoises. The Deep-sea Fishes 

 taken in the work of the United States Fishery Commission 

 steamer " Albatross " in the tropical Pacific are now in hand, 

 under investigation. 



