MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



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eral important collections of fossil fishes secured through the 

 exertions of Dr. Eastman. 



The type specimen of Titanichthys agassizii N. and an almost 

 complete skeleton of Dinichthys terreli N. have been mounted by 

 Mr. J. H. Emerton, who has skilfully restored some of the miss- 

 ing plates. When completed the specimens will form prominent 

 features of the palaeozoic exhibit. 



A superb slab of Uintacrinus socialis Grinn. has been presented 

 to the Museum by Mr. Frank Springer. The slab is four by eight 

 feet in extreme dimensions, and contains about one hundred and 

 twenty individuals with the arms attached, some of which can 

 be traced for a distance of more than two feet. The calyces 

 occur in all positions, some of them showing the basal plates. 

 The slab was mounted by Mr. Emerton, and is now on exhibition 

 in the lower hall of the main entrance. As a museum specimen 

 it is probably unequalled. A photograph of the slab accompanies 

 this report. 



From the heirs of David Kimball the Museum has received 

 the fossils, shells, and corals of the old Boston Museum collec- 

 tion, which were removed after the flie. The collection con- 

 tained some desirable specimens. 



A large collection of rocks has been received from Mr. Agas- 

 siz. It is a collection made for M/. Agassiz by Mr. E. C. Andrews, 

 of the University of Sydney, of the elevated limestones of the 

 Fiji Islands in continuation of his researches on the coral reefs 

 of that group. Mr. Andrews spent the summer of 1898 in Fiji, 

 and was assisted by Mr. B. Sawyer. The explorations were made 

 at considerable personal risk, as the only means of communica- 

 tion between the islands consisted of cutters not over seaworthy. 

 Mr. Andrews had the advantage of the advice of Professor T. 

 W. E. David, of the University of Sydney, who took great inter- 

 est in this investigation, by one of his pupils. The collection 

 contains many fossils from the different elevated limestones, 

 mainly Ngillangillah, Mango, Kambara, and the Singatoka River, 

 as well as the characteristic rocks found associated with them. 



The library continues to increase steadily, and during the past 

 year has received about the usual number of additions. A door 

 has been cut connecting the rooms containing the Whitney 

 Library with the general stack, thus making the Whitney collec- 

 tion more accessible from the delivery room. 



