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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



low price, but unfortunately at a price beyond the limits of our 

 income. 



The collection of mounted mammals on exhibition is now 

 nearly complete, and there remain only a few important gaps in 

 the systematic and faunal exhibits, specimens to fill some of 

 which have already been ordered. 



The chief additions to the bird collection are the last in- 

 voice of duplicates from the Hume collection of Indian birds 

 received from the British Museum, and a series of skins presented 

 by Mr. Brewster. 



No important additions have been made to the Fishes and 

 Reptiles, though we are indebted to many contributors. 



The shells of the Warren Delano collection have been identi- 

 fied by Professor Charles W. Johnson, of Philadelphia, and 

 have been numbered, catalogued, and arranged by Miss E. B. 

 Bryant, who has also made good progress under the direction of 

 Dr. Faxon in cataloguing and arranging the Call collection of 

 Unionidse. 



The collection of Crustacea has been enriched by a set of 

 duplicates from the dredgings of the u Travailleur " and " Tal- 

 isman," received from the Paris Museum, and by exchanges 

 with the National Museum at Washington. 



The entomological department continues to be much used by 

 visiting specialists, and Mr. Henshaw reports many contributions 

 to the collections. The addition of a number of cases has made 

 it possible to begin spreading the Lepidoptera collected by Mr. 

 Agassiz and his assistants in Australia and the Fiji Islands. 



Dr. Mayer remains in charge of the Radiates, and during the 

 past year continued his studies on North American Jellyfish. 



Owing to my absence from Cambridge during a part of the 

 year but little work has been done on the worms. The chief 

 additions comprise a collection of annelids made by me in 

 Samoa, consisting principally of material for my work on the 

 Palolo, and a series of types received from Professor H. B. 

 Ward. The Gephyreans have been loaned to Professor Ward 

 for study, and the Leeches to Dr. W. E. Castle. Some progress 

 was made in cataloguing the collections, and that part of the 

 catalogue pertaining to the Annelida is now complete. 



The assistants in Palaeontology report that the collections are 

 in excellent condition. The only noteworthy additions are sev- 



