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From Rev. A. A. Sttu^is, about one hundred specimens, of several 

 species, from Ascension Island, Pacific Ocean. 



From Rev. B. G. Snow, a second collection of over two hundred speci- 

 mens, of various species, from Ebon Island, Pacific Ocean. 



From Mr. Samuel Powel, one qpedmen each of Acipenser and Elaeate 

 from^Newport. R. 1. 



Bv exchanee with the Museum of Lyons, a collection of fifty speci- 

 mens, comprisino: twenty-six named species of fishes from Syria, Cochin- 

 China, and Switzerland- 



Fram the Sadtliaonian Institution, a c<dlection of one hundred and 

 eleven species, named, from various localities in North America. 



From Prof. G. Brown Gkwde, several specimens of a new species of 

 FkmAihu from Bermuda. 



From Mr. B. F. (ross, many specimens of young Amia from Pewankee. 

 Wis. 



From Mr. J. Henry Blake, a young specimen of Iktctylopterus and a 

 Pektmyi from Provincetown. Mass. 



From Mrs. C. N. Willard. of Fort Barrancas, two small lots of speci- 

 Tm firom Camp Barrancas and Pensacola. Florida. 



From Cdooei R. HL Beddotae, of Somerset. Queensland. Australia, a 

 eoDeetkm cf fiwrteen ipecies firom Queensland. 



From CapUin Clnries Bryant, of Fair Haven, Mass., three species from 

 ITnalashka. 



From C^tain Yinal N. Edwards, oi Wood's Hole, Mass„ eight speci- 

 mens of the oommoQ Eel from the Market at New Bedford. December 31st. 

 These are all females, with eggs in various stages of development though 

 none are mature. They are all of the variety known as silver-bellies." 

 (Qy. Are tlie ~ golden bellies ~ males ?) 



From Colooel Theodore Lyman, of Boston, the dorsal fin of a young 

 Brook Troat, showing the repair of a cut fin and one year's growth. 



Fn^m 3Ir. S. W. Garman. of the Maseum, a small collection from Black 

 Lake. St. Lawrence County. New York, made in May. This collection 

 cootarns twenty-four pairs of Le|Hdo6tei taken at the time of spawning. 



From Mr. A. Agassiz, several speamens of young fishes from Newport, 

 R. I., and a collection, consisting d about thirty lots, from various places 

 in the Gulf of Mexico, obtained during the Gulf Stream and Gulf of 

 Mexico Exploration in the L'nited States Coast Survey steamer Bkke," 

 1877-78. 



Daring the year, a few specimens have been sent from the 

 MiLseom by special request. 



The Selachians have remLti..c -i ui^ai^c uz Mi. Lxarman, 



as stated in the la^-t Report. 



