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EEPOET ON THE OSTEOLOGICAL DEPAETMENT. 



By D. D. Slade. 



Instruction in Comparative Osteology, Natural History 21,. 

 has been given during the past year by lectures, laboratory work, 

 and examinations. The course has been followed by three Ju- 

 niors and two Seniors. All the students were much interested in 

 their work, as was shown by their faithful attendance, and by 

 the final examination. Four of the above intend to pursue the 

 medical profession. 



Since the last report, the collection has received from Profes- 

 sor Ward an articulated skeleton of Baloena eisarctica^ which 

 has been hung in the Central Exhibition Room, and also an ar- 

 ticulated skeleton, which has been cleaned, and also hung in the 

 same room, of Monodon monoceros. Several skeletons, mostly 

 of Cetacea, which have been suspended for many months in the 

 hall without labels, have been properly designated. 



An alcoholic specimen of one of the Marmosets, to be prepared 

 as a skeleton, has been presented by one of the students who 

 attended the course. The entire collection is in excellent pres- 

 ervation. The opportunities so generously offered for study and 

 research in osteology are daily becoming better appreciated, as 

 evinced by the increased number of those who have applied for 

 the ensuing Academic year. 



During the past year, the Assistant in this department has 

 published a paper in Science, Vol. XHI., No. 333, entitled 



Osteological Notes." 



