Oct.  1896. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
9i 
Pub.  12. — Zool.  Ser.,  Vol.  1,  No.  4.     On  Some  Collections  of  Fishes. 
By  O.  P.  Hay.     16  pages  (Combined  with  No.  13). 
Pub.  13. — Zool.  Ser.,  Vol.  1,  No.  5.  On  the  Skeleton  of  Toxochelys 
Latiremis.  By  O.  P.  Hay.  8  pages,  edition  1,000, 
two' illustrations  (zinc  etchings).  (  Combined  with  No.  12.) 
A  fourth  edition  of  the  Guide  (2,000  copies)  was  issued  in 
August.  As  a  third  edition  of  the  Guide  was  issued  in  March,  1895, 
the  year  that  had  elapsed  saw  unusual  changes  in  installation  ;  con- 
sequently the  fourth  edition  of  the  Guide  had  to  be  almost  entirely 
re-written. 
In  regard  to  the  distribution  of  the  publications,  the  table  below 
shows  the  number  and  classes  of  foreign  and  domestic  addresses.  A 
comparison  is  also  made  with  the  number  distributed  last  year  ; 
DOMESTIC.  FOREIGN. 
Official:                                       1S94-95  1895-96  1894-95  1S95-96 
Trustees.    ....                            15  14  ....   
Staff                                                   13  15  ....   
Corporate  Members                           56  53  .... 
Honorary  Members   3  ....  .... 
Annual  Members                             723  757     
General  Addresses:* 
16 
5 
58 
42 
Scientific  Societies   
62 
37 
45 
Academies  and  Institutes    .    .  . 
15 
15 
Universities,  Schools  and  Colleges 
67 
"56 
9 
31 
62 
2 
28 
1 1 
9 
20 
Addresses  in  Special  Sciences: 
128 
13 
81 
Si 
123 
40 
114 
150 
no 
115 
.    .  20 
56 
31 
4 
3 
Ornithology  
19 
12 
,    .  16 
93 
23 
68 
Total  Addresses:  .  . 
.    .    .  1,363 
1,613 
326 
512 
The  distribution  to  foreign  countries  is  accomplished  through 
the  Bureau  of  International  Exchanges  of  the  Smithsonian  Institu- 
tion. In  addition  to  the  printed  requests  for  exchanges  transmitted 
with  the  Museum  literature,  about  350  personal  letters  have  been 
*  Museums.  Societies,  Academies,  etc..  devoted  to  one  science  are  classified  in  the  next  section 
with  special  sciences. 
