Annual Meeting.] 
440 
[May 4, 
There are 72 slides pollen grains, 72 anatomical slides and 72 
rock sections, etc., all well done and in good condition. The 
remainder consists of miscellaneous material of no special value, 
all labeled and catalogued. A fine box of odontophores, from the 
Island of Guernsey, by H. M. Gwatkin, is also included in this 
collection. 
The unmounted materials are as follows : 139 bottles of sound- 
ings, mud, sediment, sand, etc., containing material for mounts of 
diatoms only. All of these are labeled, but not catalogued. 
There are also five note books on diatoms containing the results 
of Mr. Greenleaf’s work on this group, and 77 small boxes contain- 
ing a miscellaneous assortment of material for microscopic study, 
but nothing rare or of much value. All of these are labeled, but 
not catalogued. 
The Glen collection is stored in four cases and seven book- 
shaped boxes. 
Five boxes of slides are filled with sections of Echinus spines, 
and there are many others scattered through the miscellaneous parts 
of the collection. These are all named and labeled. 
Next in importance and in beauty of workmanship are the 
sections of the shells of mollusks which are scattered throughout 
the various boxes. 
A large number of anatomical mounts, both of human and of 
the lower animals, and a few wood and bone sections make up 
the balance of the collection. The collection numbers 477 slides — 
as noted in report of May, 1877. 1 
The Burnett collection consists mostly of animal parasites, and 
about 254 slides have been transferred to the collection of insects, 
reported by Mr. Henshaw to be in fairly good condition. There 
are 200 slides of miscellaneous mounts, among them 61 slides of 
hair, six showing development of Taenia ; and some anatomical 
mounts. Many of them are in rather poor state of preservation, 
and would not stand much handling. 
The large catalogue calls for a total of 5750 slides. Of these Mrs. 
Ramsay has looked over and reported on 5547. They include 
the Glen, Bailey, Burnett, and Greenleaf collections. 
For a report on the Habirshaw collection of Diatomaceae see 
1 The odontophores noted in that report are only a very few scattered through 
the boxes. 
