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material received, numbering several hundred specimens, of which 
about 100 have been catalogued. 
The stuffed reptiles of the old collection, as well as the reptilian 
osteological material, have been gathered together in a room on the 
fourth floor, where they are readily accessible. Specimens have 
been loaned to Dr. L. Stejneger for study. 
Fishes. 
The ichthyological collection has also been under Mr. Fowler’s 
care. He has examined the main alcoholic collection and prepared, 
identified and labelled all the specimens obtained during the year, 
cataloguing some 2,600 individuals. Numerous local trips that he 
has taken have added large series of Pennsylvania and New Jersey 
fishes to the collection. 
He has also studied critically the large group of catfishes and 
related forms contained in the Museum and has a report on them 
now in preparation. Papers have been published on Greenland, 
British Guianan, and local fishes in the Academy’s Proceedings. 
Mollusks. 
Dr. Henry A. Pilsbry, special curator of this department, reports 
that accessions have been received during the year from 69 persons 
and institutions. No small part of his time, as well as that of Mr. 
E. G. Vanatta, has been taken up in determining specimens for 
correspondents, and while this work is rendered freely by the 
Academy, as a service it owes to the public, it is abundantly repaid 
by the gifts of desired specimens. 
Although no expeditions have been undertaken during the year 
for this department, Messrs. Ferriss and Daniels have shared the 
results of their summer’s collecting in Arizona, covering a district 
not before worked for mollusks, and local collecting trips by members 
of the Museum staff have added some valuable material. 
Considerable progress has been made in determining and labelling 
the Hawaiian material collected by Dr. Pilsbry in 1913; the assorting 
of mixed lots having been completed, so that all species not yet 
determined are available for convenient study. The study and 
arrangement of the Achatinellidce have been completed. 
The series of American land shells and of land operculates have 
been cleaned and catalogued by Miss Caroline Ziegler, who has 
also been occupied with assorting material received from various 
sources. 
