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Miss Martin has made a catalogue of the fossils stored in the trays 
under exhibition cases in the palaeontology room, and one can now 
find any species stored in these trays. 
Mollusca. 
The Curator outside of his work on Dynamical Zoology and 
routine duties has spent all this time upon the Achatinellinae of the 
Hawaiian Islands, noticed on the first page of this report. 
Miss Martin has finished the catalogue of the shells under the 
exhibition cases in the Mollusca room, the gallery adjoining, and the 
fish room, and one can now find any species stored in these trays. 
The same assistant has also spent some time in reviewing odd lots 
of shells and picking out material for exhibition. 
Mrs. Flint has numbered and catalogued a valuable collection of 
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English coast shells purchased from Sowerby, and a small collection 
of Achatinellinae purchased from Mr. Baldwin, and has also been 
more or less occupied in sorting and arranging duplicate shells. 
Insecta. 
This important and perishable collection is under the charge of 
our Secretary, Mr. Henshaw, and is reported as in safe condition by 
him. 
Mammals and Birds. 
Mr. Charles F. Batchelder has spent considerable time in working 
upon these two departments, but his efforts have been necessarily 
of a preparatory and miscellaneous nature and cannot be reported 
upon in detail. 
A number of the smaller mammals of the Boston Museum collec¬ 
tion have been remounted. A large and very costly case has been 
completed, in which the giraffe and some other large mammals have 
been stored. A valuable specimen of the sloth bear, Melursus 
labiatus, an Armadillo, and several very young lion cubs have been 
given by the proprietors of the “Zoo.” 
The Nuttall Ornithological Club, through the kind intercession of 
Mr. Batchelder, has offered to make for the Society a collection of 
the nests and eggs of birds breeding in New England, to be 
