Annual report of the trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, in Cambridge : together with the report of the director, 1865.

  • Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Annual report of the trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, in Cambridge : together with the report of the director, 1865. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1866.] hundred numbers. A complete and valuable catalogue of the Cephalopoda, now on exhibition, embracing 1,600 entries, has been prepared by Mr. Hyatt. It is confidently hoped that the coming year will complete the catalogues now under way, as well as lay the foundations of similar work in other groups. The Brachiopoda collected by the Anticosti expedition in 1861, have been published in the fourth number of the Bul- letin, which has recently been issued. Thirty-five species are therein mentioned, including descriptions of twenty-four species not hitherto noticed. An account of the other species of fossils collected by that expedition will be given in future numbers of the Bulletin, which will render a large amount of valuable material available for exchange. During the year, twenty-four exchanges, varying in number from fifteen to five hundred species, and comprising a total of 1,248 species, and 3,059 specimens, have been prepared for transmission to various correspondents. In return, we have received from nine individuals and institutions 848 species, including 3,880 specimens. Many of these forms have peculiar value, either from being typical specimens with original labels, or as coming from localities of special importance. The past year having been the first in which exchanges of fossils have been made, the number of shipments necessarily bears a large pro- portion to our returns. Nevertheless, the receipts from this source are sufficiently numerous and valuable to show how effective a means of increasing our collections it can be. The most valuable single addition to stores was the collection of American Paleozoic fossils of the Eev. W. H. Barris, of Burlington, Iowa, presented by Mrs. G. R. Russell, which increased our collection of crinoids about 400 species, including over 3,000 specimens, and gave us from many portions of our American Paleozoic beds much valuable material for faunal collections and for exchange. The total number of specimens received by purchase amounted to 15,805, including 922 species. From donations, our receipts have not been very numerous, but of considerable value. A collection of over 100 species of Selected fossils from the Silurian basin of Cincinnati, including about 1,000 specimens, was received from the assistant in charge of the department. Messrs. A. Agassiz, St. John and Ward