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and E. S. Rheem, have fulfilled their duties to the satisfaction of the Curator. It is to be regretted, however, that the additional help requested early in the year, has not been granted.

[[underlined]] 3. Work in research. [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] a. [[/underlined]] Whenever opportunity has permitted, in addition to the identification of the collection of specimens currently received, the older collections have been gone over, and such records made as were possible. This has been troublesome for the reason that the original labels, in many instances, were destroyed at the time of the fire in 185_.

[[underlined]] b. [[/underlined]] Investigations in progress or proposed. The entire collection of Batrachia is now being carefully studied with a view to a paper on the subject. It is proposed to establish with