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L9 upper Yarrow. Ann. rep. 86-87

[[underlined]] Report on the Department of Reptiles in the U.S. National Museum, 1887 [[/underlined]]
By [[underlined]] H. C. Yarrow, M.D. Honorary Curator. [[/underlined]]

[[strikethrough]] I. "General review of the year's work." [[/strikethrough]]

No special studies or investigations have been made by the curator or his assistant; care having been taken to keep up only the general routine office work. The study of the Batrachia by Prof. E. D. Cope, [[strikethrough]] have been [[/strikethrough]] is elsewhere alluded to.

[[strikethrough]] II. "General review of the year's work" [[/strikethrough]]

No special studies or investigations have been made by the curator or his assistant; care having been taken to keep up only general routine office work.  The study of the Batrachia by Prof. E. D. Cope, [[strikethrough]]have been[[/strikethrough]] is elsewhere alluded to.

[[strikethrough]]II"[[/strikethrough]] Notes upon the more important accessions received during the year.[[strikethrough]]"[[/strikethrough]]


Among the accessions received, was quite a valuable collection, containing twenty-three (23) specimens, from Prof. Alfred Duges, of Mexico, comprising the principal forms of reptiles of that country. These specimens have not, as yet, been fully identified.

Another small, but good, collection from Corea, collected by Dr. N. M. Ferebee, U.S.N.