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of specimens, chiefly batradiians, from the eastern United States, among which numerous [[underlined]] Chorophilus triseriatus poralis. [[/underlined]]

Through the kind offices of Mr. Gustave Kohn, New Orleans, La., the department secured by purchase a number of rare Chelonians from that state, thus filling serious gaps in the North American reserve series.

A great deal of the routine work has consisted in entering on the record book material accumulated during previous years.  The present curator has instituted the change in cataloguing accessions, that now each specimen receives a separate number, while formerly all the specimens of the same