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consumed three days.

A manuscript by Prof. E. D. Cope reporting upon a collection of reptiles collected in the Swan Islands and Grand Cayman, W. I. by Chas. H. Townsend, and referred to Prof. Cope several years ago (before the appointment of the present curator) was received from the Editor of the "Proceedings" of the museum for corrections as to the localities of the specimens therein enumerated. It was found that Prof. Cope had erroneously referred all the specimens to the Swan Islands, and a careful examination of the specimens as well