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forms and the restitution of other hitherto overlooked.

The curator also made some progress with his report upon the second installment of Japanese birds sent by the Science College Museum, Imperial University, Tokyo.

Pursuant to an order received through the Editor of the "Proceedings" of the museum, my assistant, Mr. Test, was directed to index all the mammalogical and herpetological papers contained in the "Proceedings" for 1891.  The task turned out to be more formidable than expected, as it required 45 hours of his time to finish