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fauna [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] made by the U. S. Fish Commission were brought together. With the great advantages of ample space and increased facilities for handling large masses of fishes we were inabled to advance materially The final report, which has for several years been in progress upon These collections. The ease and rapidity with which the work was carried on under the favorable conditions supplied at Woods Holl is a strong argument for the [[evlayements?]] of the work roomsassigned to the Department of Fishes in the Museum.