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and San Francisco, California. This contains a small but precious collection of deep-sea forms, and a large number of shallow-water species of the coasts visited. The latter were particularly important on the eastern coast of South America where the distribution of the Mollusca is little known. The Albatross collections show that some of the Patagonian species reach as far north as the Amazon and that some of the Antillean species extend southward to Rio Janeiro and even further south. A special report on this collection is being prepared for the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries.

The accession next in importance was received from Messrs F.B. and J.D. McGuire of Washington.