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represented in our collection by about fifteen thousand specimens divided among some two thousand nominal species. This is probably the fullest and best exhibit of these forms brought together anywhere in the world, though the very completeness of the arrangement shows that it is not without its deficiencies.

Dr Stearns reports that his time has been largely devoted to the land and fresh water shells, especially of North America, and to the revision and labelling of material heretofore not administered upon. The Collection of North American land and fresh water shells is in complete order for reference, and the forms belonging to the South American and Antillean fauna