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have had an amount of care and attention bestowed upon them which renders them to that extent unique, and nothing more discouraging to a curator interested in his work, can be imagined than to see it ruined by carting about the country, like a circus, for the edification of crowds totally unable to appreciate that which gives his reserve specimens their special value.

Special Researches

The [[strikethrough]]bibliographical,appendix[[/strikethrough]][[strikethrough]]notices of[[/strikethrough]]references to papers by myself and others, included in the Bibliography (Section IV) will indicate the nature of the studies carried on during the year.  In brief they may be summarized as chiefly reports on formal collections,