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in the most perfect manner, and he has also just finished mounting a series of all the larger and more prominent New England Echinoderms. The larger share of the stony corals mounted, and some of the gergonian corals, are Dana's types, collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition, labeled by Prof. J.D.Dana and more recently examined and relabeled by Prof. A. E. Verrill. These valuable types are now in a condition, permitting of their being properly cared for and exhibited. The entire coral collection is one of great value and beauty, and represents many faunal regions. All of the species of corals known from the Fishing Banks of Eastern North America, and capable of being dried, are represented in it.
The mounted collection of sponges contains specimens of all of the