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Routine Work
On June 18, 1885, the curator and his assistants went to Wood's Holl, Mass., to take part in the sea coast explorations of the U.S. Fish Commission, which were continued until about Oct. 10, 1886. During this time, work on the collection in Washington was entirely suspended, but many fine preparations of marine animals were made for the exhibition cases of the Museum, and for the study series. After leaving Wood's Holl, in October, the curator visited the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., for the purpose of identifying certain species of sea-urchins which could not be determined otherwise, and the collection of specimens of that group have now been placed in perfect order up to date.
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