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where many of the alcoholic specimens are now safely stored for the summer. Advantage was taken of this opportunity to inspect all the alcoholic materials, in order to ascertain the condition of the specimens, and to renew the preservative where necessary.

Mr. A.H. Baldwin and Miss M.J. Rathbun have acted as my assistants throughout the year, and Mr. Delano Ames served as a volunteer during May and June. Mr. Baldwin has had special charge of the sorting and care of collections, and has rendered valuable aid in the delineation of specimens for the Museum reports.