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by very large collections from the western and northwestern coasts of North America.

The elaboration of collections belonging to the Museum or soon to come into its possession, elsewhere than in Washington, has been continued about as in former years. Prof. Verrill of Yale College, has retained general control of the Fish Commission invertebrates collected on the Atlantic coast north of Cape Hatteras, but has been occupied mainly with the study of the Mollusca, Echinodermata, Coelenlerata [[Coelenterata]] and annelidae [[annelida]], assisted