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11 completed. The alcoholic collection remains in the same condition as when last reported upon. The jars for re-packing, and thereby condensing, [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] the collection, have been received, but the work has not been begun. When the series was removed to a new quarter of the laboratory to make room for the [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]storage case for skins,[[strikethrough]] the alcohol was [[/strikethrough]] fresh alcohol was added to such specimens as seemed to need it. Shelves for the storage of empty jars have been erected and prove a great convenience. Only an insignificant number of specimens, with the exception of the [[underlined]] Soricidae [[/underlined]], remain unidentified. [[strikethrough]] The [[?]][[/strikethrough]] It has been deemed best to postpone the identification of the shrews until the publication of the 3^d part of Dr. G.E. Dobson's work upon the Insectivora, which will probably appear during the coming year.