Annual Report of the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for 1925-1926 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Annual Report of the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for 1925-1926 (Classic Reprint) written by Harvard University and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for 1925-1926 The Museum has to thank Dr. W. E. Castle for an interesting addition for exhibition among its special collections. The speci mens, rabbits, illustrate the linkage of characters in heredity. Such characters are apt to persist, from generation to generation associated with each other. The linked characters in the speci mens shown are spotted coat and short hair and unspotted coat and long hair. Through Dr. Barbour's interest and generosity, many hundred specimens have been added to the research collections of mammals and birds, all selected as forms new to the Museum series, or de sirable to round out a series from a taxonomic or geographic point of view. Dr. Barbour has also contributed largely toward the entomological and conchological collections, while the all but daily additions to the collections under his immediate charge make the series of reptiles and amphibians representative, and give ample Opportunity for investigation. The Museum is indebted to Dr. R. T. Jackson for his constant interest in the palaeontological collections, which benefit each year from this interest, owing to his intimate knowledge of the Museum's lacunae, together with a true valuation of fossils of unusual im portance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.