1892.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA, 511 



Raymond Kester. Two mounted specimens of Arvicola riparins from Delaware 

 Co., Pa. 



Herbert Brown. Mounted specimen of Vesperugo serotinus fuscus from Phila- 

 delphia. 



West Greenland Expedition, 1891. Skull of Vulpes /agopus, McCormick Bay. 



Birds. 



Philadelphia Zoological Society. Mounted specimen of J\hea americaiia ; skins 

 of Crax fasciolaris, Grtis americana, Xanthoitra luxuosa cyanocapilla, Goura 

 coronata, Phasianus reevesii, Eclectus roratus ; mounted skeletons of Palame- 

 dea corniita, Pelecanus fuscus ; disarticulated skeletons of Grus australasiana 

 and Grus americana ; egg of Aqnila maculata. 



Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. 17 nests, 13 mounted birds and 14 sets of 

 eggs from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to be incorporated in the " Delaware 

 Valley Ornithological Club Collection." 



Peary Relief Expedition, 1892. 76 bird skins representing 21 species, and 102 

 eggs representing 15 species, all from West Greenland. 



North Greenland Expedition (Lieut. R. E. Peary in command.) 46 bird skins 

 representing 17 species, from the vicinity of McCormick Bay, Greenland. 



I. C. Martindale. Two skins of Urinator iviber, from New Jersey. 



I. N. DeHaven. Skin of albino Ammodramus catidacutus, Atlantic City, N. J. 



H. C. Chapman, M. D. Skulls o{ Pynchops, Callus and four other birds. 



D. N. McCadden. Two skins of Pelecanus fuscus : eight skins of South Amer- 

 ican birds ; skin of Elanoides forficatus. 



H. Skinner, M. D., and Philip Laurent. Three skins, six nests and three sets of 

 eggs of Junco hyemalis caroliiiensis, from Mitchell Co., North Carolina. 



Samuel Wright. Alcoholic specimen of Chicken wiih four legs. 



Mrs. F. Meehan Burns. Malformed egg of common Fowl. 



Samuel G. Dixon. Skin of Scolecop/iagus carolinus, from Virginia. 



Purchased. Twenty-six bird skins from southern United States; mounted spec- 

 imens of Meleagris gallopavo, Perry Co., Pennsylvania, and Syrnium occiden- 

 tale, Tacoma, Washington. 



Reptiles and Batrachians. 



Philadelphia Zoological Society. Alcoholic specimens of Python sebcE, Tupinam- 



bis tequixin, Amphiuma tridactyla, Pelophiliis madagascarensis, Corontlla 



phocarum ; skull of Tesludo polyphemus ( .'' ) 

 Mexican Expedition 1890. Two jars of lizards from Mexico; eggs of Iguana 



( Ctenosaurus cyclut aides. ) 

 Benjamin Sharp, M. D. Alcoholic specimens of Eutcenia sirtalis and Heleredon 



platyrhintis from Nantucket, Mass. 

 H. C. Chapman, M. D. Skeleton of Frog, and skulls of a Terrapin and two 



lizards. 

 I. C. Martindale. Alcoholic specimen oiDrotnicus callilcemus, from Jamaica. 

 Benjamin W. Richards. Mounted specimen of Chelydra serpentina, from New 



Jersey. 



