1896.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 597 



Mrs. J. M. Thomas. Pair of mounted wood ducks. 



Visitor. Twelve skins of South American birds. 



R. T. Young. Sixty-two skins of birds from Nova Scotia. 



Archiclaus Willets. Tringa maritima for D. V. 0. C. Collection 

 (mounted). 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Mounted: Ibis stictipennis, Dro- 

 ')nius novx-hollandix, Penelope super ciliaris, Chrysolophiis aviherstiee, 

 Phasianus reevesi, Penelope sp. Skins : Callcenas nicobarica, Pterocles 

 arenarius, Ocyphaps lophotes, Aramides mangle, Chenopsis abrata, 

 Phlogenas lugonica, Caccabis sp. , Gennxus swinhoei, Cereopsis novx 

 hollandix, Chrysolophus amhherstige, Turacus buffoni, Turtur turtur. 

 Skeleton : Casuarius casuarius, Olor cygnus. Skulls and sterna : Olor 

 cygnus, Anhinga anhinga, Dendrocygna sp. , Dacelo gigas. Egg of 

 Emu. 



Eeptiles and Batrachians. 



H. C. Borden. Two specimens of Rana clamitans, Pennsylvania.' 

 Dr. S. G. Dixon. Specimens of Bitfo lentiginosus and Liopeltis vernalis, 



Maine. 

 Exchange. Ten jars of reptiles, Argentina, S. A. 

 E. B. Hendricks. Toad with five legs, Philadelphia. 

 Philip Laurent and Dr. Castle. Twelve reptiles and batrachians from 



Enterprise, Fla. 

 H. A. Pilsbry and C. W. Johnson. Specimen of Rana pipiens and 



twenty-one eggs of gopher turtle, specimen Rana sp. 

 Purchased (through Mr. Russell). Specimen of Ela])s lemniscatus. 

 Dr. Benj. Sharp. Gonatodes albogularis, Tobago. 

 Fredk. Sterns. Two lizards, Japan. 

 S. N. Rhoads. Sixty-four reptiles, Pennsylvania ; three from British 



Columbia. 

 Dr. A. Donaldson Smith. One hundred and forty-eight reptiles from 



north-eastern Africa. 

 J. S. Wills. Ambhjstoma opacum, New Jersey. 

 H. W. Wenzel. Seventeen reptiles and batrachians from Cranberry, 



N. C. 

 E. G. Vanatta. Hyla sp., Aromochelys odoratus, Maryland. 

 Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Python reticularis, Caimon sclerops, 



Vipera ammodytes. 

 Lt. Hugh Willoughby. Eggs of Florida crocodile. 



Fishes.. 



Dr. H. C. Chapman, Myxine glutinosa, Petromyzon marinus and Lepido- 

 siren paradoxa. 



