284 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



An albino Pipilo erythrophthalmus, from Georgia, presented by 

 Bayard King. 



Three skins of Sturhus vulgaris, two Lanius rufus, Cinclus 

 aquaticus, two Sitla europsea, Chrysornitris pinus, Mecistura 

 caadata, Parus atee, Iluscicapa griseola, Passer' montana Frin- 

 gilla montifringilla, F. ccelebs, Coccothraustes vulgaris, three 

 Erythraca familiaris, Regains cristalus, from Switzerland, and 

 Troglodytes sedon from this State. Presented by the ornithological 

 committee. 



Ten nests with eggs, from Illinois, presented by Mrs. Wm. 

 Turner. 



Reptiles and Fishes. Small collections of reptiles were pre- 

 sented as follows: From Central America, by George Davidson; 

 ten species, from Florida, by T. J. Kochersperger ; and from 

 W} r oming Territory, by Dr. Leidy. A collection of reptiles and 

 fishes, from St. Domingo, was presented by Wm. M. Gabb. 



A flying fish, Exocetus obtusirostris, from off the Cape de Yerd 

 Island, was presented by Dr. A. L. Gihon, U.S.A. One species of 

 fish from the Raritan River, was presented by A. H. Smith, and 

 one from Michigan, by J. Y. Lemoyne. 



Osteological and Ethnological Specimens.- A male and female 

 skeleton of Indians, from a mound on San Miguel Island, the 

 most western of the St. Barbara Islands, were presented by 

 George Davidson. An Indian skull, together with fragments of 

 potteiy and stone implements, from the vicinity of a shell mound 

 at Cedar Keys, Florida, were presented by H. J. Smith. An 

 Indian skull, from a mound near Melton, Indiana, was presented 

 by Clarence S. Bement. A collection of flint chips, from Crow 

 Creek, Wyoming, was presented by E. L. Berthoud, and an 

 antique pestle, from Gloucester, N. J., by Joseph S. Lodge. 



Invertebrates. The special donations and additions to the 

 conchological cabinet, will be given in the Report of the Con- 

 servator of the Conchological Section. A collection, from Santa 

 Barbara, California, was presented by George Davidson. A col- 

 lection of crustaceans, corals, gorgonias, and sponges, from St. 

 Domingo, by William M. Gabb. A collection of shells, star- 

 fishes, and corals, from North Carolina, by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, 

 U.S.A. Several Cirrhipeds, and Ilolothurians, from the Isle of 

 Shoals, by Mrs. C. Pennock. A huge Lobster, from our coast, by 

 G. W. Bugbee. A Scorpion and a Mygale, from Florida, by T. 



