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the Museum have recently suffered from the depredations of a 

 thief, but are also pleased to add that the latter has been appre- 

 hended, and it is believed that all the stolen articles have been 

 recovered. 



The contributions towards the Museum during the year are as 

 follows : 



Mammals. A Porpoise, from the Delaware River, was pre- 

 sented by Dr. H. C. Chapman. An Ant-eater, a Sloth, an Oi)OS- 

 suni, and a Howling Monke}', from Guinea, were presented by 

 Capt. R. S. Henwood ; and three monkeys from the same country 

 were presented by Mr. Frank Guckert. As a donation from the 

 Smithsonian Institution we received a collection of American 

 Muridce, consisting of a box of skins and two jars of specimens in 

 alcohol. Mr. Nathaniel H. Bishop presented two specimens, 

 male and female, of Spermophilus Franklinii, caught in Ocean 

 Co., New Jersey ; and Dr. L. Fussel presented a Black Rat, 3Ius 

 rattus^ caught near Philadelphia. 



Birds. Five skins of Toucans, from Guinea, were presented 

 by Mr. F. Guckert. Specimens of a recently described variety of 

 Buteo borealis, called Krider's Hawk, male and female, were 

 presented by Mr. John Krider. The nest of tlie common Hum- 

 ming-bird, was presented by Col. F. M. Etting. 



Beptiles, Bafrachians, and Fishes. A collection of reptiles and 

 fishes, contained in 21 jars, from the Viti Isles, was presented by 

 Andrew J. Garrett. Another collection, in 12 jars, from Wyo- 

 ming, was presented by Prof. E. D. Cope. Others were presented 

 as follows: A collection of reptiles, in 6 jars, from Venezuela, 

 by L. M. Davis ; the skin of a large serpent, two other snakes and 

 a lizard, from Guinea, b}^ F. Guckert; 3 jars of fishes, from 

 Wyoming, by Dr. Leid}' ; 2 fishes and a snake, from Peru, bj- 

 Thomas M. Cleemann ; an Amblystoma, from Utah, by Dr. H. C. 

 Chapman ; and a Grayling, from Michigan, b}- Mr. Thaddeus 

 Norris. 



Osteological Specimens. Skeletons of a Cap^'bara, a Kangaroo, 

 a Fisher, a Pine Martin, an American Badger, and a Black Si>ider 

 Monkey were purchased for the Museum. Nine skeletons of birds, 

 from St. Paul's Island, Alaska, from the Elliot collection, were 

 donated by the Smithsonian Institution. Skulls of a Crocodile 

 and a Tapir, and the hyoid of a Howler, from Guiana, were pre- 

 sented by F. Guckert. A fine large skull of the Rocky Mountain 



