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Sheep was presented by Joseph Jeanes and Isaac Lea. There 

 were also donated two skulls of Mound-builders, from Ohio, by 

 Messrs. Walter Brown and Cyrus B. Haldeman, and the skull of 

 a Samoan Islander, by Dr. H. C. Eckstein, U. S. N. 



3IoUusks. See Report of the Conservator of the Conchological 

 Section. 



Articulates and Radiates A collection comprising many corals 

 and echinoderms, from the South Pacific, was presented by Dr. 

 H. C. Eckstein. A collection of crustaceans and a coral, from 

 the Yiti Isles, were presented by A. J. Garrett. Two species of 

 centipeds and a spider were presented by Mrs. Williams ; several 

 scolopendrffi and beetles, from Guiana, by F. Guckert ; and a 

 Gorgonia, by Mr. Neville. 



Fossils. A collection of well-preserved remains of Uintathe- 

 rium and bituminous shales with fishes and shells, from the tertiary 

 formations of Wyoming, were presented by Joseph Jeanes and 

 Isaac Lea. Numerous remains of Palffiosyops, Hyrachyus, Uinta- 

 theriura, Emys, Testudo, Trionyx, etc., obtained from the tertiary 

 beds in the vicinity of Fort Bridger, Wyoming, were collected, on 

 account of the Academy, during the last summer, by Dr. J. Van 

 A. Carter and Dr. Leidy, part of the expense of the expedition 

 having been defrayed by Joseph Jeanes and Isaac Lea. 



Small collections of fossils were presented as follows : Some 

 vertebrate , remains from the Ashley River phosphate beds, bv 

 Thomas Sinnickson ; some palaeozoic fossils, from Madison, 

 Indiana, by M. A. Gavitt ; miscellaneous fossils, by C. S. Bement ; 

 Mosasauroid remains, from the Santee Agency, by Dr. George 

 Roberts; several fossils from New South Wales, by Dr. H. C. 

 Eckstein and Mr. P. F. Adams ; some shark teeth, from Mt. Holly, 

 N. J., by Dr. Francis Ashhurst ; teeth of the elephant, from New 

 Mexico, by Mr. Richard Peters, and several shells, from Virginia, 

 by S. Powel. 



Plants. A collection from the Dall Exploring Expedition in 

 Alaska, and another of Malaccan plants, from Kew Garden, Eng., 

 were presented by Prof. Asa Gray. One hundred species of plants 

 of Utah, collected by A. L. Siler, were presented by Thomas 

 Meehan. Specimens of the mistletoe of Pinus ponderosa of 

 Colorado were presented by Prof. Cope. 



Minerals. Many choice specimens, all appropriate for the 

 cabinet, were presented, as follows : Sixty-one from Clarence S. 



