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mens in the collection cannot as yet be definitely stated, but is 

 estimated at from six thousand to ten thousand specimens, besides 

 much material available for exchanges. It may be stated here 

 that for the p?ist twenty years the duplicates of this collection, 

 and more especially of the new species described by Dr. Dawson, 

 have been used in exchanges for the benefit of the Museum, and 

 that a large part of the specimens now in the cases and drawers 

 have been obtained in this way. 



The folio tving are among the more important of the other 

 donations recently received : 



From the Director of the Geological Survey, about 500 speci- 

 mens of fossils and minerals, :md twenty-three casts of large 

 and unique fossils. 



From Dr. T. Sterry Hunt a collection of thirty-two species 

 of Can;idian fishes, prepared by xMr. \V. Couper, of Montreal. 



From the heirs of the late Dr. McCulloch, the whole of his 

 valuable collectionsof birds and mammals, including 170 species — 

 a collection hiving an historical value, in connection with the 

 labours of Dr. McCulloch and the revision of the nomenclature 

 of the specimens by the late Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte. 



From George Barnston, Esq., a valuable collection of fossil 

 fishes from the Devonian of Scotland. 



From Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, of Hamilton, Ontario, a large 

 number of fossils from the Niagara formation, some of them of 

 great rarity and interest. 



From the American Census Commissioners, a valuable collec- 

 tion of American woods. 



From the New York Museum of Natural History, through 

 Professor Whitfield, a collection of 700 specimens of fossils, 

 named by Professor James Hall. In exchange for this a com- 

 plete collection of the Devonian plants of Canada, from the collec- 

 tions of the Principal and of Professor Hartt, has been given to 

 the New York Museum. 



From Peter Redpath, Esq., the skull of a Greenland whale, 

 with the baleen perfectly preserved. 



From Dr. G. M. Dawson, specimens of mammals from the 

 N. W. Territories. 



From Dr. Spencer, of Kings' College, Windsor, specimens of 

 fossils from the Niagara and Corniferous formations. 



In addition to these, valuable contributions have been received 

 from the Smithsonian Institution, Prof. Marsh of Yale College, 



