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ADDITIONS TO' THE COLLECTIONS. 



McLeod, Rev. B. B. Specimen of sable (Mustela americana), 2 speci- 

 mens of white-haired porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus), Usher {Mustela 

 pennanti), four hoofs of reindeer (Ta rand us rangifer), and beaver 

 (Castor canadensis), male and female, in flesh, from Maine. (Pur- 

 chased.) 

 McMasters, 0. M. Specimen gold-ore, showing free gold, from Colorado. 

 McLaughlin, W. B. Model of herring-weir, from Grand Manan, >«'. B. 



Miles Brothers & Co., New York. Collection of brushes made from the 

 tail-hairs of squirrels, &c. 



National Preserving Company, Baltimore, Md. Can of condensed pul- 

 verized raw heel'. 



St- II'. Peter, Bottle of diamond lamp-black; tube filled with borings, 

 showing strata. 



Nelson, E. W. Skins of water-birds, from Illinois. 



Nevada, State Board of Centennial Managers, G. C. Stevenson, chairman. 

 Large collection of silver-ores and other materials of economic im- 

 portance, presented by authority of the State legislature. 



New Jersey Zinc Company, E. S. Baker, president, J. George, superintendent. 

 A massive collection of the ores and minerals of Mine Hill, and of 

 Sterling Hill, Sussex County, with samples of metallurgical products, 

 zinc, and spiegeleiseu. 



New York Condensed Milk Company ; Brewster 's, N. Y. Borden's extract of 

 beef, cocoa, milk, &c. 



Nichols, -J. A. Trunk and bale of fishing-rods aud sporting goods. (Lent.) 



Niles, Kossuth, Master, U. S. N. Box of oysters from Appalachicola Bay. 



Norman, A. J. Three gun-recoil checks. 



Olmstead, E. B. Collection of Indian stone implements, from Tennessee. 



Oneida Community, Oneida, N. Y. Full series of traps for catching game. 



Oregon Packing Company, Portland, Oreg. Box of Cook's Columbia 

 River fresh salmon ; spring-salmon bellies, salted. 



Page, Kidder and Fletcher, New York. Logs of wood bored by teredo. 

 Petroleum and coal-tar products. 



Palmer, I>r. E. Three boxes and one bale ethuologica, from Utah; skin 

 of bat'; box of ethuologica, from California; birch-bark canoe, Passa- 

 maquoddy Indians, Eastport, Me. 



Park, Brothers & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Illustration on a large scale of 

 the production and use of cast or crucible steel; specimens of Hang- 

 ing ; steel trophy ; objects made of crucible steel. 



Parker, Charles 11. Piece of planking of brig H. B. Emery, bored by 

 the teredo. 



Parker, W. F. Pigeon -trap. 



Parker, Charles. One Damascus-steel Parker gun. 



1'arrott, P. 1). A., Greenwood Iron Works, New York. Ores, products, 

 &c, and a large display of " slag wool" of all grades. 



Passaic Zinc Company, New Jersey, (Manning & Squier, New York.) 

 Zinc-ores, calamine, spelter, &c. 



