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Thomas Herran, Antioquia, United States of Colombia^ South America. 

 Small collection from Indian graves at Cundinamarca and Antioquia, 

 United States of Colombia, South America, consisting of clay vessels, 

 clay spindle-wliorls, cartouche, &c. 



M. C. Keith, Costa Bica, Central America. Collection of antiquities 

 found on the line of the Port Limon Railroad, Costa Rica, composed 

 of clay vessels, plain or ornamented in relief, stone pestles, rubbing- 

 stones, plain or with carved handles, metates, plain or ornamented, 

 fragments of very large metates, and stone-carvings, human and ani- 

 mal. This is a valuable collection, especially as regards the stone 

 implements and carvings. 



Department of Mammals. 

 Fredeeick W. True, Curator. 



Prof. J. A. Allen, Cambridge, Mass. Fragments of a human skull, from 

 Corsicana, Tex. 



Mr. Sylvanus Bailey. A human skull from Point Providence, East Si- 

 beria. 



Dr. M. Baker, U. S. Coast Survey, Washington. A box of human skulls 

 and dog skulls from Chernoofsky, Alaska, and Plover Bay, Siberia. 



Messrs. Barnum, Bailey, and Hutchinson, Bridgeport, Conn. A puma {Fe- 

 lls concolor); four baboons {Cynocephalus sps.); an ant-eater [Myrme- 

 cophaga juhata) ; an African gnu {Cataplepas gnu). All of these spec- 

 imens were received in the flesh. 



Capt. L. A. Beardslee, U. 8. N. A piece of whalebone from Crisp Sound, 

 Alaska. 



Mr. L. Belding, StocMon, Cal. A collection of rodents and deer antlers 

 and heads from Lower California. 



Capt. Charles Bendire. Four fcetal rodents from Fort Walla Walla. 



Mr. C. K. Brace. A bat from Nassau, Bahamas. 



British Museum, London, England. A collection of bats and rodents in 

 alcohol from India and Asia Minor. An ornithorhynchus in alcohol 

 from Australia. 



Mr. E. L. Broicn, Durand, Wis. A mole skin (Scalops argentatus). 



Lieut. L. ilf. Cook, U. S. A. A skin and skeleton of Rocky Mountain 

 sheep, from Fort Missoula, Montana. 



Mr. Jonathan Cook, Frovincetoicn, Mass. An ear-bone of a whale. 



Dr. Jos. H. Corson, U. S. A. Three living round-tailed spermophiles 

 {Spermophilus tereticaudus) from Fort Yuma, California. 



Dr. F. C. Dale, tf. S. N., TJ. S. Steamer Palos, Yokohama, Japan. One 

 box of mammal skins from China. 



Mr. John Darr, Washington, D. C. A living bat {Atalapha novehora- 

 censis) from the District of Columbia. 



Mr. Waldo Dennis, Oshkosh, Wis. A horse's foot with supernumerary 

 toe. 



