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Dr. J. C. Merrill, U. S. A., Fort Brown, Tex. Three specimens of Texan 



rodents; one Texan bat. 

 3Ir. J. H. Moulton, Saint PauVs, Alaska. The head of an Alaskan walrus ; 



two skins of seals; from Alaska. 

 Mr. Clark Mills, Washington, D. G. A metallic cast of a portion of a 



whale's throat. 

 Mr. C. L. McKay, U. S. Signal Service. A collection of Alaskan 



mammals. 

 2lr. E. W. Helson. One pair of deer antlers in velvet ; from Alaska. 

 Mr. P. W. Korris, Yellowstone Park. Bones of bison, deer, and grizzly 



bear ; from Yellowstone National Park. 

 Mr. Willard T. Nye, Neic Bedford, 3Iass. One skull of porpoise; from 



near Wood's Holl, Mass. 

 Mr. Frederick A. Ober, Beverly, Mass. A young monkey in alcohol; the 



skin of a monkey; both from St. Kitt's Island, West Indies. 

 Miss Tillie Pilfer, Washington, D. G. A \>2it {Atalapha noveboraeensis), 



in alcohol. 

 Mr. A. Pitts, Sherborn, 31ass. The skull of a woodchuck {Arctomys 



monax) ; from Sherborn. 

 Mr. Edgar Quick, BrookviUe, Ind. Five specimens of the field mouse 



{Synaptomyscooperi)', from BrookviUe, Ind. 

 Mr. Robert Ridgicay, U. 8. National Museum, Washington. The skin of 



a mink {Putorius vison) ; one skin of a mole ; both from Wheatland, 



Ind. 

 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, New York Gity. A collection of eighty-five 



skins and skulls of weasels, rodents, and bats, mostly from New York. 



Includes a number of Egyptian bats. 

 Mr. William J. Rhees, Washington, D. G. Two bats in the flesh ; from 



Washington. 

 Mr. Gharles Ruby, Fort Fred. Steele, Wyoming. The skin of a puma 



{Felis concolor), and a fragment of a human skull; from Wyoming. 

 M. H. Schicank, TJ. S. N. {through Mr. T. 21. Ramsay). The skin of a 



fox ; from Hakluyt Headland, Si^itzbergen. 

 Mr. George B. Sennett, Texas. Three opossums {Didelphys virginianus)', 



from Louita Ranch, Texas. 

 Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A. Thee head of a pronghorn antelope {An- 



tilocapra americana), from Sweet Water Valley, Wyoming ; the skin 



of a squirrel {Sciurus car olinensis), from Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Dr. Leonard Stejneger, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. A collec- 

 tion of skulls and skeletons of the Arctic sea-cow [Rhytina gigas) ; 



two skulls of ziphioid whales ; fiom Bering Island, Kamtchatka. 



Among the lihytina remains are included six almost perfect skulls 



and fragments of six others ; also four partially complete series of 



vertebrae, a large number of ribs and arm bones, and two scapulae. 

 Mr. Livingston Stone, Charleston, N. H. The skull and a humerus of the 



grizzly bear {Ursus horribilis); from California. 



