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Window, B. K. — Skin of duck and eggs of birds from Ohio. 



Wood, Wm. 8. — Nests and eggs of Geothlypis macgillivrayi from Pike's 



Peak. 

 Wood, John 0.- — Dead alligator from Georgia. 

 Wood, Dr. Wm. — Skin of Accipiter fuscus , shrew, and nests and eggs, 



from E. Windsor Hill, Conn. 

 Worthen, Prof. A. H. — Types of fossils from Illinois. 

 Woodbury, U. 8. A., Capt. D. P. — Birds from Tortugas. 

 Wright, J. J. — Portion of an Indian ax from Williamstown, N. C. 

 Wyman, Prof. J. — Rana sinuata from Adirondac Mountains ; casts 



of head of Flat-Head Indian, and skull of Gorilla. 

 Wright, C. — See Bradford. 

 Xantus, J. — Very large collections of animals, eggs, plants, &c, of 



Cape St. Lucas. 



LIST OF SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATIONS DURING 18G0. 



Astronomical Observations in the Arctic Seas. By Elisha Kent 

 Kane, M. D., U. S. N. Made during the second Grinnell Expedition 

 in search of Sir John Franklin,, in 1853, 1854, and 1855, at Van Rens- 

 selaer Harbor and other points in the vicinity of the northwest coast 

 of Greenland. Keduced and discussed by Charles A. Schott, Assistant 

 United States Coast Survey; quarto, pp. 56, and one plate. (Pub- 

 lished May, 1860.) 



On Fluctuations of Level in the North American Lakes. By Chas. 

 Whittlesey; quarto, pp. 28, and two plates. (Published July, 1860.) 



Meteorological Observations, made at Providence, P. I., extending 

 over a period of twenty-eight years and a half, from December, 1831, 

 to May, 1860. By Alexis Caswell, Professor of Natural Philosophy 

 and Theology in Brown University, Providence, R. I. ; quarto, pp. 188. 

 (Published October, I860.) 



Meteorological Observations, made near Washington, Ark., extend- 

 ing over a period of twenty years from 1840 to 1859, inclusive. By 

 Nathan D. Smith, M. D. ; quarto, pp. 96. (Published October, 1860.) 



Researches upon the Venom of the Rattlesnake, with an investiga- 

 tion of the anatomy and physiology of the organs concerned. By S. 

 Weir Mitchell, M. D., Lecturer on Physiology in the American Medi- 

 cal Association; quarto, pp. 156, and twelve wood cuts. (Published 

 December, 1860.) 



The preceding compose vol. XII of Smithsonian Contributions to 

 Knowledge. 



Tidal Observations in the Arctic Seas. By Elisha Kent Kane, M. 

 D., U. S. N. Made during the second Grinnell Expedition in search 

 of Sir John Franklin, in 1853, 1854, and 1855, at Van Rensselaer 

 harbor. Reduced and discussed by Charles A. Schott, Assistant United 



