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Gustav Eiseu, of Fresno, lias sent interesting fishes and birds. C. H. 

 Townsend contribnted bones of whales and dolphins obtained at San 

 Luis Obispo. Many zoological and mineralogical specimens were also 

 received for identification. 



Colorado. — Si)ecimens of Zuneite were received from W. F. Ilille- 

 brand, of the U. S. Geological Survey, wlio also sent some examples of 

 argyrodite, obtained from Himmelsfurst in Saxony, and from which was 

 obtained the new metal Germanium. William F. Doty, of Durango, 

 Dr. William Hall, of Central City, Louis E. Sharpe, of LeadviHo, O. IT. 

 Hahn, of South Pueblo, and others, send minerals and ores. LL A. 

 Tamen, of Denver, presented his "Rocky I^Iountain Mineral Cabinet," 

 containing some very interesting specimens. 



James L. Foley i)resented a specimen of Williamson's white fish from 

 Wiiite Eiver, and a botanical specimen for idcntitlcatiou. 



Connecticut. — A. F. Wooster, of Norfolk, contributed brook trout, 

 melanistic examples of star-nosed mole, Comlylura, and tlio horned owl. 

 Bubo virginianus. ITo also sent a stone ax, and a brass idol from Japan. 

 Lewis T>. Woodruff contributed bird skins and a number of sets of birds' 

 eggs. E. B. Iloilge, of Plymouth, N. II., sends a remai^kable specimen 

 of the brook-trout, SalvcUm(.'i, allied to the blue-blacked trout of north- 

 ern New England, whose relation-s have not yet been thoroughly inves- 

 tigated. 

 From George W. Lendereg, of Roxbury, were received minerals. 

 Daliota. — From this State only minerals have been received, and from 

 the following j)ersons : II. E. Fleming, of Mandarin j II. T. Brown, of 

 Ponca ; S. II. Buchanan, of Custer City, and Samuel Scott, of Rapid 

 City. 



District of Columbia. — Capt. Thomas W. Symous, LI. S. Army, assist- 

 ant engineer of the District, gives a rock drill of the kind used in the 

 construction of the Washington aqueduct tunnel. George P. Merrill, 

 of the National Museum, Prof. Thomas Robinson, of Howard University, 

 and Dr. William S. Mcllhenny, present minerals. 



James Watson sent specimens of ibssil wood from the reservoir cut- 

 ting near Howard University. 



T. E. Skinner and Clarence Burke send specimens of birds. Charles 

 W. Richmond presented the nests of fourteen speci(;s of birds. Milton 

 Smifh gave a small mammal, and J. U. Kuehling, Charles A. Bruff, and 

 H. W- Henshaw, of the U, S. Geological Survey, contributed serpents. 

 Florida. — Prof. O. P. Hay, of Indiana University, gave a collection of 

 fishes, J. H, Batty and E. C. Gieenwood presented a specimen of the 

 young of the new sub-species of owl, Si/rnium nehulosum allent, a form 

 new to the collection. ]\Ir. Greenwood also sends several birds from the 

 Thousand Islands. Dr. B. II. Warren, of West Chester, Pa., sent a col- 

 lection of insects, mostly Dipter:i, and George W. Roberts, of the same 

 [)lace, contributed a collection of bird skins. Several desirable forma 

 were ])urchased from C. .1. Shiyniird, of Boston. 



