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iug, of Kuoxville; G. C. II offmeister, of Mossy Creek; and Dr. J. Ber- 

 rein Lindsley. 



C. D. Walcott and Frank Burns, of the U. !S. Geological Survey, pre- 

 sented fossils; and James W. Eogan, of Eogersville, and John T. Irwin, 

 of Paris, sent botanical specimens. 



Texas. — Zoological specimens from this State were received from 

 Thomas Mcllwraith, of Hamilton, Ontario, Ganada, and Col. A. G. 

 Brackett, U. S. Army, of Fort Davis. 



Geological material was sent by W. 11. Stephens, of Hiner; D. H. 

 Gibson, of Mineral Wella ; Larkin King, of San Saba, and Dr. G. P. 

 Uachenberg, of Austin. 



An interesting leaf-sbai^ed imi)lement of brown jasper, from the Ghe- 

 note Mountains, was presented by Thomas li. Stewart, of Presidio. 



Fossils were transmitted by Capt. W. 11. Glapj), U. S. Army, of Fort 

 Stockton, and botanical specimens by Dr. W. Thornton Parker, of New- 

 port, II. I. 



Utah. — An interesting series of thirty-one articles collected by Dr. 

 H. C. Yarrow, U. S. Army, among the Gosh Cites, w^as added to the 

 ethnological collection. This consisted of baskets, berry-wands, mocca- 

 sins, basket-hat, water -jars, doll, leather bag, and cradle-back. 



Fossil plants from Wales, collected by Dr. G. A. White, were pre- 

 sented by the U. S. Geological Survey. 



Several geological specimens were forwarded for examination and 

 report. 



Vermont. — Geological material was sent for examination and report. 



Virginia. — Forty-two accessions of various kinds were received from 

 this State. 



From the Wytheville hatchery of the U. S. Fish Gommission come 

 specimens of California Mountain Trout and Penobscot Salmon. Col. 

 Marshall McDonald sent several large and varied collections of fishes, 

 insects, mollusks, invertebrates, reptiles, and two mammals. Other 

 contributions of fishes were received from James Godden, ]\Iaurice 

 Cropley, who also sent a star-fish, Asterias forhesii, Gwynn ITarris, of 

 Washington, W. Yeatman, keeper of the light-house at Point Lookout, 

 Md., and Thomas Lewis, of Eoanoke. Lucien M. Turner, William 

 Palmer, of the National Museum, and U. P. Hoare, of Plupbus, sent 

 reptih^s. Birds were presented by John Dowell, of Washington, James 

 Deane, of Alexandria, and Eussell Eobinson, of Eichmond. Eobert 

 Eidgway, of the National Museum, contributed a nest of the Blue Gros 

 beak, Guiraca cccrulca. Howard Shriver, of Wytheville, Frank P. (lold, 

 of Eest, and John S. Webb, of Totaro, sent insects. Prof. I. U. Mor- 

 rison, of Lexington, contributed specimens of snail-shell, HcUx horiensin. 

 This locality is new for this species. A. B. Johnson, of the Light-J lonso 

 Board, sent a section of a pile from a wharf at Cape Henry, completely 

 riddled by the boring of the shii> worm. Teredo navalis. 



Fossil coal, from the Piedtnonl, district, was received from Court 

 Hamilton, of Bunker Hill, W. Ya. 



