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Ogilby, J. Douglas. A collectiou of birds' skins ; from Texas. 



Orcutt, C R. A small box of shells ; from California. 



Oshorn, A. {through T. B. Ferguson). Jar of alcoholic specimens of fishes ; 

 from the Potomac River. 



Osborn & Vail. Two specimens of horse-fish {Vomer setipinnis); from 

 New Jersey. 



Palmer, William. Specimens of birds and reptiles ; from Virginia and 

 Maryland. 



Parker, H. A. Specimen of cup-stone ; from Illinois. 



Parlcer, Joel G. Fish-hatching box, used at Grand Eapids, Mich. 



Parlhwrst, G. D. Sj)ecimen of coal ; from Colorado. 



Patterson, H. If. Box of water-plants {JSfymphwa tuberosa) ; from Illi- 

 nois. 



Patterson, IS. Specimens of minerals ; from Virginia. 



Paxson, S. W. Specimens of minerals ; from New Mexico. 



Peckham, R. W. Specimen of smooth puffer {Tetrodon Icevigatus) ; from 

 Connecticut. 



Pellet, E. P. Box of minerals ; from the United States of Colombia. 



Perry, J. W. Sjiecimens of crystals ; from Florida. 



Perry, Ralph. Indian mortar; from Indiana. 



Philaflelphia, Pa., Zoological Society of. A number of skulls and skele- 

 tons of monkeys. 



Pierce, Milton P. Fragments of Indian pottery ; from New Jersey. 



Ph's, Ayithony. Two boxes of stalactites and specimens of Proteus an- 

 guinus ; from Adelburg Grotto, in Carniola. 



Plant, J. G. Collection of minerals and Indian relics ; from Georgia. 



Plumacher, E. H., United States Consul, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Collec- 

 tiou of butterflies ; from Venezuela. 



Poey, Prof. Felipe. Nine boxes of living reptiles and two boxes of alco- 

 holic specimens of fishes ; from Cuba. 



Polkinhorn, H. Living tree-toad {Hyla versicolor); from Washington, 

 D. C. 



Polleys, W. H., United States Gonstil, Barbadoes, W. I. {through William 

 Wood). Specimens of septaria aud infusorial earths ; from the West 

 Indies. 



Poicel, Samuel. Scale of tarpum {Megalops thrissoides) ; from Rhode 

 Island. 



Powell, J. W., Director Ethnological Bureau, Smithsonian Institution. 

 Sixty-four boxes of ethnological specimens 5 from Arizona and New 

 Mexico ; collected by James Stevenson and Frank H. Cashing. 



Prentiss, Dr. D. W. Specimens of ants. 



Prindle, Frank. Si^ecimens of {DiadopMs punctatus)', from Virginia. 



Proctor, J. 0. Model of fishing- schooner Mary Odell, of Gloucester, 

 Mass. (Purchased.) 



Prosser, William Q. F. Specimen of Octopus; from Seattle Bay, Wash- 

 ington Territory. 



