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Tucrpe^ Albert. Specimeus of sirens; from Texas. 



Tugglc^ TF. 0. Two bones of fossil elephant ; from Texas. 



UlHch, E. 0. Box of fossils ; from Arkansas. 



Union Oyster Company, Baltimore, Md. Fonr boxes of canned oysters. 



Valentine, Gabriel. Specimens of minerals ; from Pennsylvania. 



Valentine, Mann 8. Sample of extract of oyster. 



Van Gamp, Br. Specimen of fish ; from the Fiji Islands. 



Vene, Leroy. Water-worn rock ; from Virginia. 



Wadham, J. E. Specimens of seeds and minerals ; from California. 



Wagg, Br. James. Specimen of mineral , from North Carolina. 



Walker, S. T. A collection of birds' skins, Indian relics, and shells ; 



from Florida. 

 Walker, T. G. Specimens of peat ; from New Jersey. 

 Wallace, John. Stnff'ed skin of raccoon [Procyon lotor). 

 Wallis, R. A. Specimen of pipe-fish [Syngnathus peckianus) ; from Mary- 

 land. 

 Ward, Prof. H. A. A bottle of fishes ; from Ceylon and Borneo. 

 Washington, B. C. : 

 Interior Bepartment : 



Box of plants, seeds, and woods, &c., collected by S. Hayes. Speci- 

 mens of minerals ; from California. 

 Soils collected between Sierra Nevada and City Hocks, by F. A. 



Bishop. 

 Census Office. (See under the names of Edward Atkinson and W. 



31. Chmeuret.) 

 General Land Office. (See under names of Surveyor- General John 



Wasson and Special Agent James Bell. 

 Geological Survey, Clarence King, United States Geologist. (See un- 

 der the names of G. K. Gilbert and B. Pumpelly.) 

 Office of Indian Affairs : 

 Two boxes of Indian relics from graves at Forestville, N. Y. B. 

 Sherman, Agent, collector. 

 United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. {Prof. Spencer F. 

 Baird, Commissioner.) About 225 boxes of zoological collections 

 from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, made by Prof. A. E. Verrill, 

 Richard Rathbun, Charles H. Gilbert, G. Brown Goode, A. Howard 

 Clark, and B. S. Jordan; also, a number of models of fishing ves- 

 sels and implements. (See also under the names of Charles G. 

 Atkins, Tarleton H. Bean, E. C. Chester, A. H. Clark, F. N. Clark, 

 J. W. Collins, W. H. Ball, R E. Earll, T. B. Ferguson, Charles H. 

 Gilbert, G. Brown Qoode, William Hamlen, E. Ingersoll, B. S. Jor- 

 dan, M. McBonald, John S. Saunders, Neicton Simmons, Charles 

 W. Smiley, Livingston Stone, and James G. Sican.) Specimens of 

 marine natural history have besides been received from the fol- 

 lowing captains and crews of fishing vessels sailing principally 

 from Gloucester, Mass. : 



