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Dr. J. C. Merrill, U. 8. A., Fort Brown, Tex. Three specimens of Texan 



rodents; one Texan bat. 

 Mr. J. R. Moulton, Saint PauVs, Alaska. The head of an Alaskan wah'us ; 



tvro skins of seals; from Alaska. 

 Mr. Clark Mills, Washington, B. G. A metallic cast of a portion of a 



whale's throat. 

 Mr. (J. L. McKay, U. S. Signal Service. A collection of Alaskan 



mammals. 

 Mr. JE. W. ]!\^ehon. One pair of deer antlers in velvet; from Alaska. 

 Mr. P. W. Norris, Yellowstone Park. Bones of bison, deer, and grizzly 



bear ; from Yellowstone National Park. 

 Mr. Willard T. JSlye, Neiv Bedford, 31ass. One skull of porpoise ; from 



near Wood's Holl, Mass. 

 Mr. Frederick A. Ober, Beverly , Mass. A young monkey in alcohol; the 



skin of a monkey ; both from St. Kitt's Island, West Indies. 

 Miss Tillie Piper, Washington, D. C. A hat {Atalapha noveboracensis), 



in alcohol. 

 Mr. A. Pitts, Sherhorn, Mass. The skull of a woodchuck {Arctomys 



monax) ; from Sherborn. 

 Mr. Edgar Quick, Brookville, hid. Five specimens of the field mouse 



{Syna.ptomys C'lOijeri)] from Brookville, Ind. 

 Mr. Robert Ridgway, U. S. National Museum, Washington. The skin of 



a mink {Putorius vison) ; one skin of a mole ; both from Wheatland, 



Ind. 

 Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, New York City. A collection of eighty-five 



skins and skulls of weasels, rodents, and bats, mostly from New York. 



Includes a number of Egyptian bats. 

 Mr. William J. Rhees, Washington, D. C. Two bats in the flesh ; from 



Washington. 

 Mr. Charles Ruby, Fort Fred. Steele, Wyoming. The skin of a puma 



{Felis concolor), and a fragment of a human skull; from Wyoming. 

 M. H. Schwank, JJ. S. N. {through Mr. T. M. Ramsay). The skin of a 



fox ; from Hakluyt Headland, Spitzbergen. 

 Mr. George B. Sennett, Texas. Three opossums {Didelphys virginianus)-, 



from Lonita Ranch, Texas. 

 Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A. Thee head of a pronghorn antelope {A71- 



tilocapra americana), from Sweet Water Valley, Wyoming ; the skin 



of a squirrel {Sciurus car olinensis), from Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Dr. Leonard Stejneger, Smithsonian Institution, Washitigton. A collec- 

 tion of skulls and skeletons of the Arctic sea-cow {Rhytina gigas)', 



two skulls of ziphioid whales ; from Bering Island, Kamtchatka. 



Among the Ilhytina remains are included six almost perfect skulls 



and fragments of six others ; also four partially complete series of 



vertebrae, a large number of ribs and arm bones, and two scapulae. 

 Mr. Livingston Stone, Charleston, N. H. The skull and a humerus of the 



grizzly bear {TJrsus horribilis) ; from California. 



