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Mr. James G. Swan. Two jaws of the killer whale, {Orca atra)-, from 



Cape Flattery, Wash. 

 Mr. J. Tate {through Dr. T. U. Wilcox, U. S. A.). A pair of antlers of 



mule deer; from Boise Barracks, Idaho. 

 Prof. George Thurber, Kew York Oity. A cinuamou bear ( TJrsus cin- 



namoneus), in the flesh; from Ward County, Pennsylvania. 

 Mr. Anrelius Todd, Ellhead, Oreg. Eleven rodent skins; one skin of 



Urotrichus Gibbsi ; the skin of a shrew ; the skeleton of a spermophile. 

 U. 8. Fish Commission, Washington. The skeleton of porpoise; from 



Wood's Holl, Mass, 

 U. 8. National Museum, Washington. A large common rat, in the flesh. 

 Mr. 8. T. Walher, Boston, Mass. A raccoon [Procyon Hernandezii)) 



from Tampa Bay, Florida. 

 Mr. John Wallace, New York City. The skeleton of a babboon [Cyno- 



cephalus porcarius). 

 Mr. William W. Ware, (through Mr. Robert), Washington, Pa. One head 



of domestic sheep; from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 

 Br. T. E. Wilcox, U. 8. A. Two rodents in alcohol; one gopher {Tho- 



momys taJpoides) in alcohol ; one pronghorn head and antlers; two pairs 



of antlers; one fossil tibia; all from Boise Barracks, Idaho. 

 Mr. John B. Wiggins, Waverly, N. Y. A fox {Vulpes fulvus), aUt^'j 



from Waverly, N. Y. 

 Mr. A. F. Wooster, Norfolk, Conn. A bat in alcohol. 



Department of Birds. 



Egbert Eidgway, Curator. 



ACCESSIONS IN" 1882. 



* Chiefly through the U. S. Signal Service. 



t Mostly specimens which, having lost their original labels, were re-entered, or in 

 regard to which there are no data. 



X The actual niimber of species is of course much less, identical species being oftea 

 represented in various collections. In some cases, however, especially among the 



