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Mr. 0. Burnham, Cape Canaveral, Florida. A collection of bones and 

 a number of teeth of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). These 

 specimens represent the remains of a small school of sperm whales 

 which stranded in the fall of 1882. 



Mr. Stephen Calrerley, Barnegat City, N. J. Three albino mice (Mm 

 musculus). 



Mr. Alvin Chapin, Loudon County, Virginia. A fox squirrel (Sciurus 

 niger, var. ludovicianus). 



Capt. James E. Coleman, Provincetown, Mass. A foetus of a fin-back 

 whale. 



Mr. T. H. Collins, Washington, D. G. An example of monstrosity in the 

 dog and cat. 



Dr. Elliott Coues, Washington, D. C. A specimen of an albino fox squir- 

 rel (Sciurus niger, var. niger). 



Mr. John S. Crary, KnoxHlle, Tenn. Human skull from the farm of Mr. 

 H. Fraser. 



Mr. Henry L. Dawes, Texas. A pair of ox horns (Bos taurus). 



Miss Maud Diemann, Washington, D. C. An Angora cat. 



Mr. Vinal N. Edwards, Wood's Holl, Mass. An abnormal deer skull 

 (Cariacus virginianus) from Naushon Island, Massachusetts. 



Messrs. Fairup and Gorsira, Aves Islands, Venezuela (through Mr.Almont 

 Barnes, United States consul). Fragments of skulls and skeletons of 

 a killer whale (Grca sp.). A number of vertebrae of a whalebone 

 whale. 



Lieutenant Julian Fillette, TJ. S. Navy. A skull of a chief of the Mar- 

 quesas Islands, Pacific Ocean. (Deposited.) 



Mrs. Haag, Washington^ D. 0. A Mexican hairless dog (Canis famili- 

 ar is). 



Mr. E. H. Haicley, TJ. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. An al- 

 bino rat (Mus decumanus). 



Mr. George S. Hobbs, TJ. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. A foetus 

 of a Maltese cat. 



Mr. J. Hoffman, keeper TJ. S. life-saving station, Turtle Gut, Cape May, 

 N. J. A dolphin (Tursiops tursio) in the flesh. This specimen was 

 made the basis of a new species, called T. subridens, but is now known 

 to be identical with T. tursio. 



Dr. W. J. Hoffman, Petoskey, Mich. A melanistic woodchuck (Arctomys 

 monax). 



Mr. Wm. T. Hornaday, TJ. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. Spe- 

 cimen of a bat. 



Mr. H. S. Howland, keeper TJ. S. life-saving station, Spring Lake, N. J. A 

 pygmy sperm whale and foetus (Kogia Goodei sp. n.). This valuable 

 specimen is the first of the genus recorded from the iforth Atlantic. 

 Another specimen, however, is known to have been taken off the coast 

 of Florida. 



Messrs. S. R. and D. S. Hubbard, keepers TJ. S. life-saving station, Fire 

 Island, New York. A dolphin (Tursiops tursio). 



