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Mr. Wm. Bloomer (through Mr. Asa L. Jones, lighthouse keeper, Monomoy 

 Point, Harwich Port, Mass.). The skeleton and whalebone of a fin- 

 back whale (Balwnoptera rostrata); This is one of the few specimens 

 of this species taken on the east coast of the United States. 



Mr. P. L. Jouy, Japan. A number of mammal skins and skeletons from 

 Japan. A valuable series, mostly new to the collection. 



Mr. Anton Karr, Washington, B. C. A pug dog. 



Mr. F. H. King, Wisconsin. A specimen of the shrew (Blarina tal- 

 poides). 



Kurrachee Museum, Kurrachee, India. A collection of thirty-six mam- 

 mal skins and skulls from India. A valuable series, mostly new to 

 the collection. 



Mr. Charles P. Lincoln, Washington, B. G. A Siamese cat (Felis domes- 

 tica), from Bangkok, Siam. 



Mr. Jos. Lorange, Stavenger Museum* Sweden. A European moose (A Ices 

 machlis). 



Mr. Wm. Macleay, Linnean Society, Sydney, Australia. A dugong skin 

 (Ralicore dugong). 



Mr. R. G. Mais (through Mr. W. W. Evans), Australia. A number of 

 fossil teeth of the genus Biprotodon. A very interesting collection 

 of the teeth of this fossil marsupial. 



Mr. G. L. McGormich, Falls Church, Va. A fresh specimen of a cat. 



Br. C. H. Merriam, Locust Grove, N. Y. A collection of skins and skulls 

 of the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata), the Greenland seal (Phoca 

 grcenlandica), and a foetus of the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus). 



Mr. George P. Merrill, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. G. A 

 bat ( Vesperugo noctivagans) from Auburn, Me.. 



Mr. David Miller, Gamp Rill, Pa. A star-nose mole (Condylura cris- 

 tata). 



Br. J. G. Neal, Archer, Fla. A collection of fossil mammal bones from 

 Florida. 



Commodore H. E. Nichols, U. S. N. A tuft-tailed pocket mouse (Perog- 

 nathus penicillatus) from Sonora, Mexico. 



Mr. George Y. Nickerson, New Bedford, Mass. Carpal bones of a whale 

 (Balcena sp). 



Mr. C. G. Nutting, Ornetepe, Nicaragua. A monkey and an opossum 

 (Mycetes palliatus and Bidelphys quica). 



Mr. C. B. Orcutt. A ground squirrel (Tamias asiaticus var. quadri- 

 vittatus) from the Cantiles Mountains, northern Lower California. 



Prof. Felipe Poey, Havana, Cuba. Seal (Monachus tropicalis) ; a mounted 

 specimen containing skull and leg bones. This specimen of the West 

 Indian seal is the only one known to exist in any scientific collection, 

 with the exception of the British Museum. This museum contains or 

 did contain a single imperfect skin received from Jamaica a number 

 of years ago. The skull is especially interesting as affording characters 

 by which the genus has been determined. The generic identity of this 

 animal has long been in question. 



