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P. L. Jonj^; a valuable coUectiou of prebistoric antiquities, for the most 

 part from the- Ohio River Valley, deposited by Mr. Warreu K. Moore- 

 head, of Xenia, Ohio. 



MammaJs. — A full-grown moose collected and presented by Col. Cecil 

 Clay, of the Department of Justice; a fresh specimen of Sowerby's 

 whale, contributed by Capt. J. L. Gaskell, keeper of the United States 

 Life-Saving Station at Atlantic City ; a skin of Oris musimon, a skele- 

 ton of Monachus albiventer, and several European bats, received from 

 the Royal Zoological Museum at Florence, Italy ; three specimens of 

 American elk presented by Hon. W. F. Cody ; a Rocky Mountain 

 sheep, contributed by Mr. George Bird Grinuell, of New York. 



Birds and Birds' Eggs. — A rare collection of birds from the Na- 

 tional Museum at Costa Rica; a valuable collection of skins from the 

 Ohl World, presented by Dr. 0. Hart Merriam, of the Department of 

 Agriculture ; a collection of Japanese birds, purchased from Mr. P, L. 

 Jouy, of the National Museum ; bones of Palhis cormorant, collected 

 at the Commander Islands, Kamtchatka, by Dr. Leouhard Stejneger, 

 of the National Museum, the only bones of this bird extant ; a collec- 

 tion of typical Australian birds in alchohol, from the Australian Mu- 

 seum, S^^dney, New South Wales; an interesting collection of birds' 

 eggs and nests, presented by Mr, Dennis Gale, of Gold Hill, Colo.; 

 eggs of GardelUna ruhrifroiis, new to the collection and to science, con- 

 tributed by Mr. William W. Price, of Tombstone, Ariz. 



Fishes. — Collections of fishes from the Gulf of California, transmitted 

 by Messrs. O. P. Jenkins, of De Pauw University, and B. W. Evermann, 

 of the State Normal School at Terre Haute, Tnd. ; a collection of fishes 

 from New Zealand, sent in exchange from the Otago University Museum, 

 at Dunedin, New Zealand. 



3follnsls. — A valuable collection of marine and terrestrial shells pre- 

 sented by Messrs. F. B. and J, D. McGuire, of Washington. 



Insects. — A large series of insects purchased from Dr. Taylor Town- 

 send by the Department of Agriculture and transferred to the museum ; 

 an extensive series of dried Coleoptera presented by Mr. G. W. J. Augell, 

 of New York. 



Marine Invertebrates. — A collection of crustaceans from Japan, ob 

 tained by Mr. Romyn Hitchcock, of the National Museum ; specimens 

 of marine invertebrates collected by Lieut. J. F. Moser, of the U. S. 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, at Cape Sable, Florida. 



