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of fishes from the Hackcnsack ri\er and Sparkill, Rockland counlj", 

 New York. 



Dr. S. W. BarJicr. — Living specimens of Nerodia crijthrogaster, 

 Hetcrodon niger, Ophihohis gctjdm, and Elajjs fulvus from vSouth Carolina. 



Major J. G. Barnard, U. S. A. — Infusorial earth from Monterc}', 

 Calilbrnia. 



Rev. A. C. Barry. — Keg of fishes firoin southern Wisconsin ; two 

 kegs of mammals, reptiles, fishes, &c., from northern Wisconsin. 



Lieutenant J. G. Be^iton, U. S. A. — Box of fossils from San Antonio, 

 Texas. 



Dr. E. L. Berlhoud. — Fossils from the isthmus of Panama. Indian 

 relics and fishes from Bourbon county, Kentuck}'. 



J. S. Boivman and S. M. Bowman. — Fishes and reptiles collected on 

 the route from Salt Lake cit}' to Marysville, California. 



C. C. Brcvoort. — Fresh s.^pecxmen?, oi' Esox fasciatus from Long Island. 

 Fresh specimens of trout and hake from New York. Fishes, in alcohol, 

 from the vicinity of Brooklyn, New York. 



T. M. Brewer, M. D. — Skins of birds from Dane county, Wisconsin. 



J. L. Bridger. — Stand containing a series of tertiary fossils, with 

 living serpents, Farancia abacurus, and two birds, Ortijx Virginianus, 

 from Edgcombe county. North Carolina. 



David BucMand. — Box of minerals and fossils Irom the brown coal 

 deposit of Brandon, A'ermont. 



Ca.p(ai}i Casey, U. S. A. — Fdssil teeth of mastodon and sharks from 

 Florida. 



Rev. Be?ijamin Chase. — Stuffed Slernolhaerus from Concordia lake, 

 Louisiana. 



Captain Chattcn. — Specimens, in alcohol, of Ophidium 7narginaMm 

 from Beesley's point, New Jerse3^ 



Charleston College, S. C. — Duplicates of a collection of Batrachia. 



Messrs. Cotheal &f Co., New YorJc. — Specimens of seeds of silk cotton; 

 leaves, fruit, and manufactured cloth from the Rafar palm, Madagas- 

 car. Model of Madagascar canoe. 



Johi P. Cmmiiigham. — Box of minerals illustrating the auriferous 

 deposits of Vermont. 



R. D. Cutts. — Skins of thirty species of birds from San Francisco 

 county, California. 



Mrs. M. E. Daniel. — Can of reptiles and fishes from Anderson, South 

 Carolina. 



Edica7-d T. Denig. — Reptiles and fishes from Fort Union, Nebraska. 



T. J. Dryer. — Specimens of minerals from the summit of Mount 

 Hood, Oregon. 



J. Eckels, (United States consul, Talcahuana.) — Peruvian vase and 

 ear of corn, disintered near Talcahuana. 



A. E. Edgeworth. — Can of reptiles and fishes, with dried plants, 

 shells, &c., from Marengo county, Alabama. 



Dr. L. A. Edwards, U. S. A- — One box of fossils, one bale of plants, 

 ten jars of reptiles and insects, and various heads and feet of birds, 

 from Fort Towson, Arkansas. 



Dr. George Engelmann. — One barrel fishes, reptiles, and mammals 

 from St. Louis. 



