THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 45 



Rev. Charles Mann and Masters George and William Mami. — Salaman- 

 der ( AmUijstoma opaciim) with eggs taken in February, 1854. Can of 

 fishes and reptiles from Gloucester county, Virginia. 



Colonel J. K. Mansjield, United States Army. — Box of minerals and 

 fossils, collected between Fort Atkinson and Santa Fe, New Mexico. 



Hon. George P. Marsh. — Keg of fishes and reptiles with shells, &c., 

 from Palestine, Syria, &c. 



LicutenaJit M. F. Maurij, United States Naii/. — Foetus of right 

 whale, and portion of the skin of sperm whale of 75 barrels, from the 

 North Atlantic. 



Professor O. W. Morris. — Young ^lenojwma just excluded trom the 

 egg, Holston river, Tennessee. 



TV. E. Moore. — Skin of humming bird, from the Island of Juan Fer- 

 nandez. 



Dr. J. S. Newberry. — Jar of reptiles from Bodega, California (de- 

 posited.) 



Professor R. Owen. — Keg of reptiles and fishes from Tennessee. 



William M. Penrose. — Skin of albino female of Agelaius iihoeniceus. 

 shot near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 



Charles PiUichody. — Two cans of fishes from Mobile, Alabama. 



John Potts. — Skins of mammalia and reptiles in alcohol, from New 

 ^Mexico. Skins oi" Lejms artemisia and of several birds, with a can of 

 reptiles and fishes, from Chihuahua. 



Alfred L. Riggs. — Can of reptiles and fishes, from Lac qui Parle, 

 Minnesota. 



Jeremiah Rogers. — Precious opal from Mexico. 



Hon. Sion H. Rogers. — Fossil bone from Roanoke, North Carolina. 



Sir R. Schomburgh. — Land shells, from Guiana. 



J. D. Sergeant. — Specimens of Pityophis and Eutcenia, from Illinois. 



Dr. G. G. Shui7ia7-d.-^F\ve cans of fishes, one can of reptiles and 

 two boxes of insects, fi^om Fort Smith, Arkansas. 



Captain E. K. Smith, U. S. A. — Fishes and reptiles, from St. Au- 

 gustine, Florida. 



Commodore Smith, U. S. N. — Series of specimens illustrating the ex- 

 periments of Mr. John Jarvis, inspector of timber, navy yard, Ports- 

 mouth, Virginia, on the growth and ravages of teredo and barnacle, 

 and means of protection against them. 



Dr. Thomas L. Steele. — Four jars of reptiles and fishes, with one 

 Pterojms, from Cape Palmas, west Africa. 



Dr R. P. Stei:c7is. — Box of fossils and shells, from Illinois. 



Professor W. H. B. Thomas. — Jar of" reptiles, from Trindad, and one 

 from Key West, Florida. Skin of Scalops breivcri. 



Lieutenant W. P. Trowbridge, U. S. A. — One keg and can of reptiles 

 and fishes, with two boxes of skins of birds and mammals, skeletons, 

 shells, &c., from San Diego, Monterey, and Presidio, California. 



Colonel Joseph Tuley. — Skins and horns of male fallow deer, Ccrvus 

 dama, and elk, Elaphns canadensis, from his park in Clarke county, 

 Virginia. 



Pfarrer L. Vortisch. — Collections of minerals, fossils, and antiquities, 

 from Satow, Germany. 



