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quis Giacoma Doria, director, in return for material already received 

 by tbe Museum. 



From the Horniman Museum, London, England, Mr. liicbard Quick, 

 curator, have been received mammal bones, in return for a set of casts 

 of prehistoric implements. 



Birds. — Three birds' skins have been sent to Mr. Stefan Chernel von 

 Chernelhiiza, Koszeg, Hungary, in return for similar material. 



Two birds' skins have been sent to Mr. Ernst Hartert, Tring Museum, 

 Tring, England, for which material has been received in return. 



A collection of ores, birds, and other natural history specimens has 

 been received from the La Plata Museum, La Plata, Argentina, for 

 which an equivalent has been sent. 



Rejitiles and batrachians. — Mr. Edgar J. Bradley, Happy Valley 

 Waterworks, South Australia, transmitted specimens of lizards, for 

 which foraminiferous material has been sent in return. 



Specimens of reptiles from Argentina have been received from the 

 La Plata Museum, for which an equivalent has been sent. 



Fishes. — Collections of fishes from the North Pacific Ocean and Bering- 

 Sea, and also from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, principally deep-sea 

 forms, selected from the duplicate collections in the Museum, have been 

 sent to the British Museum, London, England, Sir William Flower, 

 director; Imperial Zoological Museum, Vienna, Austria, Dr. Franz 

 Steindachner, keeper; La Plata Museum, La Plata, Argentina, Dr. 

 Francisco P. Moreno, director; Museum of Natural History, Paris, 

 France, Prof. A. Milne Edwards, director; Eoyal Zoological Museum. 

 Berlin, Germany, Prof. Karl Mobius, director; Royal Zoological 

 Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, Dr. Christopher Liitken, director; 

 and Zoological Museum, Christiania, Norway, Prof. Eobert Collett, 

 director. 



A collection of ninety three species of American fishes was sent to 

 Prof. Sebastiano Richiardi, Ministero dell' Istruzione Publica, Rome, 

 Italy, for which desirable material is expected in return. 



MoUuslis. — Shells have been received from Mr. Edgar J. Bradley, 

 Happy Valley Waterworks, South Australia, for which foraminiferous 

 material has been sent in return. 



Specimens of Odostomia lactea, Jeff'., have been received from Mr. 

 G, W. Chaster, Southport, England, for which specimens of Pyrami- 

 dellidic have been sent in return. 



A specimen of Mytilus californicus has been sent to the Royal Zoo 

 logical Museum, Florence, Italy, Prof. Henry H. Giglioli, director, in 

 continuation of exchanges. 



Dr. H. von Ihering, director of the Paulista Museum, Sao Paulo, 

 Brazil, has sent specimens of South American and Mexican land, fresh- 

 water, and marine shells, for which an equivalent in shells and other 

 material has been forwarded. 



Insects. — Mr. Edgar J. Bradley, Happy Valley Waterworks, South 



