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Turner, C. W. S. Four arrow-lieads ; from Virginia. 

 Turner, L. M. Turtle {Malacoclemmys 2>eudo-(jeo(jrapMcus) ; from South- 

 ern Illinois. 

 Turner, Mrs. 21. E. Three boxes of living turtles ; from Southern Illi- 

 nois. 

 Turlxey. Robert College, Constantinople. Collection of bird-skins. 

 Van Dyclc, W. T. Three boxes of general natural-history collections ; 



from Syria. 

 Van SooJc, J. C. Snake {Coluber obsoletus obsoletus); from Virginia. 

 Vance, James A. Mineral ; from Arkansas. 

 Velie, Br. J. V(^. Collection birds' eggs and shells, from Florida ; cast 



of stone axe, two living turtles and living snake, from Illinois. 

 Voss, A. (See Washington, D. C, United States Fish Commission.) 

 Wade, Joseph i\I. Pectoral of flying-fish, taken in the South Pacific Ocean. 

 Walher., Br. B. L. Four living hell-benders {Menopoma alleglmniensis) j 



from Western Pennsylvania. 

 Wallace, James B. Insect ; from Texas. 

 Wallace, John. Two Australian parrakeets. 

 WaUls, Br. G. B. Specimens of fossils and copper ore. 

 Walton, W. B. Oyster with double shell. 

 Washington, B. C. : 

 Bepartment of State, TJ. 8. A. (See under name of Hon. O. A. Will- 

 iamson, United States minister to Guatemala.) 

 Treasury Bepartment, U. S. A. : 



United States Bevenue-Marine. (See under name of Capt. Alfred B. 



Bar is.) 

 United States Coast Survey. (See under name of W. H. Ball.) 

 War Bepartment, U. S. A. : 



United States Army. (See under names of General M. C. Meigs, Col. 

 A. G. BracTxCtt, Lieut. George 31. Wheeler, and Lieut. J. P. Jef- 

 ferson.) 

 Surgeon- GeneraVs Office, United States Army Medical Museum {Br. 

 G. A. Otis, in charge.) A collection of bird and mammal skins, 

 fossils, ethnologica, &c., collected in Texas by Br. B. H. White, 

 U. S. A. (See also under the names of Brs. J. Y. Porter, W. 

 Whitney, T. E. Wilcox, and H. C. Yarrow, medical oflicers United 

 States Army.) 

 Surveys tcest of the one hundredth meridian, Lieut G. M. Wheeler in 

 charge. Collection of mortars and pestles, pottery, arrows, quiv- 

 ers, &c., also a large collection of plants; from Arizona and 

 California. 

 Bureau of Ordnance, General S. Y. Benct. Specimens of copper-ore 



from Rock Island, 111. 

 Signal Service, United States Army, {^ee under naine Private B.W. 

 Ifelson.) 



