56 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



fossil corals, in exchange for plants, Tertiary corals, bryozoans, skins 

 and skulls of mammals from Patagonia, and moUusks from the United 

 States and other localities. From the Musemn of Natural History, 

 Paris, France, alcoholic fishes from northern and central Asia. From 

 the Geological Survey of Canada, 24 specimens of Trenton fossils in 

 exchange for fossils from Baffin Land. From the Rijks Ethnographic 

 Museum, Leyden, Holland, a collection of ethnological objects in 

 exchange for material of the same character. From the Public Gar- 

 dens and Plantations, Kingston, Jamaica, 112 plants in exchange for 

 botanical specimens. From the Museum Michoacano, Morelia, Mexico, 

 birds' skins and insects in exchange for publications. From the Albany 

 Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa, 41 birds' skins. From the 

 Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, 29 species of Actinians in exchange 

 for a similar collection. From Mr. G. Van lloon, Rotterdam, Holland, 

 a collection of beetles from Java and South Africa in exchange for 

 Coleoptera. From Mr. Jean Miguel, Barrubio, Herault, France, a 

 large collection of fossils from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic 

 horizons of Europe in exchange for 272 specimens, representing 147 

 species, of Paleozoic fossils. From Rev. Paul D. Bergen, Chefoo, 

 China, 48 birds' skins and 2 mammals' skins. From Baron R. de 

 Vriere, Zedelghem, Belgium, a collection of Belgian insects in exchange 

 for 112 specimens of Coleoptera. From Mr. G. Ruscheweyh, Buenos 

 Aires, Argentina, a collection of Argentine Lepidoptera in exchange 

 for material of the same character. From Mr. E. Y. Connell, St. 

 Kitts and Nevis, British West Indies, Carib implements and pieces of 

 pottery in exchange for stone implements. From Mr. C. F. Pavona, 

 Museum of Natural History, University of Turin, 107 specimens of 

 fossil corals, representing 95 species, from the Italian Tertiary deposits, 

 in exchange for fossils. From Prof. M. F. Colunga, Lima, Peru, 24 

 birds' skins. From Mr. L. Y. Ayson, Masterton, Wellington, New 

 Zealand, 17 birds' skins in exchange for material of the same kind. 



Seventy-six specimens of Cambrian fossils have been forwarded to 

 the Geographical-Paleontological Institute, Munich, Germany. 



