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Nicl'crson, George Y. — Antique soapstone iiikstand, Cape Cod. 



Northwestern University. — Fossils and skins of gar pike from Illinois. 



Orton, Professor James. — Tertiary fossils from tlie Amazon. 



Palmer ^Dr. E., (partly through the Agricultural Department.) — Large 

 aud varied collections of specimens in various departments of zoology, 

 botany, etlinology, and archaeology from Arizona, Utah, and New Mex- 

 ico. 



Passmore Lewis, (by the Hon. W. Townsend.) — Stone implements, 

 Pennsylvania. 



Pease, Horatio N. — Tooth of fossil cetacean, Gay Head, Massachu- 

 setts. 



Pirn, Geo. E., (by Hon. W. Townsend.) — Stone implements, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Piatt, L. W. — Indian clothing and ornaments, Nebraska. 



Ponrtales, L. F. de. — Marine invertebrates from Florida. 



Price, J. D. — Crj'stallized calcite, Virginia. 



Quatrefagcs, Professor. — Casts of osteolopcal and other specimens 

 from the caves of Cromagnon, France. 



Ba7iJcm, Mr. — Indian crania, Massachusetts coast. 



Ransom, Governor, (through Mr. Tkos. Bland.) — Land shells from 

 Barbadoes. 



Feed, Byron. — Ortyx Virginianus, Nebraska. 



Ricliseclier, L. E. — Birds' eggs, Pennsylvania. 



Ridgeicay, Robert. — Birds from Illinois. 



Ring, Lieut. F. M., United States Army. — Collections of birds, osteo- 

 logical specimens, ethnology, archajology, &c., from Alaska. 



Sadio, n. — Saturnia rnhescens from Chili. 



St. Petershurg Imperial Botanic Garden. — Russian, Siberian, Japanese, 

 and other plants. 



Salrin, 0. — Birds from the Falkland Islands. 



Scammon, Gapt. G. M., U. S. Revenue Marine. — Baleen of Pacific sul- 

 phurbottom whale. 



Schott, Dr. A, — Crystals of rock-salt, Texas. 



Sclatcr, Dr. P. L. — Birds from Peruvian Andes and Buenos Ayres. 



Sessions, Luther. — Birds' eggs, Connecticut. 



Sharpless, P. P., (through Hon. W. Townsend.) — Stone imi^lenients 

 from Pennsylvania. 



Sherwood, Andrew. — Devonian fish remains from Pennsylvania. 



Sihheston, J., Hudson Bay Company. — Birds and eggs, I'ort Yukon, 

 Alaska. 



Spinner, General F. E. — Fresh specimen of the copperhead snake, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. 



Stearns, R. E. C. — Pottery vase and beads from Chiriqui, Central 

 America. 



Stelle, J. P. — Archaiological and ethnological specimens from Tennes- 

 see mounds. 



Sternberg, C. H. and Dr. G. M. — Fossil plants from Kansas. 



