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From Dr. -1. F. R. Dufour, Washington, D. C, was received ;i skin 

 of brown pelican ( Pelecanus fuscus). 



Mr. Frank Everett, Washington, I). C, presented birds' eggs, and 

 deposited a ( 'arib stone hatchet from the island of Navassa. 



From Mr. T. H. Morgan, Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, were received 

 crustaceans from near Jamaica. 



From the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, were re- 

 ceived land-shells. 



SOUTH AMERICA, 



BRAZIL. 



Messrs. Tiffany & Company, New York City, transmitted in exchange 

 a specimen of " Phantom" quartz. 



Mr. William Palmer, U. S. National Museum, presented a specimen 

 of Jandaya Parrakeet (Cornurus jandaya). 



From the Eoyal Zoological Museum, Florence, Italy, through Prof. 

 Henry Giglioli, director, were received in exchange archaeological 

 objects from Brazil. 



Dr. C. EL White, l T . S. Navy, presented specimens of crude nitrate 

 of soda from Iquique. 



Dr. White, U. S. Navy, transmitted a collection of insects from Payta. 



UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA. 



From Mr. M. L. Marks, Washington, I). C, were received 5 gold orna- 

 ments obtaiued from ancient graves. 



VENEZUELA. 



Mr. K. M. Bartlemau, United States legation, Caracas, transmitted 



photographs of native scenery and other objects relating to Venezuela. 

 He also sent an armadillo (Tatusia sp.). 



From Mr. C. B. Biker, New York City, were received birds' skins 

 from the Lower Amazon. 



CHINA. 



From Mr. Komyn Hitchcock were received (5 copies of the " Peking 

 Gazette," the oldest newspaper in the world and now published daily 

 in Peking. 



From Dr. J. Neumann, Hoihow, were obtained a collection of cocoa 

 nut ware, tools used for carving shells, and other ethnological objects. 



