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Prentiss, D. W. — Series of sklus of bird3 of the District of Columbia. 



Quackcnbush, Leslie R. — Fossils of the Utica slate. 



Reed, John. — Skins and eggs of birds from Big Island, Great Slave Lake. One 



collection through L. Clarke, jr. 

 Reed, Peter. — Sorex platyrhinus, Washington county, New York. 

 Richards, T/ios. — Skins of birds, &c., from Temiscamingue. 

 Riottc, Hon. C. — Reptiles and insects in alcohol, skins of birds, shells, &c., 



Costa Rica. 

 Rttc/iic, J. P. — Skin and egg of Buteo j?ennsijlra7iicus from Massachusetts. 

 Rodgers, Commodore John. — Elthnological collections of the North Pacific Ex- 

 ploring Expeiition. 

 Ross, B. R. — A general zoological collection from Fort Simpson and vicinity. 

 Rousseau, E. — Box of shells from New York. 

 Sacmann, L. — Box of European minerals. 



Salisbunj, Dr. S. H. — Scalops in alcohol from Fairfield county, Ohio. 

 Salle, A. — Skins of Mexican birds. 



Salrin, O. — Collection of birds of Guatemala, (150 species.) 

 Sartorius, Dr. C. — Collection of birds, mammals, alcoholic specimens, &c., 



Mexico. 

 Sch?nidt, Dr. — Birds from the vicinity of Washington, collected by the late 



Chas. F. Schmidt. 

 Sclater, Dr. P. L. — Skins of Mexican birds. 

 Si?/ij)son. George B. — Copper spear-head, and other relics. 

 Sitka, Governor of. — Box of Crustacea. (Through Mr. Jas. Hepburn.) 

 Springer, P. M. — Skins and sterna of birds, Illinois. 

 Stimpson, Dr. W. — Three boxes of marine invertebrates of Great Britain ; two 



of American. 

 Stimpson, Dr. W. and R. B. Hitz. — Three boxes shells, eggs, &c., Northamp- 

 ton county, Virginia. 

 Sumichrast, Prof. F. — Mammals and birds of Mexico. 

 Su7-s:eon General. — Tertiary fossils, Suffolk, Virg-inia. 

 Swan, J. G. — Indian curiosities, skins of birds, eggs, shells, fishes, &c., from 



Puget Sound. 

 Thomson, J. II — Box of New England shells. 

 Tohnan, J. TF. — Skins and eggs of birds of Illinois. 

 Tnnnhidl, George. — Wavellite from Chester county. 

 Tryon, G. TF. — One hundred and twenty-five species jof Melaniadce. 

 Ulke, II. — Skins of birds from Illinois. 

 Van Cortlandt, Dr. E. — Mammals in alcohol, skins of Lepidosteus, &c., from 



Ottawa. 

 Frantzins, Dr. — Collection of birds and mammals from Costa Rica. 

 Velie, Dr. J. W. — Eggs of Protonotaria citrea, &c., from Illinois. 

 Vienna Gculogisches Rcichs-Anstalt. — Collection of Austrian fossils. 

 Walker, R. O. — Fishes, shells, skulls, &c., Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. 

 White, Dr. — Marine shells and skulls of mammals. Isthmus, Panama. 

 Willis, J. R. — Shells, eggs, and fishes of Nova Scotia. 

 Williams College Lyceum, — Eggs of Greenland birds. 

 Wilson, N. — Seeds of plants from Jamaica. (Through Thos. Bland.) 

 Wingate, J. D. — Box of shells, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. 

 Woodworth; Dr. J. M. — Reptiles and insects from Memphis. 

 Wouton, W. G. — Skins and eggs of birds of Nova Scotia. 

 Wright, Chas. — Birds, shells, and insects of Cuba. 



Wynne, Dr. Jas. — Specimen of sphinx or hawk moth from Central America. 

 Kantus, John. — Fourteen boxes of mammals, birds, and other animals, plants 

 &c., from Manzanillo, Colima, &c. 



