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Shindlcr, A. Zeno. Alcoholic si)eciinen of liorued toad {Phnjnosoma 

 cornutum). 



SJioe}na1cer, George. Four liviug; snakes (Tropidonotus sipcdon) ; a bottle 

 of alcoholic specimens of reptiles, and a collection of birds' nests and 

 eggs ; from the District of Columbia. 



Shvfeldt, Dr. E. ^Y., U. S. A. Box of insects from Fort Laramie, Wyo- 

 ming; alcoholic specimen of serpent, from the Isthmus of Darien; 

 four eggs of tortoise {Cistndo cJausa) from Connecticut, and a col- 

 lection of 34 species of bird's eggs. 



Silver LaJce Company^ Wellington Bros. & Co., agents, Boston, Mass. 

 Twenty-nine samples of cordage. 



SimmonSy Br. C. A. Five specimens of building stones ; from Florida. 



Simpso7i, Friench. Box of fossil bones ; from Colorado County, Texas. 



Sisson, H. & Son, Baltimore, Md. Specimen of building- stones; from 

 France. 



Skinner, Josiali. Four jars of alcoholic specimens of fishes {Bofysoma, 

 Stizostedium, Hyodon, Glupea, Catostomus,'&c.) ', from Alabama. 



Small, G. W. Specimen of flesh of i)or])oise; from Proviucetown, 

 Mass. ' 



Smith, A. W. A living specimen of milk snake {OpMholus doUatus)) 

 from Maryland. 



Smith, C our Hand A. Four specimens of rocks; from Prince William 

 County, Virginia. 



Smith, George P. Cocoon of moth. 



Smith, Prof. Hamilton L. Box of microscopic slides of infusoria. 



Smith, Horace J. Samples of dried abolone meat; from Santa Bar- 

 bara, Cal. 



Smith, John P. Box of stone implements, &c. ; from IMaryland. 



Smith, 2Iiss Rosa. A collection of fishes ; from San Diego, Cal. 



Smith, S. W. Box of minerals ; from Pennsylvania. (For examina- 

 tion.) 



Smocl; J. C. Ninety specimens of building stones from New York and 

 New Jersey. 



Smythc, George. Two boxes of coal ; from the coal measures of Illi- 

 nois. 



Snoic, A. L. Specimen of clay impregnated with calcite; from Ten- 

 nessee. (For examination.) 



Snoicden, Fred. Two specimens of flying squirrels {Seiuropterus volu- 

 cella) ; from Virginia. 



Snyder, E. S. Thirteen specimens of building stones ; from Wc^st Vir- 

 ginia. 



Sperr, F. W. Fifty specimens of building stones ; from Massachusetts, 

 New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and one from France. 



Spcrry, E. A. Specimen of orthoclase, actinolite, &c. ; from Colorado. 

 (For examination.) 



Spray, S. J. Specimen each of skunk and bird ; from Colorado. 



