REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 77 



Steele, Judge. — File fish in alcohol from Florida. 



Stimpson, William. — Type series of marine 'invertebrates of Atlantic 



coast. 

 Stockton, Natural History Society. — Nests and eggs of California 



birds. 

 Buckley, Dr. George. — Harpoon used by Indians in catching whales on 

 northwest coast, with other Indian curiosities. Zoological speci- 

 mens from Kansas. 

 Swift, Dr., U. S. A. — Skin and skull of bighorn and horns of elk 



from Rocky mountains. 

 Taylor, A. S. — Box of crustaceans and shells, with other zoological 



collections from California; skull of grizzly bear. 

 Tolman, J. W. — Two boxes birds' eggs from Illinois. 

 Trash, Dr. — Crustaceans of California. 

 Trembley, Dr. J. B. — Shells and eggs from Ohio. 

 Tuley, Colonel James. — Fresh skin of elk. 

 Tully. Bernard. — Stalactites from Weir's Cave. 

 Vagnier, Thomas. — Nests and eggs of birds from Indiana. 

 Van Bokkelen, Lieutenant J. J. — Skin of puffin, Washington Territory. 

 Vaughan, Colonel A. J. — Foetal beaver and fossil coral; skulls of mam- 

 mals and skins of birds from Upper Missouri. 

 Vickary, N. — Nests and skins of birds from Massachusetts. 

 Vialleton, Rev. F. and Rev. A. Blanc. — Collections of shells, eggs, in- 

 sects, and reptiles from Louisiana. 

 Folium, Dr. E. — Box of zoological specimens in alcohol, skins of ani- 

 mals, and birds' eggs from the coast of Oregon. 

 Vortisch, Rev. L. — Aboriginal stone hammer of greenstone, Germany. 

 Walsh, Benjamin D. — Skin of bat and nest of humming bird from 



Illinois. 

 Walton, Hon. E. P., 31. C. — Spawn of conch from Buzzard bay, 



Massachusetts. 

 Warren, Lieutenant J. R., U. S. A. — Box of Indian curiosities, 



(deposited.) 

 Waugh, A. Toivnscnd. — Box insects, Maryland. 

 Weeks, W. — Bottle of fishes from Connecticut river. 

 Welch, George. — Eggs of birds of Massachusetts. 

 White, Lieutenant J. W., and officers of the " Jeff. Davis." — Zoological 



collections, chiefly invertebrates, from Puget's Sound. 

 Whitehurst, Dr. D. W. — Eggs of birds and specimens in alcohol from 



Tortugas. 

 Williams, E. C. — Large plank cut from redwood tree, (Sequoia sem- 



pervirens,) Cape Mendocino, California. 

 Willis, J. R. — Nests and eggs of birds from Nova Scotia, 

 Wilson, Dr. L. N. — Skins of carrion crow, (Cathartes atratus;) white 



ibis, &c, and dried grasses from Georgia. 

 Wolcott, F. 77.— Box of "vegetable eggs." 

 Wood, Dr. W. — Birds' eggs from Connecticut. 



Woodbury, Captain I). P., U. S. A. — Fishes and marine invertebrates 

 in alcohol; skins and eggs of birds, and dried corals from Tortugas. 



