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in exchange. A collection of sixty-nine archaeological specimens was 

 sent to Signor Joseph Belucci, Perugia, Ombria, Italy. A collection of 

 one hundred and four archaeological specimens was sent to Prof. Henry 

 H. Giglioli, Museum of Zoology, Florence, Italy. A collection of fifteen 

 archaeological specimens was sent to Louis Guesde, Tointe a Pit re. 

 Guadeloupe, West Indies, and a collection of similar material was re- 

 ceived in exchange. A collection of forty-nine archaeological specimens 

 was sent to Gustav Marty, Toulouse, France. 



Mammals. — Skeletons of bisons and skulls of sea-lion and fur-seal were 

 sent to Prof. T. F. Cheeseman, curator of the Auckland Museum, New- 

 Zealand, in exchange for a collection of birds, shells, minerals, rocks ? 

 and ores. A sea-lion and two fur-seals were sent to the Zoological Mu- 

 seum of the Royal University, Christiania, Norway, in part exchange for 

 a Killer whale (Orca gladiator). The British Museum sent three casts 

 of Meiolaus from Lord Howe Island, England, in exchange for a skull 

 of an American bison. 



Birds. — From the Royal Zoological Museum, Florence, Italy, was re- 

 ceived, in exchange, a collection of birds, fishes, reptiles, and mammals. 

 Twenty-four bird-skins were received from Herr von Tschusi zu Schinid- 

 hoffen, of Salzburg, Austria. 



Fishes. — An exchange of fishes has been made with the Australian 

 Museum at Sydney. The Zoological Museum of Copenhagen, Denmark, 

 sent sixty-seven specimens of fishes from northern seas. The Otago 

 University Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand, sent in exchange a valuable 

 collection of New Zealand fishes, containing forty-one species. 



Mollusks. — A valuable collection of North European mussels and algae 

 was received from Dr. Rasch and C. Jensen, of Copenhagen, Denmark. 

 A large collection of shells, three hundred and seventy-one specimens, 

 was sent to the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa, in ex- 

 change. 



Insects. — Specimens of Heteroptera were received from A. L. Mon- 

 tandon, Bucharest, Roumania. 



Botany. — An exceedingly valuable collection of New Zealand woods 

 was received from the Canterbury Museum, New Zealand, through P. 

 \V. Hutton, acting director. The Museum sent to Dr. Liasch, Copen- 

 hagen, and 0. Jensen two hundred and fifty herbarium specimens. A 

 collection of ferns from the Hawaiian Islands was received from G. W. 

 Lichtenthaler, Bloomington, 111., in exchange for ferns from Costa 

 Rica. A collection of plants lias been sent to the imperial Academy of 

 Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, and similar material has been received 

 in exchange. A collection of plants has been sent to the Herbarium of 

 the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, France. A collection of plants lias beeo 

 sent to the Herbarium of the British Museum, London, England. A 

 collection of plants has been sent to the Royal Botanical Garden, Krw. 

 England, and similar material has been received in exchange. A collec- 

 tion of plants has been sent to the Botanic Garden, Natal, South Africa. 



