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Mr. Robert Ridgway, of the National Museum, presented a collection 

 of bird-skins. 



The U. S. Geological Survey transmitted fossil fish through Mr. H, 

 W. Turner, by whom they had been collected. 



M. Celeste Moritz, of Washington, presented two living White rats. 



Two living Prairie dogs were given by Lowell 0. Williams, of Wash- 

 ington. 



Mr. Walter Hough, of the National Museum, presented a set of 

 waffle-irons and a wooden lock. 



The U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey sent, at the request of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, photographs illustrating the method used in 

 mounting photographic prints, for exhibition at the Cincinnati Exposi- 

 tion. 



A Sparrow-hawk and a Wood thrush were received from Mr. B. W. 

 Mitchell, of the National Museum. 



Mr. George H. Boehmer, of the Smithsonian Institution, gave a 

 bronze medal, commemorative of the centenary celebration of the 

 Royal Batavian Society of the Academy of Sciences. 



Mr. D. Ballauf, of Washington, sent a model of a locomotive for ex- 

 hibition at the Cincinnati Exposition. 



Dr. G. Brown Goode, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, presented six campaign metallic badges, four lithographs of army 

 hospitals in existence from 1862 to 1869, two silhouettes and eight en- 

 gravings. 



An interesting addition to the photographic exhibit prepared for the 

 Cincinnati Exposition was a collection of cyanotype prints, showing the 

 lights and flames used in the light-houses on the American coast. These 

 were contributed by the U. S. Light- Honse Board. 



Dr. J. L. Wortman, of the U. S. Army Medical Museum, presented 

 four living rattlesnakes. 



A cast of the head of Presideut Lincoln, taken sixty days before his 

 death, by Clark Mills, was received from Theodore A. Mills, of Wash- 

 ington. 



A collection of land, marine, and fresh- water shells was presented by 

 Messrs. J. D. and F. B. McGuire, being a part of the collection of the 

 late J. C. McGuire. 



Mr. John Graham, warden of the city jail, gave a collection of knives, 

 razors, tweezers and a sand-bag, made by prisoners in the District jail. 



Mrs. Thomas C. Cox, of Washington, deposited General George Wash- 

 iuton's shaving table. This table was presented to General Washing- 

 ton by the first French minister accredited to the United States. 



The Department of Agriculture sent a collection of animal parasites. 



A Seech i meteorograph was deposited in the Museum by the Chief 

 Signal Officer. 



Madame Veuve A. CoIHd presented a bus! of tin- late Presidenl Gar- 

 field, 



