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coal plants and specimens of coal from carboniferous formation of Rich- 

 mond, Va. ; skins of Arvicola pinetorum, A. Pennsylvanica, Scalops Cana- 

 densis, Jaculus Hudsonius and Blarina Carolinensis, from Charles Co., 

 Md. March 3d. Eighteen species of Reptiles, one Crustacean, one Insect, 

 from Central America. March 10th. Large serpent from Vera Paz, C. A., 

 and a small collection of mammals and birds in alcohol from Giles Co., 

 Va. May 5th. Specimens of Neotoma Floridana, Austinville, Wythe Co., 

 Va. ; Heterodon from Saltville, Va. ; Celestus striatus, Jamaica : and a 

 snake from Central America. May 19th. Nineteen jars of fishes, from 

 Kansas ; skull of Globiocephalus melas, from New Jersey. June 2d. A 

 collection of fossil Unionidaj, from the green sand of New Jersey ; numer- 

 ous remains of Lelaps aquilungus, from the green sand of Barnsboro', 

 Gloucester Co., N. J. ; femur of Hadrosaurus Foulkii, from the same lo- 

 cality. Juiib 23d. Megaptera pusilla, Cope, from the miocene, Charles 

 Co., ild. ; Ixacanthus velox, Cope, from same locality. July 1th. Skele- 

 ton of Aspidonectes spinifer, from Alleghany River, Pa. ; a Skate from 

 Syria. July 21st. Five mammal skins; a red squirrel; Jacare puucta- 

 tula ; twenty-two jars of reptiles, fishes, &c., from Magdalena River, New 

 Grenada. Sept. 1st. A collection of mammals and reptiles in ten jars, 

 from Bahia, Brazil ; six bird skins from St. Bartholomew, W.I. Sept. loth. 

 Fourteen jars of reptiles, containing fourteen species from various locali- 

 ties. iVoi'. 3d. Collection of remains of sixteen species of extinct Cetacea 

 from the miocene of Charles Co., Md. ; mounted skeleton of Palumedea 

 cornuta ; a collection of forty species of reptiles of the Orton Expedition 

 to Equador; a collection of reptiles from Brazil and Central America. 

 Nov. lOlh. Crocodilus Americauus from Cuba. (See Welsh.) 



Corse, Dr. J. M. Dec. 1st. Four skulls and casts of faces of noted murderers: 

 numerous jars of embryo sheep of various ages, parasitic animals, fine in- 

 jections for microscopic observation, and various specimens in compara- 

 tive anatomy ; skull of a Flat-head Indian ; two skulls from an Indian 

 mound near Rock Island, 111. ; skeleton of an Eagle; specimens of copper 

 ore. 



Craven, Joseph H. July Ith. Beautiful specimen of Euplectella. 



Crosby, Peirce. Aug. ith. Specimen of Fruit from Para, Brazil. 



Davidson, Geo. Jan. 1th, Five specimens of the male and female skeleton of 

 the Sea Otter, from Alaska. March 3d. Fifteen specimens of Fishes, 3 

 Echinoderms and 2 Crustacea from Alaska. 



Davidson, Thos. and George. Aug. itk. Large and valuable collection of 

 Fishes from Santa Cruz, West Indies. 



Davis, Edw. July 2lst. Pair of antlers. 



Day, Edw. Sept. 1st. A collection of Reptiles in five jars, from Equador. 



DiefFenbaugh, E. See Burk. 



Draper, E. Jan. 14/h. Fine specimen of Pyrites with Blende from Mexico, 

 and specimens of Quartz with Chalybite. 



Eddy, Rev. E. B. May bth. A collection of fossils, consisting of a large coral 

 and l(j brachiopods. 



Ellis, J. B. March 3d. Specimen of Tuckahoe, from Newfield, N. J. 



Engelmann, G. April 2\st. Herbarium Juncorum Boreali Americanoru 

 Normale ed. G. Engelmann. St. Louis, 1868. 



Gabb, Wm. .VL Jan. 1th. F'orty-five specimens, thirteen species of Reptiles 

 from California. Jan. lUh. Skin of Taxidea Berlanderi, from Central 

 Nevada ; four species of Serpents from Lower California ; two specimens 

 of a Myriapod and nest of a Mygale from California. Jan. 21st. Two bats 

 from Pigeon Springs, a small Rodent from Western Nevada, and a Crota- 

 ])hytu3 from same locality ; skull of a hare ; skins of four species of snakes 

 from Lower California. Feb. 4t/i. Two specimens of Unychoteuthis fusi- 

 formis, Gabb, from Society Islands ; five species of Echinoderms from 

 California ; two species of Crustaceans from St. Barbara, Cal. ; Hyalonema 

 Sieboldii from Japan. May bth. Eutsenia vagrans from Nevada. Oct. 

 I3th An Agouti from Panama. Oct. 20tk. Two specimens of fossil 



