816 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [DeC. , 



dition to New Mexico ) One hundred and twenty-one skins of birds 

 and three nests. 



S. N, Rhoads. Collection of Florida bird skins and several specimens 

 oT Micropus from Mexico. 



Mrs. Charles ScHAFFER. Skins of Water Ousel, Cinclus mexicanus, 

 and Jay, Cyanocitta stelleri. 



L. I. Smith, Jr. Skin of Night Heron, Nycticorax n. ncevius, Dela- 

 ware county, Pa. 



RosEALLA Stuart. Skin of Robin, Merula migratoria (very old cage 

 bird). 



C. C. Taylor. Skin of Franklin's Grouse, Dendrogapus franUini. 



H. L. ViERECK. Nine skins of Pennsylvania and Virginia birds. 



Zoological Society of Pennsylvania. Specimens prepared as 

 follows : Skeletons : Mycteria americana, Coscoroba coscoroba, Pelecanus 

 crispus. Skull and sternum : Cormorant, Phalaerocorax sp. Skins : 

 Two Releodytes brunneicapillus, Dissemurus paradisceus, Cotinga cincta, 

 Tanagra abbas, Conurus patagonus, Pauxi pauxi, Carpodacus purpureus 

 (abnormal). Nest and eggs : Releodytes brumieicapillus. 



Reptiles and Batrachians. 



C. M. Barber. Two reptiles from Chihuahua, Mexico. 



Arthur Erwin Brown. Three specimens of Coluber subocularis, 

 and one Ophibolus attenuatus type. Collection of two hundred and 

 twenty-one reptiles mainly from Western Texas. 



Dr. H. C. Chapman. Soft-shelled Turtle from Cooper's Creek, N. J. 



Dr. S. G. Dixon. Toad, Bufo letitiginosus americanus, British Colum- 

 bia. 



Alfred C. Harrison, Jr., and Dr. H. M. Hiller. Collection of 

 repiiles from Sumatra. 



Joseph L. Hicks. Gecko, Jamaica. 



Dr. William E. Hughes. Small collection of reptiles from Chihua- 

 hua, Mexico. 



Dr. W. H. Jones' Estate. Several reptiles from various localities. 



Witmer Stone, and J. A. G. Rehn. Several reptiles from New 

 Jersey. (Collected for the Academy.) 



Witmer Stone. Muhlenberg's Turtle, Chelopus muhlenbergi, Penn- 

 sylvania, and Green Snake, Cyclopias cestMs, New Jersey. 



I. A. Sweigart. Stufied Alligator, skin of Rattlesnake. 



L. H. T. Townsend, and C. M. Barber. Two Turtles, Nieoria 

 rubida, Colina, Mexico. 



Lieut. H. L. Willoughby. Young Crocodile, C. americanus. 



Dr. H. C. Wood. Small series of reptiles from Egypt. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Crocodile, C. americanus ; 

 two snake-eating Cobras, Naja bungara ; Madagascar Boa, Boa mada- 

 gascariensis ; Varanus niloticus ; three Emyda granosa. 



