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ft^oin Beaufort, N. C, and Willougliby Sand Spit, Virginia, received 

 from Dr. E. A. Andrews of Baltimore, Md.; a collection of ecliinoderms 

 received in exchange from the Koyal Museum of Natural History, Ber- 

 lin, Germany. 



Invertebrate fossils {Paleozoic). — A valuable collection comprising 44 

 species of Cambrian fossils, received from tbe Geological Survey of 

 Sweden, Stockholm ; 23li specimens of Bala fossils, received from Mr. 

 Thomas Euddy of Cowen, Wales. 



(Mesozoic.) — Forty-seven specimens of cretaceous fossils from Ala- 

 bama, Mississij^pi, Texas, and Colorado, received from the United 

 States Geological Survey ; a collection of fossil insect masses, presented 

 by Mr. S. H. Scudder, of Cambridge, Mass. 



Fossil plants. — A collection of carboniferous fossil plants, received 

 from Dr. J. H. Britts, of Clinton, Mo.; fossil plants from Victoria, New 

 South Wales, presented by Baron Ferd von Miieller, Boyal Botanical 

 Gardens, Australia; seven specimens of fossil plants from tbe Devonian 

 and Carboniferous formation of Ohio, presented by Prof. Edward Orton, 

 of Columbus, Ohio. 



Recent plants. — A collection of dried jdants from India, i)reseuted by 

 the Koyal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, India, through Dr. G. King, super- 

 intendent; a collection of Norwegian mosses, presented by Dr. I. 

 Hagen, Trondhjem, Norway; specimens of Florida i)lants, presented by 

 Mr. Otto Vesterlund, Storvreta, Sweden. 



(JEOLOGY. 



Minerals. — A collection of Kussian juinerals, received from Mrs. Mary 

 I. Stroud, of Washington, I). C; a superb series of mineral si»ecimens, 

 consisting mainly of silver, copper, and cerussite, from the Broken Hill 

 mines in Australia, presented by Mr. Walter H. Koehler; the gem 

 collection of the late Dr. Joseph Leidy, containing 4(K> cut stones, 

 l>urchased from Dr. Leidy 's estate. 



jtiocls and ores. — A large .series of ores and economic minerals from 

 Texas, Mexico, New Mexico, and California, collected by Mr. F. W. 

 Crosby, of Washington, D. C, constituting the most important acces- 

 sion of the year; a tine lot of onyx marble from Prescott, Ariz., pre. 

 sented by Mr. William O. (J'Neill; a large study series of ores and 

 rocks, illustrating the (piicksilver deposits of the Pacific slopes, re- 

 ceived Irom the XJ. S. Geological Survey. 



MISCKLLANKOUS. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. Edward Clark, Architect of the Capi- 

 tol, the original full-size plaster cast of the statue of Liberty, modeled 

 by Mr. Thomas Crawford, was received; a Sechuana bible used by Dr. 

 David Livingston in his journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Lo- 

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