﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
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  of 
  Milii 
  ; 
  Grass 
  skirt 
  made 
  of 
  panclannus 
  leaf, 
  worn 
  over 
  bustle, 
  

   by 
  the 
  males 
  of 
  Mulgrave 
  Island, 
  Atoll 
  of 
  Milii 
  ; 
  Suit 
  of 
  armor, 
  

   made 
  from 
  fiber 
  of 
  the 
  cocoanut, 
  from 
  Island 
  of 
  Apaiaing, 
  Gilbert 
  

   group, 
  Micronesia 
  ; 
  Head-dress, 
  from 
  Ponape, 
  Ascension 
  Island 
  ; 
  

   Head-dress, 
  from 
  Mulgrave 
  Island, 
  Atoll 
  of 
  Milii; 
  Fish-hooks 
  

   made 
  from- 
  pearl 
  oyster 
  shell, 
  Mulgrave 
  Island, 
  Atoll 
  of 
  Milii 
  ; 
  

   Neck 
  Decorations 
  of 
  Shells, 
  from 
  Mulgrave 
  Island, 
  Atoll 
  of 
  Milii 
  ; 
  

   Two 
  Bats, 
  from 
  Kusai, 
  or 
  Strong's 
  Island, 
  Caroline 
  group 
  ; 
  Head- 
  

   scratcher, 
  from 
  Marshall 
  Island, 
  worn 
  over 
  the 
  ear; 
  " 
  Kawa 
  " 
  

   cup, 
  from 
  Council 
  House, 
  Island 
  of 
  Ascension 
  — 
  the 
  Kawa 
  is 
  

   chewed 
  in 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  young 
  girls, 
  expectorated 
  into 
  these 
  cups, 
  

   where 
  it 
  ferments, 
  becomes 
  intoxicating, 
  and 
  is 
  drank 
  by 
  the 
  men 
  in 
  

   their 
  revels 
  ; 
  Water-dipper 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  bill 
  of 
  an 
  Aquatic 
  bird, 
  

   from 
  northwest 
  coast 
  of 
  America; 
  Basket, 
  from 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  made 
  

   by 
  the 
  natives 
  ; 
  Model 
  of 
  a 
  Canoe, 
  from 
  Neah 
  Bay. 
  

  

  From 
  E. 
  Gruber, 
  the 
  following 
  birds 
  (stuffed) 
  : 
  Mussel 
  Thrush, 
  

   {Tardus 
  viscivorus) 
  Chestnut-back 
  Titmouse, 
  (^Parus 
  rufescens 
  ) 
  

   Black-cap 
  Titmouse, 
  (^Par$,us 
  ater') 
  Chaffinch, 
  (Fringilla 
  eoelebs) 
  

   Pied 
  Wagtail, 
  (^Motacilla 
  alba') 
  House 
  Sparrow, 
  (Passer 
  domes- 
  

   ticus) 
  Bay-breasted 
  Warbler, 
  (^Dendroica 
  castanea) 
  Song 
  Thrush, 
  

   (^Turdus 
  miisicus). 
  

  

  From 
  J. 
  C. 
  Merrill 
  & 
  Co., 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  fishing 
  implements, 
  

   lines, 
  bows, 
  bundle 
  of 
  arrows, 
  and 
  a 
  rock 
  with 
  a 
  polished 
  groove, 
  

   supposed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  sharpening 
  spears 
  and 
  other 
  imple- 
  

   ments, 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  Pacific 
  Islands. 
  

  

  From 
  W. 
  W. 
  Russel, 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  Barnacles, 
  from 
  bottom 
  of 
  ship 
  

   Miliceti, 
  after 
  a 
  voyage 
  of 
  six 
  months 
  and 
  three 
  days, 
  from 
  Bom- 
  

   bay 
  to 
  Liverpool. 
  Thirteen 
  tons 
  of 
  these 
  barnacles 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  ship. 
  Also, 
  from 
  same 
  gentleman 
  a 
  Rock-boring 
  

   MoUusca, 
  from 
  the 
  Choumagin 
  Islands 
  ; 
  also. 
  Egg 
  of 
  small 
  black 
  

   terrapin. 
  

  

  From 
  E. 
  F. 
  Lorquin, 
  rare 
  specimen 
  of 
  Crab, 
  {Loxorhynchus 
  

   grandis, 
  Stimpson) 
  from 
  Santa 
  Barbara. 
  

  

  W. 
  N. 
  Lockington 
  presented 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Cancer 
  magister 
  of 
  

   Dana, 
  the 
  common 
  edible 
  crab 
  of 
  San 
  Francisco 
  ; 
  Palinurus 
  in- 
  

   terruptus, 
  the 
  crawfish 
  of 
  the 
  markets 
  ; 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Orchestia, 
  

   or 
  sandhoppers 
  ; 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  lizards 
  ; 
  a 
  fresh 
  water 
  salamander 
  ; 
  

  

  