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of a number of " curiosities." Grateful acknowledgments 

 for various donations in the department of Entomology, during 

 the past year, are due to the following individuals : — 



Messrs. WiUiam H. Floyd, of Weston; John C. Moore, of 

 Boston ; Wm. E. Rice, M. D., of South Boston ; Henry A. 

 Purdie, of Boston ; E. H. & F. Goss, of Melrose ; Caleb Eames, 

 of Wilmington ; J. W. Manning, of Reading ; John Osgood, 

 of Lynn ; Thos. F. Dickinson, of Walpole ; Louis H. Samuels, 

 of Boston ; Horace J. Foster, of Quincy ; Mrs. H. W. Wellington, 

 of W. Roxbury ; Miss C. E. Guild, of Walpole ; Amory L. 

 Babcock, of Sherborn. 



Li other departments donations have been received as follows : 



MAMMALOGY. 



Forster'3 Shrew. Sorex forsteri. (Richardson.) Donor, E. S. 

 Wheeler. 



Short-tailed Shrew. Blarina talpoides. (Gray.) Donor, H. M. 

 Nelson. 



Albino Rat. 3Tus decumanus. (Linn.) Donor, M. Sands. 



Albino Rat. Mus decumanus. (Linn.) Donor, W. .W« Dove. 



Meadow Mouse. Arvicola riparia. (Ord.) Donor, J. L. Pratt. 



Tooth of Whale. T. S. Brigham. 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



Quail. Ortyx virginianus. (Bon.) Female. Donor, E. A. 

 Samuels. 



Red-breasted Snipe. Macrorhamphus griseus. (Leach.) Donor, 

 John Osgood. 



Purple Sandpiper. Tringa maritima. (Brun.) Male. Donor 

 T. C. Haskell. 



Ten skins of Massachusetts birds, duplicates of specimens already in 

 the cabinet. Donor, A. L. Babcock. 



oology. 



One egg of Belted Kingfisher. Ceryle alcyon. (Boie.) Donor, E. A. 

 Samuels. 



Two eggs of Great-crested Flycatcher. Myiarchus crinitus. (Cab.) 

 Donor, E. A. Samuels. 



Four eggs of White-bellied Swallow. Hirundo Ucolor. (Vieillot.) 

 Donor, E. A. Samuels. 



Three eggs of House Wren. Troglodytes cedon. (Vieill.) Donor, 

 E. A. Samuels. 



