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James M, Null seut a collection of stone implements, numbering two 

 hundred and seventy-one specimens. 



Dr. J. M. Drake sent a collection of stone implements. 



E. W. Mort sent specimens of ore. 



Texas. — A collection of meteoric stones was received from Messrs- 

 Ward and Howell, of Eochester, New York, 



J. A. Singley sent a collection of fresh-water shells. 



C. W. Beckham sent a large collection of birds, including fifteen spe- 

 cies and numbering two hundred and nineteen specimens. 



G. B. Benners sent birds. 



JJtali. — Dr. C. W. Higgins sent several living mammals, among which 

 were a spotted lynx, a red fox, a badger, and a golden eagle. 



Vermont. — G. H. Perkins sent a collection of forty-six stone imple- 

 ments. 



A collection of rocks, ores, fossils, stone implements, and plants was 

 received from F. H. Knowlton. 



Virginia. — Robert Eidgway sent several collections of birds, nests, 

 and eggs. 



L. M. Underwood sent a collection of insects. 



A collection of pottery was sent by William Palmer. 



J. M. Whitside presented a collection of Coleoptera and Hymenop- 

 tera. Dr. A. S. Payne sent a collection of stone implements, marbles, 

 and ores. 



Several single specimens were received, amongst which are a white 

 eagle from Willie Taylor, a specimen of ore from A. Wise, and a rain- 

 bow trout presented by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



Washington. — A new species of a new genus of a fish, Acrotus toil- 

 loughhii, was sent by Charles Willoughby. 



A collection of ethnological specimens was sent by Mrs. Anna C. 

 McBeau. 



James G. Swan sent a carved totem post and two models of Indian 

 lodges. 



West Virginia. — Prof. I. C. White sent a collection of Ortho^jtera. 



Wisconsin. — From J. E. Gere was received a collection of stone im- 

 plements, including plates, scrapers, cutting tools, perforater, spear- 

 heads, pierced tablet, leaf-shaped implements; also fossils. 



A collection of mosses and lichens was presented by J. H. Schuette. 



H. Beach sent a collection of stone implements. 



Wyoming. — A collection of birds' eggs was seut by Charles F. Morri- 

 son. 



WEST INDIES. 



C. B. Cory sent a collection of reptiles obtained from these islands. 

 W. T. Horuaday sent a collection of fossil woods, which is specially 

 interesting and valuable, as this region has been rarely visited by col- 

 lectors of such material. 



Cuba. — Louis Schmid & Son sent a parrot. 



