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Bryan, O. N. — Albino blackbird, and fossils from Prince George county, Md. 



Bryant, Dr. Henry. — Birds of Belize and Bahia 



Brydges, Mrs. — Box of plants collected in Chile and Bolivia by Mr. Brydgeg. 



Bulkley, Colonel C. S. — Collections of Russian telegraph expedition, in various 

 departments of natural history, made by Robert Kennicott, Dr. Fisher, Cap- 

 tain Sands, Captain Scammon, W. H. Dall, Henry Bannister, and J. F. Roth- 

 rock. 



BulMey, Colonel C. S. — Tusk of mammoth from Behring straits. 



Butcher. Dr. H. B. — Collection of birds, &c., of the Lower Rio Grande, Texas. 



Canjield, Dr. G. A. — Collection of birds, eggs, and marine invertebrates of 

 California. 



Carmiol, J. — Birds and butterflies of Costa Rica. 



Clarke, O. — Silicious cinder from burning of wheat bran. 



Chu, J. F. — Large masses of rock salt, portions of tusks and teeth of fossil ele- 

 phant, and pieces of cane-matting found below the elephant remains, at a 

 depth of thirteen feet, and just above the salt. From Petit Anse island, Ver- 

 million- bay, Louisiana. 



Chicago Academy of Sciences. — Specimens of Amhlystoma luridum. 



Chute, R. — Infusorial earth, St. Anthony's Falls. 



Collier, D. C. — Chalk from a bluff seventy-five feet high, on the Smoky Hill 

 river, Colorado. 



Col/ins, Colonel W. O. — Skull and horns of Cervus macrotis^ and dress of In- 

 dian chief, from Fort Laramie. 



Connolly, Henry. -^Skin^ and eggs of birds from Labrador. 



Cooper, Dr. J. G. — Hesperomys californicus, and skin of hammer-head shark, 

 from California ; skull of Indian from Santa Catalina. 



Cooper, Juan. — Skins of birds of Costa Rica. 



Copenhagen, Royal Zoological Museum. — Nine specimens of skins of North 

 European seals. 



Corse, Mr. — Two bottles reptiles. Fort Tejon. 



Coues, U. S. A., Dr. S. E — Four hundred skms of birds, and other collections, 

 from Arizona and California. 



Creamer, David — Lignite from near Baltimore. 



Curds, Dr. M. A. — Skins of Sorcx and Hespcromys. 



Dall, W. H — Shells collected at Monterey, and types of Helix chersonellu. 



Dall, W. /J.— (See Bulkley.) 



Darby, Dr. J. E. — Mclaniadce from Tennessee river. 



Davis, Henry. — Fresh-water shells from Iowa. 



Dean, Henry C. — Gray fox, ( Valpes virginianus,) in flesh. 



Dolbcch, James. — Gold-bearing quartz from Great Falls of Potomac. 



Dorman, O. M. — Shells, Michigan. 



Dorr, R. R. — Nest of Geothl ypis trirJias and insects. 



Dou\ Captain J. M. — Zoological specimens from Panama. 



Dow, CajJtain J. M. — (See Totten.) 



Dresden, Royal Mineralogical Museum of. — (Through Professor H. B. Gei- 

 nitz.) two boxes of fossils and minerals. 



Ellsicortk, Captain E. D. — Piece of oak from the hull of Congress Galley, sunk 

 in Lake Chainplain, 1776, near town Panton, Vermont. 



Engchnann, Dr. Geo. — Head of surf duck : Pelionetta perspicillata. 



Fisher, Dr. — (See Bulkley.) 



Flett, James. — Zoological collection from Fort Good Hope, Arctic America. 



Flint, Dr. Earl. — Birds, shells, insects, and plants from Nicaragua. 



Foreman, Dr. Ed. — Salamander from Maryland. 



Foster, Hon. L. F. S. — Scalp of Navajo chief Ganado Blanco, from Fort Sum- 

 ner, New Mexico. 



Frantzius, Dr. A. Von. — Skin of birds of Costa Rica. 



