Hall, Elihu, Athens, III. A collection of abont 400 species of Eocky 

 Mountain and Western Plants. Cones of P'ums pondcrosa, P. contorta, Abiea 

 Menziesi and A. Domjlasi. Lignite, from Rocky Mountains. Incrustation of 

 Soda, from the Soda spring near Pike's Peak. A large collection of Land 

 and Fresh-water Shells, from the Rocky Mountains and Illinois. 5 Field 

 Mice; 1 Slirew; 12 specimens, 10 species, of Reptiles; 9 specimens, 3 spe- 

 cies, of Fishes; 12 Astacus ; from Athens, 111. 



Haskell, Capt. Elijah, Salem. Coral, Orhicella cavernosa, from the 

 Water Battery of Vera Cruz. 



IIenfield, John, Je., San Francisco, Cal. By Miss Martha H. 

 Chisholm. 4 Photographs of the " Great Trees" of California. Surface 

 Bark and piece of the Wood of the " Father of the Forest." Section of 

 Bark from a living tree of the same group. 



Jones, C H., Sun Prairie, Wis. Skull of a full grown Prairie Wolf, 

 Canis latrans Say, from Columbia Co., Wis. 



Kimball, Miss Sdsan, Salem. 4 species, 10 specimens, of Shells, 

 from West Indies. 



Kinsman, jSTathaniel, Salem. Malthea sp. from Harbor of Cienfue- 

 gos, Cuba. 



Le Grand, Charles, Salem. Natica dupUcafa, from New Bedford. 

 Large number of specimens of Atherina notata, from Salem. Bird from Af- 

 rica. Large Fungus, from Gloucester. 



Manning, James, Salem. 2 Flying Fishes, Exocetus sp., from the 

 South Atlantic. 



Owen, Prof. Richard, Bloomington, Ind. 180 specimens, 62 spe- 

 cies, of Upper and Lower Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Oolitic and 

 Tertiary Fossils ; 22 specimens of Minerals, from various localities. 



PiCKMAN, Benjamin, Salem. The " True Collection" of Massachu- 

 setts Shells. 3 specimens of Perca, 3 of Lota, 2 oi Esox, 1 of Leuciscus, 4 of 

 Leucioperca, from Lake Champlain. 



Williams, W. A., Chelsea. Fossil Shell, from Gay Head. 

 Prescott, John, Grafton, N. H. Log Cock, Hylotomus pileatus Baird, 

 from Grafton. 



Riley, Daniel, Salem. Collection of Shells and Corals, from Zanzi- 

 bar and Mozambique, Africa. 



Robinson, John, Salem. A small collection of Nests and Eggs of 

 Essex Co. Birds. Teeth of a Shark and of a Skate, from Massachusetts 

 Bay. 



Shepaed, H. F., Salem. Blue Jay, Cyanurus cristatus Sw., and female 

 of Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola canadensis Cab., from Grafton, N. H. 



Skerry, Henry F., Salem. 18 specimens, 18 species. Eggs of Essex 

 Co. Birds. 



Slack, Dr. J. H., Philadelphia, Pa. Plaster casts of head of Gorilla 

 castaniceps Slack, and skull of Chceropsis liberiensis Leidy. 



