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Pupa Sterri, Voith., Brugg, Jura, France, six specimens. 



Pupa (Isthmia) minutissima, Hartm., Switzerland, five specimens. 



Vertigo pygmeea, Drap., Jura, France, five specimens. 



Vertigo antivertigo, Drap., Jura, France, three specimens. 



Vertigo Moulinsiana, Dupuy, Jura, France, three specimens. 



Mr. Shufeldt, Albany county, N. Y. : 

 A hornet's nest (eighteen inches in length and twelve inches in 

 breadth) and the honey-comb belonging thereto; from Albany 

 county, N. T. 

 Percy Orton, Northampton, Fulton county, N. Y. : 

 Two specimens of Grass Snake, Liopeltis vernalis, Dekay, Northamp- 

 ton, Fulton county, N. Y. 



By Purchase. 



One specimen Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatus. Kaaterskill Clove, 



near Palenville, Greene county, N. Y. 

 The skeleton of the elephant " Columbia," formerly with Forepaugh*s 



circus. 

 One specimen Eed-backed Mouse, Evotomys rutilus Gapperi, Vigors 



Coues, Elk river, Minn. 

 One specimen Broad-nosed Shrew, Sorex platyrhinus, Wagr., Madi- 

 son county, N. Y. 

 One specimen Carolina Shrew, Sorex Carolinensis, Durham county, 



N. C. 

 One specimen Yellow Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum hypo- 



chrysea, Connecticut. 

 Four specimens of eggs of King Kail, Kallus elegans, Aud., Flagg 



Station, Illinois. 



List of New York woods, from Mr. R. B. Hough : 



Magnolia acuminata, L Cucumber tree. 



Liriodendron Tulipifera, L Tulip tree. White wood. 



Tilia Americana, L Bass wood. 



Ailanthus glandulosus, L Ailanthus. 



Aesculus Hippocastanum, L Horse chestnut. 



Robinia Pseudacacia, L Locust. 



Gymnocladus Canadensis, Lam Kentucky Coffee tree. 



Prunus serotina, Ehrh Wild Black cherry. 



Crataegus tomentosa, L. var punctata. Common Thorn. 



Nyssa multiflora, Wang Sour Gum. Pepperidge. 



Praxinus Americana, L White Ash. 



Fraxinus pubescens. Lam Red Ash. 



Fraxinus sambucifolia. Lam Black Ash. 



