142 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Wood's Holl, Mass. Alcoholic bat and three 

 young rabbits from Saint Mary's, Fla. ; twenty-one bats from the 

 West Indies ; two skeletons of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) 

 and one skeleton of bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops tursio) from Wood's 

 Holl, Mass. ; skull of a whale (Balcenoptera Sibbaldii), and two epiph- 

 yses of a whale. 

 John and Charles Walker, Olney, 111. Three bats in alcohol. 

 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition, New Orleans, La. 

 (purchased of Prof . H. A. Ward, Rochester, N. Y.): 

 Skins of the following animals : Wolverine (Gulo luscus) ; lynx (Lynx 

 rufus) ; civet cat ( Viverra zibethica) ; peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) ; porcu- 

 pine (Synetheres prehensilis) ; guanico (Auchenia guanico) ; mountain 

 sheep (Ovis montana) ; Trowbridge's hare (Lepus Trowbridgei) ; beaver 

 (Castor fiber). 



Skeletons of the following animals: Wolverine (Gulo luscus); lynx 

 (Lynx rufus); coati (Nasua narica); coyote (Canis latrans); mule deer 

 (Cariacus macrotis); antelope (Antilocapra americana); whale (Sotalia 

 sp.), skull; kangaroo (Macropus gigas) ; wombat (Phascolarctos cinereus); 

 whale (Berardius Arnuxi), skull; manatee (Trichechus manatus). 

 Mr. William Wittfeld Georgiana, Fla. A collection of nine mammals 



from Georgiana, including the typical specimen of Neofiber Alleni. 

 Mr. A. F. Wooster, Norfolk, Conn. Skin of a red squirrel (Sciurus hud- 



sonius hudsonius). 

 Mr. W. S. Yaste, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. A bat 



( Vesper tilio lucifugus). 

 Mr. Jose C. Zeledon, San Jose, Costa Rica. Two opossum skins (Didelphys 

 sp.); a squirrel (Sciurus sp.); a field mouse (Resperomys sp.); a gopher 

 (Geomys hispidus), and a skeleton of the Taguarundi cat (Felis yaguar- 

 undi). 



