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iamsite from Wood's Chrome Mine, Lancaster County, and specimens 

 of amazonstone and sandstone from Delaware County. 



Mr. W. W. Walker, of Liverpool, sent in exchange a collection of 

 archreological objects. 



South Dakota.— Dr. V. T. McGillicuddy, of Rapid City, deposited 4 

 living specimens of American bison. 



Mr. Henry Ulke, of Hill City, presented a valuable and well- mounted 

 collection of North American Coleoptera. 



Texas. — From Messrs. Ward & Howell, of Eochester, New York, was 

 received a specimen of meteoric iron. 



Utah. — From Capt. P. H. Ray, U. S. Army, Omaha, Nebraska, were 

 received three paleolithic implements from the Bridger Basin, on the 

 north slope of the Uintah Mountains. 



Virginia.— The U. S. Geological Survey transmitted 22 photographs 

 of the scenery in the region of the Great Dismal Swamp, collected by 

 Mr. I. C. Russell, and minerals from Herndou, collected by E. L. How- 

 ard. 



From the U. S. Fish Commission were received 115 specimens of cray- 

 fishes from Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Michigan, and Indiana, 

 obtained by Dr. D. S. Jordan, assisted by Dr. C. H. Bollman, during 1888. 



Specimens of Ordovician (Trenton) fossils, and two crystals of liinon- 

 ite pseudomorph after pyrite, from near Lexington, were sent by Prof. 

 James H. Morrison, of the Virginia Military Institute. 



Specimens of reptiles, batrachians, and insects, collected by Dr. D. 

 S. Jordan and his assistants, during the summer of 1888, in Virginia 

 and elsewhere, were received through the U. S. Fish Commission. 



From Dr. William C. Rives, of Newport, Rhode Island, were received 

 two specimens of the Mountain Vireo ( Yireo solitaries alticola), from 

 White Top Mountain. These are new to the collection. 



A specimen of quartz with inclusion, from Fairfax Court House, and 

 a specimen of banded quartz, were presented by Dr. R. H. Lamborn, of 

 New York City. 



Mr. William T. Hornaday, of the National Museum, sent a living 

 specimen of Woodchuck (Arctomys monax) captured near Rosslyn 

 Heights. 



Washington. — The Department of the Interior, through Hon. John 

 W. Noble, Secretary, deposited a collection of ethnological objects from 

 the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot, and Etakmur In- 

 dians, on the Tulalip Reservation. These were collected by Mr. E. C. 

 Chirouse, agent in charge of the reservation. 



Wisconsin. — Through Mr. C. D. Walcott, of the U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey, was received a specimen of Beceptaculites oiveni, from the Tren- 

 ton group, Ripon. 



Wyoming. — From the Department of Agriculture, through Dr. C. 

 Hart Merriam, was received a Horned Toad {Phyrnosoma brevirostre), 

 from Bridger's Pass. 



