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of fishes from the Hackensack river and Sparkill, Rockland county, 

 New York. 



Dr. S. W. Barker. — Living specimens of Nerodia erythrogaster, 

 Heterodon niger, Ophibolus getulus, and Elapsfulvus from South Carolina. 



Major J. G. Barnard, U. S. A. — Infusorial earth from Monterey, 

 California. 



Rev. A. C. Barry. — Keg of fishes from southern Wisconsin ; two 

 kegs of mammals, reptiles, fishes, &c, from northern Wisconsin. 



Lieutenant J. G. Benton, U. S. A. — Box of fossils from San Antonio, 

 Texas. 



Dr. E. L. Berthoud. — Fossils from the isthmus of Panama. Indian 

 relics and fishes from Bourbon county, Kentucky. 



J. S. Bowman and S. M. Bowman. — Fishes and reptiles collected on 

 the route from Salt Lake city to Marysville, California. 



C. C. Brevoort. — Fresh specimens of Esox fasciatus from Long Island. 

 Fresh specimens of trout and hake from New York. Fishes, in alcohol, 

 from the vicinity of Brooklyn, New York. 



T. M. Brewer, M. D. — Skins of birds from Dane county, Wisconsin. 



J. L. Bridger. — Stand containing a series of tertiary fossils, with 

 living serpents, Farancia abacurus, and two birds, Ortyx Virginianus, 

 from Edgcombe county, North Carolina. 



David Buckland. — Box of minerals and fossils from the brown coal 

 deposit of Brandon, Vermont. 



Captai?i Casey, U. S. A. — Fossil teeth of mastodon and sharks from 

 Florida. 



Rev. Benjamin Chase. — Stuffed Sternothaerus from Concordia lake, 

 Louisiana. 



Captain Chatten. — Specimens, in alcohol, of Ophidium marginatum 

 from Beesley's point, New Jerse}^. 



Charleston College, S. C — Duplicates of a collection of Batrachia. 



Messrs. Cothcal fy Co., New York. — Specimens of seeds of silk cotton; 

 leaves, fruit, and manufactured cloth from the Rafar palm, Madagas- 

 car. Model of Madagascar canoe. 



John P. Cunningham. — Box of minerals illustrating the auriferous 

 deposits of Vermont. 



R. D. Cults. — Skins of thirty species of birds from San Francisco 

 county, California. 



Mrs. M. E. Daniel. — Can of reptiles and fishes from Anderson, South 

 Carolina. 



Edward T. Denig. — Reptiles and fishes from Fort Union, Nebraska. 



T. J. Dryer. — Specimens of minerals from the summit of Mount 

 Hood, Oregon. 



J. Eckels, (United States consul, Talcahuana.) — Peruvian vase and 

 ear of corn, disintered near Talcahuana. 



A. E. Edgcworth. — Can of reptiles and fishes, with dried plants, 

 shells, &c, from Marengo county, Alabama. 



Dr. L. A. Edwards, JJ. S. A — One box of fossils, one bale of plants, 

 ten jars of reptiles and insects, and various heads and feet of birds, 

 from Fort Towson, Arkansas. 



Dr. George Engelmann. — One barrel fishes, reptiles, and mammals 

 from St. Louis. 



