44 NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OP 



L. C Ervcndburg. — Package of seeds of Texas plants. 



Dr. J. Evans and Dr. D. D. Owen. — Two living wild cats, {Lynx 

 rufus,) from the Upper Missouri. 



Dr. Julius Froebel. — Box of fossils and minerals from Texas and New 

 Mexico. 



Professor Charles Fox. — Skin of shrew, (Sorex dekayi.) 



Lieutenant J. M. Gilliss, V. S. N. — Specimens of building materials 

 collected in Europe, by W. W. Evans. Deposited. 



John Greiner. — Specimens of Phrynosoma, in alcohol, from Santa Fe. 



Dr. A. M. Grinnan. — Collection of plants from near Fredericksburg, 

 Virginia. Can of reptiles and fish from Madison, Virginia. 



J. O. Harris. — Fossils, insects, fishes, and reptiles, from Ottawa, 

 Illinois. 



Dr. Henderson, U. S. N. — Jar of fishes from Columbia county, Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Mrs. Mary Hereford. — Bones of Zeuglodon, from a marl bed in Cal- 

 vert county, Maryland. 



Dr. Hereford. — Living specimens of Leptophis astivus, from Prince 

 George's, Maryland. 



Dr. P. R. Hoy. — Fishes from southern Wisconsin ; keg of fishes, 

 reptiles, and mammals, from Illinois and Missouri ; two kegs of fishes 

 and reptiles from western Missouri ; reptiles from Mansfield county, 

 Ohio. 



Rev. Thomas R. Hunt. — Red shale, with teeth of fishes, from northern 

 Pennsylvania. 



R. W. Kennicott. — Two jars of reptiles, fishes, &c, from northern 

 Illinois ; box containing six living Crotalophorus tergeminus, and other 

 species of serpent, with other reptiles, from northern Illinois. 



Dr. W. S. King, U. S. A. — Skins of chaparal cock, (Geococcyx Mexi- 

 canus,) from San Diego, California. 



C. F. Kirtland. — Keg of fishes from Yellow creek, Ohio. 



Professor J. P. Kirtland and Dr. AcTcley. — Fresh specimen of Samp- 

 son fox, ( Vutyes fulvus,) from Cleveland, Ohio. 



Prof. J. P. Finland. — Four living specimens of Crotahphorus massas- 

 sanga. 



G. Lambert. — Fossils and rocks from Belgium. 



TV. F. Langton. — Fossil wood and sulphuret of iron, from the Minne- 

 sota mines in California. 



O. H. P. Lear. — Fishes from Marion county, Missouri. 



Major John Le Conte. — Jar of reptiles from Liberty county, Georgia ; 

 skin of Sorex from Georgia. 



J. C. Linebach. — Can of reptiles and fishes from Salem, North Caro- 

 lina. 



Marshall McDonald. — Living specimen of Scotophis Alleghaniensis, 

 Alleghany black snake, from Hampshire county, Virginia. 



Lieutenant A. McRae, United States navy. — Scorpions and crustaceans 

 from Panama. 



J. C. McNair. — Eight jars of reptiles and fishes from Summerville, 

 North Carolina. 



R. C. Mack. — Specimens of Zanzibar copal, enclosing an insect and 

 a lizard. 



