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52 REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



Dr. W. A. Hammond and J. X. de Vesey. — Skins of twenty-four 

 birds and of two prairie wolves from Kansas. 



Dr. E. W. Harker. — Skin of Salamander (Geomys pinetis ?) from 

 Georgia. 



F. V. Hayden. — Six boxes of fossils collected in the Upper Mis- 

 souri prior to 1856. 



G. J. Heistand. — Specimens in alcobol of squirrels, moles, &c, 

 from Pennsylvania. 



Dr. E. W. Hilgard. — Specimen of Carocolla from Spain. 



John S. Hittel. — Human skulls and bones encrusted in stalagmite, 

 from a cave in Calaveras county, Cal. 



Col. Hoffman, U. 8. A. — Concretions from Cannon-Bail river, Ne- 

 braska. 



B. A. Hoopes. — Can of Menobranchus and small mammals from 

 Lake Superior. 



Robert Howell. — Two cans of mammals, in alcohol, from Tioga 

 county, N. Y. 



Lieut. J. G. Ives, U. 8. A. — Fossil D endr echinus ' excentricus, Point 

 Lobas, Cal. ; miscellaneous fossils from California ; fossils from 

 Gatun, N. G. — all collected by Dr. J. S. Newberry. 



Dr. R. W. Jeffrey, U. 8. N.— Collection of fishes of Norfolk. 



Col. E. B. Jeioett. — Reptiles from Texas. 



Dr. C. B. Kennerly. — Jar of mammals in alcohol, and skins of 

 Sciurus cinereus, from Clark county, Va. 



Robt. Kennicott. — Six boxes zoological collections made in southern 

 Illinois, and in Minnesota to Lake Winipeg. (Deposited.) Gopher 

 {Geomys bursarius) from Illinois ; thirty skins of Arvicola and Sorex 

 from Illinois ; two living squirrels, [Sciurus ludovicianus.) 



Major Jno. Leconte. — Astacus latimanus from Georgia. 



J. MacMinn. — Skins of five mammals from Pennsylvania. 



Wm. M. Magraw. — Box of skins of birds and mammals ; plants 

 from Independence; three boxes zoological collections, plants, &c, 

 gathered between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Laramie during the 

 South Pass wagon-road expedition. Collected by Dr. J. G. Cooper. 



Geo. P. Marsh. — Minerals from Europe. 



C. C. Martin. — Keg of reptiles, fish and mammals, from Pennsyl- 

 vania and New York. 



W. Massenburn. — Collections of serpents and Crustacea from Florida. 



Maximilian Prinz Von Wied. — Wild boar (Sus scrofa) from Ger- 

 many, and skins of chamois (Capella rupricaprd) and of female ibex 

 (Capra, ibex) from Mont Blanc. 



Dr. E. Michener. — Mounted original of Emberiza toiunsendii. (De- 

 posited.) 



D. Miller, jr. — Thirty small mammals, in alcohol, from Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Robt. 0. Milton. — Box of fossils from Michigan. 

 H. B. Mollhausen. — Skin of head and skull, with horns, of Eu- 

 ropean stag, (Cervus elaphus.) 



W. E. Moore. — Skins of monkeys from Bolivia 



Henry Moores. — Star fishes from California. (Deposited.) 



