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Martin, T. 8. — Skins of birds of California. 



Merrill, Lieut., U. S. A. — Box fossils from Green Bay, Wisconsin. 



Moore, Miss J. — Living hawk moth from near Washington. 



Moore, Dr. George F. — Birds' nests and eggs from North Carolina. 



Morris, Rev. Dr. John G. — Box European eggs. 



Mullan, Lt. John, U. S. A. — Three boxes zoological and geological 



collections made by John Pearsall on the Upper Missouri. 

 Nichols, Dr. C. H. — Armadillo from Paraguay. 

 Nunn, R. J. — Can of Crustacea from Georgia. 

 D Oca, R. Monies. — Mammals; reptiles of Mexico. 

 Odell, B. F. — Living rattlesnake from Iowa. 

 Packard, A. 8. — Reptiles and mammals in alcohol; eggs of birds from 



Maine. 

 Page, Captain, T. J., U. 8. N. — Sixty species of birds from Paraguay. 

 Paine, Charles 8. — Box of birds' eggs from Vermont. 

 Paine, H. M. — Eggs of birds from New York. 

 Poey, Prof. F. — Lucifuga subterranea, a new blind fish of Cuba. 

 Pearsall, John. — See Lieutenant Mullan. 

 Peria, Don F. de. — Box of "coca" leaves. 

 Peters, R. — Skin of Cotton rat, (Sigmodon hispidum,) Georgia. 

 Peters, T. M. — Ferns, ( Trichomanes, ) from Alabama. 

 Piers, Dr., Royal navy. — Skin of Thalassidroma furcata from Barclay 



sound, northwest coast. 

 Plummer, Captain J. B., U. 8. A. — Skins of birds, reptiles and fossils 



from Texas. 

 Porter, Prof. T. C. — Bottle of fishes, (Rtybnichthys, ) Pennsylvania. 

 Postell, J. P. — Specimens of Unio spinosus from Georgia. 

 Prentiss, D. W. — Skin of Sorex from near Washington. 

 Putnam, F. W. — Nest and eggs of birds, Massachusetts. 

 Rae, Dr. — Skins of Spermophilus parry i, Repulse bay, latitude 56° 



30' N. 

 Raymond, C. — Birds and other animals, Peru. 

 Raynolds, Captain W. F., U. 8. A. — Zoological collections made in 



the Upper Missouri region by Dr. F. V^Hayden. 

 Reid, Peter. — Eggs of Hawk. 

 Richard, J. H. — Mounted European birds. 

 Roanoke Library Association. — Fossil bone from the green sand of 



North Carolina. 

 Robinson, E. 8. — Nests and eggs from Mississippi. 

 St. Louis Academy of Science. — Serpent in alcohol, (Celuta vermis,) 



supposed to have been found in a block of stone. 

 Samuels, F. — Mounted microscopical preparations. 

 Sclater, P. L. — Mexican and Central American birds. 

 Simpson, Captain J. H., TJ. S. A. — Zoological collections made in 



Utah by Charles S. McCarthy. 

 Simpson, Dr., U. 8. A. — Mounted snow owl, Rhode Island. 

 Smith, A. C, M. D. — Can of fishes from Ohio. 

 Smith, J. W. — Boring and other shells from Puget's Sound. 

 Sowthioick, Dr. — Skins of Sciurus abertii, Fort Union, New Mexico. 

 Spence, Mrs. David. — Collection of eggs from California. 



