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Steele, Judge. — File fish in alcohol from Florida. 



Stimpson, William. — Type series of marine invertebrates of Atlantic 

 coast. 



Stockton, Natural History Society. — Nests and eggs of California 

 birds. 



SucMey, Dr. George. — Harpoon used by Indians in catching whales on 

 northwest coast, with other Indian curiosities. Zoological speci- 

 mens from Kansas. 



Swift, Dr., U. S. A. — Skin and skull of bighorn and horns of elk 

 from Rocky mountains. 



Taylor, A. S. — Box of crustaceans and shells, with other zoological 

 collections from California; skull of grizzly bear. 



Tolman, J. W. — Two boxes birds' eggs from- Illinois. 



Trash, Dr. — Crustaceans of California. 



Trembley, Dr. J. B. — Shells and eggs from Ohio. 



Tuley, Colonel James. — Fresh skin of elk. 



Tully, Bernard. — Stalactites from Weir's -Cave. 



Vagnier, Thomas. — Nests and eggs of birds from Indiana. 



Van Bokkelen, Lieutenant J. J. — Skin of puffin, "Washington Territory. 



Vaughan, Colonel A. J. — Foetal beaver and fossil coral; skulls of mam- 

 mals and skins of birds from Upper Missouri. 



Vickary, N. — Nests and skins of birds from Massachusetts. 



Vialleton, Bev. F. and Bev. A. Blanc. — Collections of shells, eggs, in- 

 sects, and reptiles from Louisiana. 



VoUum, Dr. E. — Box of zoological specimens in alcohol, skins of ani- 

 mals, and birds' eggs from the coast of Oregon. 



Vortisch, Bev. L. — Aboriginal stone hammer of greenstone, Germany. 



Walsh, Benjamin D. — Skin of bat and nest of humming bird from 

 Illinois. 



Walton, Hon. E. P., 31. C. — Spawn of conch from Buzzard bay, 

 Massachusetts. 



Warren, Lieutenant J. B., U. S. A. — Box of Indian curiosities, 

 (deposited.) 



Waugh, A. Toivnsend.— Box insects, Maryland. 



Weeks, W. — Bottle of fishes from Connecticut river. 



Welch, George. — Eggs of birds of Massachusetts. 



White, Lieutenant J. W., and officers of ' tlie " Jeff. Davis." — Zoological 



collections, chiefly invertebrates, from Puget's Sound. 

 Whitehurst, Dr. D. W.- — Eggs of birds and specimens in alcohol from 



Tortugas. 

 Williams, E. C. — Large plank cut from redwood tree, (Sequoia sem- 



pervirens,) Cape Mendocino, California. 

 Willis, J. B. — Nests and eggs of birds from Nova Scotia. 



Wilson, Dr. L. N. — Skins of carrion crow, (Cathartes atratus;) white 



ibis, &c, and dried grasses from Georgia. 

 Wolcott, F. H. — Box of "vegetable eggs." 

 Wood, Dr. W. — Birds' eggs from Connecticut. 



Woodbury, Captain I). P., U. S. A. — Fishes and marine invertebrates 

 in alcohol; skins and eggs of birds, and dried corals from Tortugas. 



