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Sternberg]}, S. — Alcoholic specimens from Panama. 



Stewart, George. — Skins of reptiles, nests, eggs, insects, &c, from 



Alabama. 

 Stimpson, Wm. — Alcoholic specimens and shrew, from the coast of 



Maine. 

 Stone, Capt. C. P. — Shells from Gulf of California, collected in part 



by F. Fitch, Esq. 

 Swan, Jas. S. — Shells, sponges, and other specimens of natural history, 



from Ne-ah Bay, W. T. 

 Swanston, TJios., per R. Kennicott. — Skins of Arvicola, "birds, &c, 



from G-reat Slave Lake. 

 Suckley, Dr. George. — Birds, eggs, mammals, and alcoholic specimens, 



from Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie. 

 Taylor, N., per B. R. Ross. — Skin of young musk ox, from Fort 



Norman. 

 Tolman, J. W. — Eggs from Winnebago, Illinois. 

 Totten, Gen. Jos. G., U. S. A. — Minerals from California. 

 Tracy, Henry. — Eggs, skin of night-heron, and fish, from coast of 



Maine. 

 Travers, Capt. D. B. — Duck eggs with black shells, from Virginia. 

 Turner, Mr. — Skins of squirrels from Hanno Bay. 

 Uhler, P. R. — Neuroptera for Dr. Hegan. 

 Unknown. — Shells from Monroe county, Mo. 

 Unknown. — Living green snake, Letophis aestivus. 

 Unknown. — Humming birds' nests. 

 Unknown. — Living Carolina rail. 



Vanskiver, Jas. — Eemora from Blackstone Island, Potomac river. 

 Veatch, Dr. J. A. — Shells from California. 



Venable, T. P. — Bones of the head of a Delphinus, from the Pacific. 

 Villaescusa, Donna Francisca, per J. Xantus. — Large shells from Cape 



St. Lucas. 

 Villasana, Donna Jesus, per J. Xantus. — Shells from Cape St. Lucas. 

 Vogel, C. — Box of coleoptera, from Khineland, Mo. 

 Wallace, J. W. — Serpents and dried Amphiuma, from Louisiana. 

 Walsh, D. B. — Diptera, hymenoptera, and neuroptera, from Illinois. 

 War Department. — Mass of native copper, from Ontonagon, Michigan. 

 Warren, Geo. B. — Eggs from New York. 

 TFelch, Geo. W. — Mounted skunk, red-necked grebe, nests, and eggs, 



from Massachusetts. 

 West, Silas. — Orthopterous insects from Maine. 

 Wharton, Jos. — Specimens of zinc and spelter. 

 White, Lieut. J. W. — Marine invertebrates, radiata, &c, from Puget 



Sound. 

 Wilcox, II. B.— Nests, eggs, shells, and alcoholic specimens from 



Michigan. 

 Willis, J. R. — Skins of birds, eggs, shells, &c, from Halifax. 

 Willio.mstown College Lyceum. — Nests and eggs from Labrador and 



Greenland. 

 Windle, J. E. — Eggs of coopers hawk and skin of snow bird. 

 Winston, W. G. — Lepidoptera and skins and eggs of birds from Hali- 

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