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Prentiss, D. W. — Series of skins of birds of the District of Columbia. 



Quackcnbush, Leslie R. — Fossils of the Utica slate. 



Reed, John. — Skins and eggs of birds from Big Island, Great Slave Lake. One 



collection through L. Clarke, jr. 

 Reed, Peter. — Sorex platyrhinus, Washington county, New York. 

 Richards, Thos. — Skins of birds, &c, from Temiscamingue. 

 Riotte, Hon. (J. — Reptiles and insects in alcohol, skins of birds, shells, &c, 



Costa Rica. 

 Ritchie, J. P. — Skin and egg of Buteo pennsylvanicus from Massachusetts. 

 Rodgers, Commodore John. — Ethnological collections of the North Pacific Ex- 

 ploring Expedition. 

 Ross, B. R. — A general zoological collection from Fort Simpson and vicinity. 

 Rousseau, E. — Box of shells from New York. 

 Saemann, L. — Box of European minerals. 



Salisbury, Dr. S. H. — Scalops in alcohol from Fairfield county, Ohio. 

 Salle, A.- — Skins of Mexican birds. 



Salvin, O. — Collection of birds of Guatemala, (150 species.) 

 Sartorius, Dr. C. — Collection of birds, mammals, alcoholic specimens, &c, 



Mexico. 

 Schmidt, Dr. — Birds from the vicinity of Washington, collected by the late 



Chas. F. Schmidt. 

 Sclater, Dr. P. L. — Skins of Mexican birds. 

 Bimpson, George B. — Copper spear-head, and other relics. 

 Sitka, Governor of. — Box of Crustacea. (Through Mr. Jas. Hepburn.) 

 Springer, P. 31. — Skins and sterna of birds, Illinois. 

 Stimpson, Dr. W.-^ Three boxes of marine invertebrates of Great Britain ; two 



of American. 

 Stimpson, Dr. W. and R. B. Hitz. — Three boxes shells, eggs, &c, Northamp- 

 ton county, Virginia. 

 Sumichrast, Prof. F. — Mammals and birds of Mexico. 

 Surgeon General. — Tertiary fossils, Suffolk, Virginia. 



Swan, J. G. — Indian curiosities, skins of birds, eggs, shells, fishes, &c, from 

 Puget Sound. 



Thomson, J. H — Box of New England shells. 



Tolman, J. W. — Skins and eggs of birds of Illinois. 



Trumbull, George. — Wavellite from Chester county. 



Tryon, G. W. — One hundred and twenty -five species of Melaniadce. 



Ulke, JI. — Skins of birds from Illinois. 



Van Cortlandt, Dr. E. — Mammals in alcohol, skins of Lejiidostcus, &c, from 



Ottawa. 

 Frantzius, Dr. — Collection of birds and mammals from Costa Rica. 



Velie, Dr. J. W. — Eggs of Protonotaria citrea, &c , from Illinois. 



Vienna Gcologisches Reichs- Anstalt. — Collection of Austrian fossils. 



Walker, R. O. — Fishes, shells, skulls, &c, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. 



White, Dr. — Marine shells and skulls of mammals, Isthmus, Panama. 



Willis, J. R. — Shells, eggs, and fishes of Nova Scotia. 



Williams College Lyceum,— Eggs of Greenland birds. 



Wilson, N. — Seeds of plants from Jamaica. (Through Thos. Bland.) 



Wingate, J. D. — Box of shells, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. 



Woodworth, Dr. J. M. — Reptiles and insects from Memphis. 



Wouton, W, G. — Skins and eggs of birds of Nova Scotia. 



Wright, Chas. — Birds, shells, and insects of Cuba. 



Wynne, Dr. Jas. — Specimen of sphinx or hawk moth from Central America. 



Xanfus, John. — Fourteen boxes of mammals, birds, and other animals, plants 

 &c, from Manzanillo, Colima, &c. 



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