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brown bear, made up as rugs, from Mr. Louis V. Bell ; skin of 

 albino deer from Balls Island, S. C, from Mr. Archibald 

 Harrison; a collection of about 11,400 Microlepidoptera from 

 Mrs. W. D. Kearfott; 867 negatives of local wild flowers, 

 from Miss E. M. Kittredge : archaeological specimens from 

 the Des Plaines River locality, from Mr. George Langford ; a 

 Chinese painting on silk (a kakemono of the last Manchu 

 dynastic period), from Mr. Ogden Mills; 470 specimens of 

 rare marine fishes from Turk's Island and Bermuda, from 

 Mr. L. L. Mowbray; a portrait bust of Professor Henry 

 Fairfield Osborn, by Chester A. Beach, gift of Mrs. Henry 

 Fairfield Osborn ; two marble busts with pedestals, one of 

 Aristotle and one of Goethe, gifts of Mrs. Henry Fairfield 

 Osborn; archaeological material from Michigan, from Dr. H. 

 G. Otis ; 28,270 specimens of Coleoptera from North America, 

 from Mr. C. A. Palm ; oil paintings by J. J. Audubon (Sewellel, 

 canvas 16x22, and Spermophile, canvas 12x22), from Dr. 

 Edward H. Rogers ; 94 mounted birds from eastern North 

 America, and various sets of eggs, from Mr. Breck Trow- 

 bridge ; a case of birds of brilliant plumage, from Mrs. F. 

 Vettel, Jr.; five bronze objects from Sumatra, a piece of 

 Samoan tapa cloth, two beaded and two woven pouches from 

 Sumatra, gifts of Mr. Arthur S. Walcott; a lacquered dog 

 house with fittings, from an imperial palace, China, gift of 

 Miss Theodora Wilbour. 



