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has been sold to Madison University, and with a part 

 of the sum received, a fine series of crinoids and other 

 fossils have been purchased, consisting principally of 

 lower carboniferous forms from Crawfordsville, Ind. 



The sixth and seventh series of Hall duplicates have 

 been delivered to Prof. C. H. Hitchcock, to complete 

 an exchange by which we have received 2,000 speci- 

 mens of the lithology of New Hampshire, 13 geological 

 sections across New Hampshire and Vermont, the types 

 of the Brandon fruits, and all the rocks and fossils 

 that are described in his geological reports in the state 

 of Maine. These specimens illustrate the results of his 

 geological observations for ten years in New Hamp- 

 shire, five years in Vermont, and tw o years in Maine. 



Series 3 to 10, of the Hall duplicates remain for sale. 



A rare series of rocks and fossils from Texas has 

 been presented by the International and Great 

 Northern Railroad of that State. Prof. J. W. Powell 

 has added to the alcove containing his previous gifts, 

 two large transparencies of the " Gate of Lodore " 

 and " Eagle Crag," in Colorado. Dr. E. A. Parsons 

 has presented 136 specimens of post-tertiary fossils, 

 from the vicinity of Portland, Maine. 



Mr. J. W. Drexel has presented his collection of 

 lepidoptera, numbering 2,200 specimens, and also three 

 unique volumes of the greatest value and interest, con- 

 taining all the diplomas conferred on Baron Alexander 

 Von Humboldt, by the crowned heads and learned 

 societies of the world. 



Mr. C. P. Huntington has deposited with us, Brad- 

 ford's large painting of "The Polaris in Thank-God 

 Harbor, Greenland ; " and it has been placed at the 

 southern end of the gallery near the collections of 



