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From a friend in China Lt. Conover U. S. Store ship Supply, I 

 have received a specimen of Coal from Japan, and one from Killow in 

 Formosa, both of which are good looking Coal. We had no Coal from 

 the Eastward farther than frorfi China hitherto in the Museum, so that 

 these specimens are great prizes. 



We have received an imperfect crystal of native sulphur from Persia, 

 presented by Mr. J. B. Lawson. 



We have also received from Mr. Pontet, a fine specimen of Umber. 

 The locality is not stated in that gentleman's letter, which he dates only 

 from the " Jungles," but which I suppose to be situated in the Damun-i- 

 Koh. He says it is embedded in the hill side at about 1000 feet eleva- 

 tion, and that there is evidently a very large vein (bed) of it ; what is 

 exposed may be five feet thick. 



"Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for April Meeting, 1855. 



I have now the pleasure to acknowledge and report upon a fine collec- 

 tion of skins received from Dr. E. Eiippell of Frankfurt: a collection 

 which has afforded the long sought opportunity of actually comparing 

 sundry Indian and E. African birds together ; and the results of such 

 comparison I proceed to lay before the Society, while I distinguish the 

 numerous species which are new to its museum by prefixing an asterisk 

 to each name. 



MAMMALIA. 



*Cercopithecus engythithia, (Herm., apud Gray ; C. griseo-viridis, 

 Desm. ; &c.) Abyssinia. 



*Canis variegatus, Eiippell. Abyssinia. (Skull wanting.) 



*Vulpes yirginianus, (Grmelin : V. cinereo-argentatus, Richardson). N. 

 America. 



# Sciurus multicolor, Eiippell (Sc. cepate, A. Smith). Abyssinia. 

 (Skull wanting.) 



*Xerus setosus, (Forster; Macroxus leuco-umbrinus, Eiippell; &c). 

 Abyssinia. 



*Psammomys obesus, Eiippell. Egypt. 



^Fiber zibethicus, (L.) N. America. 



*Potamochg:rus africanus, (Schreber ; Sus cheer opotamus, Desmou- 

 lins ; S. larvatus, F. Cuvier). Skin, without skull. From S. Africa. 



*Coassus nemorivagus, (F. Cuv. ; Cervus simplicicornis, Illiger). 

 Doe, from S. America. (Skull wanting.) 



AVES. 



^Pyocephalus Meyeri, (Eiippell). Abyssinia, 



*Agapornis taranta, (Stanley). Abyssinia, 



