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Donations. 



Agassiz, A., Assistant at the Museum. 13 specimens, 2 species 

 Actinidee, in alcohol, from Nahant, Mass. 



Bickmore, A. S., Student in the Zoological Department of the 

 Scientific School. 2 specimens Astrangia, dry; 25 specimens Zoan- 

 tharia, 2 species, and 60 Alcyonaria, 1 species, dry; 15 Zoantharia, 3 

 species, and 4 Alcyonaria, in alcohol, from Beaufort, N. C. 



Cabot, Samuel, M. D. 24 specimens Actinidas, in alcohol, from 

 Fort Macon, N. C. 



Dall, W. H., Medford, Mass. 1 Stylaster, from New Zealand. 



Nichols, C. B., New York. 2 specimens Stylaster, from the 

 Pacific. 



Otis, Jenks, M. D., U. S. N. 1G6 Corals, (Zoantharia,) 22 species ; 

 4 Alcyonaria, 2 species, dry, from St. Thomas. 



Paige, J. W., M. D., U. S. A. 19 specimens Alcyonaria, 3 species, 

 dry, including the rare species, Telesto fruticulosa and Titanideum 

 suberosum, from Stono Inlet, S. C. 



Putnam, Captain W. H. A., Salem, Mass. 4 Aetinidag, 2 species in 

 alcohol, from Caldera, Chili. 



Russell, Jonathan, Manilla. 90 Corals, (Zoantharia,) 5 species ; 

 2 Tabu lata, 2 species, dry, from Manilla. 



Sternbergii, J. H., Panama. 71 Gorgonida», 7 species, in alcohol, 

 from Panama. 



Van Brunt, D. B., Acapulco, Mexico. 15 Gorgonida?, 5 species, dry, 

 from Acapulco. 



Verrill, A. E., Graduate of the Zoological Department of the 

 Scientific School. 250 specimens Actinidas, 5 species in alcohol ; 70 

 Alcyonium carneum, in alcohol, from Eastport, Me. ; 2 Actinida?, 1 

 species in alcohol, from Swampscott, Mass. 



By Exchange. 



Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. 12 Corals, 8 species, dry, 

 from the West Indies. 



Carter, S. A., Paris Hill, Me. 3 Corals, 3 species, dry, from Cape 

 de Verde Islands. 



Cooke, Mrs. M., Cambridge, Mass. 1 Madreposa fiabellum, from 

 the West Indies. 



Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 14 Corals, 7 species, dry, mostly 

 from Zanzibar. 



Free Public Museum of Liverpool, T. J. Moore, Curator. 

 4 Corals, 1 species, from Singapore; 12 Actinida), 3 species, living, 

 from England, forwarded through Captain J. Anderson. 



