1870.] 365 [Annual Keport. 



Nov. 29. Soundings off coasts of Maryland and Virginia, by C. P. Dillaway. 

 Insects, also, by C. P. Dillaway. 



Dec. 9. Scolopendra from Massachusetts, by N. M. Lowe. Albert Coal, by 

 F. G. Merriam. Shark's Jaw from Bermuda, by Edwin Bicknell. Rattle of 

 Crotalus from Groton, Mass., by Dr. S. A. Green. Tin Ore and several specimens 

 of Native Carbonate of Magnesia from various localities, by Dr. C. T. Jackson. 



Dec. 14. Birds from Massachusetts, by C. S. Minot. Fossils from Columbia, 

 N. H., by S. H. Huntington. Iron pyrites, by Mr. Willard. Tin ores from 

 Winslow, Me., by Dr. C. T. Jackson. 



Dec. 16. Colias from Akyab, on the coast of Arracan, by W. T. Brigham. 

 Skeleton of fetal mouse, by J. L. Little, Jr. Head of red-tailed hawk from 

 Waltham, Mass., by J. C. Stimpson. 



Dec. 18. Galena from Wisconsin, by W. E. Coffin. 



Dec. 22. Native copper and silver from Lake Superior by W. E. Coffin. 

 Acrocinus longimanus from Brazil, by Hollis Thayer. 



Dec. 23. Bark and wood of Sequoia from California, by J. G. Dow. A 

 collection of birds' eggs from Europe, by Dr. T. M. Brewer. 



Dec. 30. Moss agates from Rocky Mountains, by Geo. H. Preble. 



Jan. 3, 1870. Astur atricapillus from Wood's Hole, Mass., by Jos. S. Fay. A 

 large collection of insects from Santa Domingo and Tehuantepec, by Dr. F. 

 Sumichrast. 



Jan. 9. Insects of various orders from Cambridge, Mass., by S. H. Scudder. 

 Asellus from Cambridge, Mass., by Edward Burgess. Clava leptostyla from 

 Beverly, Mass., by Edward Burgess. Fulgora and Phrictus from the headwaters 

 of the River Amazon, by S. H. Scudder. 



Jan. 14. Section of an Ammonite from England, and a Trilobite from Locust 

 Springs Hospital, Md., by H. J. Bowditch. 



Jan. 19. Shingle from the Sequoia from Sonoma, Cal., by J. S. Dow. Pter- 

 opus rubrieollis from Calcutta, by Capt. Albert Lewis. Staurolite and Garnet in 

 Hornblende from Franconia, N. H., by H. F. Goodman. Duck from Massa- 

 chusetts, by J. Galvin. Bald eagle from Quincy, Mass., by N. B. Furnald. Rock 

 from the Island of Chittapittai, by Dr. S. Cabot. 



Jan. 29. Hymenoptera, Diptera, etc., from Cambridge, Mass., by S. H. 

 Scudder. 



Feb. 2. Spider, N. W. Coast of Africa, by W. S. Tower. Pteromys volucella 

 from Hardwick, Mass., by Geo. Mixter. 



Feb. 12. Specimens of fossils and Radiata from San Francisco, and Mollusca 

 and Insects from various localities, by Henry Edwards. Micaceous concretions 

 from Ryegate, Vt., by Jonas H. Priest. 



Feb. 14. Nests of two birds from Cambridge, Mass., by F. P. Atkinson. 

 Part of sup. maxillary and tusks of walrus from Gulf of St. Lawrence, by 

 Gideon Rowley. 



Feb. 16. Hymenoptera from Mexico, by S. H. Scudder. Rocks and fossils 



from Gay Head, by J. C. Peiry. Nests of birds from Florida, by Geo. Mixter. 



Feb. 26. Eggs of tortoises and serpents from Florida, by Samuel Pasco. 



Dianous chalybeus from Lake Superior, by F. G. Sanborn. Nests and eggs of 



