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birds from Florida, by Samuel Pasco. Nests and eggs of birds from Minnesota 

 and Monterey, Cal., by Dr. T. M. Brewer. Book eaten by insects, by W. T. 

 Brigham. 



March 1. Nest and eggs of hermit thrush from Lynn, by S. 0. Welch. Nest 

 of Trochilus colubris from Winchester, Mass., by J. C. Mason. Stalactites from 

 Proctor'-s Cave, Ky., by the same. Cuttle fish from Kaui, by S. B. Dole. 



March 3. Fibre and bulb of soap plant from California, by J. S. Dow. Bird 

 skins from Kodiak, by the Smithsonian Institution. 



March 4. Terrapins from New Bedford, Mass., by R. C. Ingraham. Shells 

 from Great Britain, by the Smithsonian Institution. 



March 12. Nests of wasps, by Wm. Edwards. Cells of Hymenoptera in 

 apple wood, from Dorchester, Mass., by F. A. Clapp. 



March 18. Imago and Cocoon of Selandria, by S. H. Scudder. Insects and 

 reptiles from Caibarien, Cuba, by N. H. Bishop. 



March 28. Canine monstrosity, by F. W. Barton. Muiilla and Prionotus 

 from Clarksville, Tenn., by H. R. Bryant. Tortoise from Reed's Ferry, N. H., 

 by A. K. Adams. 



March 30. Lump fish and star-nosed mole from Plymouth, Mass., by T. M. 

 Coffin. 



April 5. Eggs of birds, etc., by S. W. Johnson. Tumor from stomach of 

 haddock, by N. E. Atwood. 



April 8. Trichinae by Dr. F. Nickerson. Larva? of insects from Lowell, 

 Mass., by W. T. Brigham. 



April 20. Lobster from Provincetown, Mass., by N. E. Atwood. Insects from 

 Hardwick, Mass., by Geo. Mixter. Aix sponsa, by W. T. Brigham. Crystals 

 of qtfartz from Ashland, Mass., by J. Carson. 



April 29. Radiata from La Paz, Cal., by Museum of Yale College. Stalac- 

 tites, etc., from the Caves of Cajuanes, and Radiates, Articulates, etc., from 

 Remedios, Cuba, by N. H. Bishop. Coccus on the currant, by F. G. Sanborn. 

 Cocoons of Prometheus, etc., from W. Newton, by Dr. G. F. Waters, and the 

 same from Jamaica Plain and Nahant, by C. S. Minot. 



DEPARTMENT OF ORNITHOLOGY. 



AMERICAN. 



Aquila canadensis. Vireo altiloquus. n. 



Syrnium cinereum. Collurio elegans. n. e. 



Surnia ulula. Collurio dendroica. n. 



Geococcyx califormicus. n. e. Vireo Swainsonii. n. 



Hylotomus pileatus. Oreoscoptes montanus. n. 



Selasphorus platycercus. n. Harporhynchus cinereus. n. e. 



Milvulus tyrannus. Salpinctes obsoletus. n. e. 



Sayornis sayus. n. e. Thryothorus Bewickii. 



Contopus Richardsonii. n. e. Troglodytes Parkmanni. n. 



Empidonax obscurus. n. e. Chamaea fasciata. n. 

 Geothlypis Macgillivrayi Baird. n. e. Sitta pusilla. 



