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WILD CAT. 
LYNX. 
CIVET CAT, or BASSARIS. 
ARMADILLO. 
PECCARY, or MEXICAN HOG. 
WALRUS, or MORSE. 
SEALS. 
PORPOISES. 
DOLPHINS. 
WHALES. 
MANATEE, or SEA COW. 
ALLIGATOR. 
SHARKS, STINGREES, RAYS, 
DEVIL FISH; teeth, jaws, and 
vertebra. 
Specimens of the following kinds, preserved in spirits, from all 
parts of North America, are particularly desired : Small Quadrupeds, 
as field mice, shrews, moles, bats, squirrels, weasels. Reptiles, as 
snakes, lizards, scorpions (so-called), frogs, toads, tree-frogs, and, 
above all, the salamanders, or lizards without scales, found in water, 
or under logs and stones, known by the various names of hellbender, 
young alligator, ground puppy, water puppy, &c. Fish of all kinds, 
such as the gars, perch, pike, sunfish, chubs, suckers, minnows, and 
other species. 
Invertebrates in general, as crabs, crawfish, and Crustacea in ge- 
neral, insects, worms, starfishes, shells, &c. 
In addition to dried plants, it will be well always to gather seeds, 
acorns, nuts, pine cones, &c, which when sent in may be planted, 
and thus furnish important additions to Horticulture, as well as to 
Botany. They should be put up perfectly dry. 
We have called especial attention to the country west of the Mis- 
sissippi. Much is still to be done, however, in the east, and collec- 
tions of any kind will be acceptable from all parts of the Continent. 
I X. GENERAL LIST OF APPARATUS. 
We shall here present at one view a list of the principal apparatus 
and outfit required for collecting on the simplest scale, in the different 
kingdoms of nature. Fuller explanations of all will be found under 
their appropriate heads. 
1. FOR COLLECTING. 
Gun, with shot of various sizes, from buck to No. 10, as also the 
proper equipment of powder, percussion caps and wads. Rifle for 
large game. 
Fishing rod and lines. The latter should be of different sizes, 
with a supply of extra hooks, and snoods. 
