NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 
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The alcoholic specimens generally of the Museum have been 
looked over by Mr. Parker. 
The alcoholic collection of mollusks, myriapods, spiders, etc., 
comprising about 500 jars, have been arranged and labelled by 
Mr. Parker. 
All the crustaceans, amounting to upwards of 1050 species, 
have been identified, neatly arranged, labelled and catalogued bj r 
Mr. Parker and Mr. Try on. 
The collection of echinoderms has been properly arranged and 
labelled by the same gentlemen. 
All the specimens received during the year have been deposited 
in their proper places and labelled. 
The Botanical Committee, Messrs. Meehan, Burke, and Redfield, 
and Miss Bodley and Dr. Leffman, have continued their labors in 
the arrangement of the Herbarium. 
The contributions to the Museum during the year are as 
follows:— 
Mammals. —A Giraffe; a Virginia Deer; a Bock Kangaroo, 
Pelrogale penicillata; a Porcupine, Hystrix javanicus; a young 
Lion ; 2 Sciurus ; 2 Pauxi galeata; Macacus nemestrinus; Cerco- 
pithecus sabdeus; and a Sapajou. Presented by the Philadelphia 
Zoological Society. 
A Japanese Dog, from Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenberger; a Howling 
Monkey, Mycetes , TJ. S. of Columbia, from Wm. M. Gabb ; a Mary¬ 
land Marmot, from Dr. Harrison Allen ; and a small mammal from 
Fung Chow, China, from Wm. M. Capp. Eleven human skulls 
were presented by Dr. William H. Jones, U. S. N. 
Birds. — Crax caruncalata , S. America; Red-breasted Pigeon, 
Phlogaemas cruenta; Philippines; Gasarca variegata, N. Zealand; 
and Porphyrio martinica . Presented by the Philadelphia Zoolo¬ 
gical Society. 
Fifteen specimens, 9 species, of bird skins, mostl}' from Gnay- 
mas and La Paz, and another collection of 28 bird skins, from the 
Pacific coast. Presented by Dr. Wm. H. Jones, U. S. N. 
A Gray Duck, Chaulelasmus streperus , from C. W. Matthews, 
and an Ostrich egg, from S. C. McClure. 
Reptiles , Amphibians , and Fishes. —An Alligator. Presented by 
the Philadelphia Zoological Society. 
Two small bottles with reptiles; three additional species of 
reptiles, and 33 specimens of 19 species of fishes, from the Pacific 
