Dr. V. M. Francis, stereoscopic photographs of two rare fish 
caught in Newport Harbor by Dr. Francis, and photographed by 
lion. Samuel Powel, 1866, and photograph of fish captured by 
Mr. Carpenter. 
Mr. Russell Forsyth, a chart of Narragansett Bay, surveyed in 
1832 by Alexander S. Wadsworth. 
Mr. B. T. Putnam, eight photographs of Mount Kcarsarge, N. H. 
A set (almost complete) of the Journal of Comparative Medi¬ 
cine and Surgery, being twenty volumes; from Dr. William A. 
Conklin, of New York. 
Two photographs of mosses and ferns ; from Miss Kitty Tay¬ 
lor, Newport. 
A German work, “ Mineralogische Notizen from the author, 
Professor G. vom Rath, Bonn, 1885. 
A reprint of Annual Reports and other papers on the Geology of 
the Virginias, by William Barton Rogers, LL. D., New York, 
18S4 ; from Mrs. W. B. Rogers. 
Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History, April, 
1885 ? d'he Journal of Comparative Medicine and Surgery, New 
York, for April; John Hopkins University Circulars, Nos. 36 
and 37 ; Transactions of the section of geological works of Por¬ 
tugal, Vol. 1, part 1, 1885. 
From the Astor Library, New York : Recent accessions thereto 
in 1S82 and 1884; Periodicals and Serials, received 18S2 ; also 
Annual Report of Trustees, 1884. 
The Third and Fourth Annual Reports of the American Mu¬ 
seum of Natural History, New York, 1S72 ; also Bulletins of 
same museum, 1-2-3-4-5. 
From the United States Geological Survey, Washington : Wil¬ 
liams on the Mineral Resources of the United States; Second 
and Third Annual Reports of the United States Geological Sur¬ 
vey ; Becker on the Geology of the Comstock lode ; Dutton’s Atlas 
to accompany the tertiary history of the Grand Canon district, and 
atlas to accompany the geology of the Comstock lode, and the 
Washoe district; from the United States Geological Survey, 
Washington. Bulletins 1-2-3-4-5-6. 
From the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, the follow¬ 
ing, viz : Articles on Anthropological subjects contributed to the 
