from North Platte, Kansas; head of grebe; shells from the Loup River, Missouri.

Lamb, George. Specimens of coral from Florida.

Latham, James H. A collection of fishes from Florida.

Latham, Capt. Silas B. A collection of shells from Florida.

Law, Annie E. One box of ethnological specimens from Dalton, Ga.; ethnological specimens from a mound, Chilhowee Valley, Little Tennessee River.

Law, Dr. One skin of black-footed weasel (Putorius nigripes) from Cache La Poudre Valley, N. Colo.

Lea Isaac. One specimen of Lioplax cyclostomiformis; two specimens of Carinifex Newberryi.

Ledyard, L. W. One specimen of harlequin snake (Elaps fulvius) and ' insects from Orange Bluff, and one pipe-fish (Syngnathus, sp.) from Saint Augustine, Fla.

Lee, Col. Francis L. Fishes from Kamtchatka.

Lenthall, John. Bas-relief of human head, funeral urn, and lachrymal urn, from Baii, Italy.

Lewis, Dr. James. A collection of land and fresh-water shells from New York; a collection of univalve shells from various localities. Lincecum, Dr. Gideon. A cranium of negro outlaw from Long Point, Tex.; insects from Texas.

Loew, Dr. Oscar. See under Washington, War Department, Surveys west of the one hundredth meridian.

London, British Museum. Cast of Assyrian tablet.

Lloyd, H. H. One star-fish and a fish's tail from Port Townsend, W. T. Lartet, Dr. See under Lyons, France; Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lion. Lowry, T. W. One specimen fossil Unio from Elizabeth City Co., Va. Luce, M. M. Ten specimens of white-fish (Coregonus, sp.) from Industry, Me.

Lynch, Judge. Indian pipe and tomahawk from Weldon, N. C., (on deposit.)

Lyons, France; Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon, Dr. Lartet. A collection of fossil bones and flint implements from the prehistoric station at Solutré, near Macon, (Saone et Loire,) France.

McCook, General A. McD., U. S. A. One bill of a saw-fish (Pristis antiquorum) from Santiago Harbor, Tex.; one Comanché lance, and scalp of white child, from Fort McKavit, Tex.

Mackenzie, Dr. E. H. R. A box of dried leaves.

McLaughlin, W. B. Specimens of young herring (Clupea elongata) from spawning-ground, southern head of Grand Manan, N. B.; one egg of raven (Corvus carnivorus) from Grand Manan.

McRitchie, Capt., U. S. N. One Eskimo dog-trace from Greenland ; specimens of cryolite from Ivigtot, Greenland.

Manigault, Dr. G. E. See under Charleston, S. C., Museum of the Medical College.

Mapes, John S. Specimens of mineral (Titanite?) from Warwick, N. Y. Marsh, H. J. A package of pebbles from New Jersey.

Mason, Judge Charles. Specimens of rocks from Mount Vesuvius. Mason, Prof. O. T. One Comanche tomahawk-pipe from Fort Sill, Idaho; specimens of betel-nuts from Rangon, Burmah.

Mather, Fred. Fins of grayling (Thymallus tricolor) from Honeoye Falls, N. Y.; one specimen, in the flesh, of the grison (Galictis vittata ;) specimens of grayling from Honeoye Falls.

Maxwell, Mrs. M. A. Skins of gray-crowned finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) from Boulder, Colo.; a collection of land-shells from Colorado. Meek, Prof. F. B. One specimen of harlequin snake, (Elaps distans,) other reptiles, and insects, from Florida.

Meigs, General M. C.

Specimens of Indian pottery from Arizona; Indian pipe from the Dog tribe; four pieces of pottery from Pueblos, Tex.; a fresh skin of wapiti, (Cervus canadensis.)

Middletown, Conn.; Museum of Wesleyan University, G. Brown Goode,

curator. Skins of raptores from New England; skins of birds from Ecuador.

Mexico; Sociedad de la Historia Natural, Mariano Barcena. Specimens of opals from Mexico.

Miller, Dr. C. A. A collection of fossils from the Cincinnati group; a collection of stone implements from the banks of the Ohio River, between Meigs Co., Ohio, and Madison, Ind.

Mills, Clark. Casts of the heads of Eskimo Joe and Hannah.

Milner, James W. See under Washington, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries.

Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir. Specimens of Indian pottery from Michigan and New Jersey.

Moffatt, Dr., U. S. A. Six Hoopa Indian arrows, (through U. S. Army Medical Museum.)

Montfort, Rev. J. G. Specimens of land-shells from United States. Moody, Elisha. Sponges and Indian stone hatchet from Florida. Moragné, Dr. N. H. Specimens of bones, shells, &c., from a mound near Pilatka, Fla.

Moore, L. P. Specimens of minerals from Winchester, Va.

Moore, N. B. Fossil bones, bird-skins, and eggs from Manatee, Fla. Morrison, F. L. Specimens of silver-ores from Mexico.

Morrison, J. R. D. Specimens of minerals.

Müller, Prof. Rudolph. Specimens of fungi from Carthagena, Ohio; stone implements and bones from Carthagena, Ohio.

Murray, Com'r, U. S. N. Teeth of fossil shark, and bill of a saw-fish, (Pristis antiquorum,) from South Carolina.

Nash, Thomas H. One articulated human skeleton. (Purchased.) New Albany, Ind.; Academy of Sciences. Casts of bone implements from shell-heaps, New Albany, Ind.

Nichols, Dr. C. H., Government Asylum for the Insane. Specimens, in

the flesh, of grizzly bear, (Ursus horribilis,) and bald eagle, (Haliaetus leucocephalus.)

Nickerson, George Y. One bird's egg (Megapodius, sp. ?) from the Celebes Islands.

Ocean Trout Co., Port Monmouth, N. J. Sample boxes of "ocean trout," (Brevoortia menhaden,) pickled.

Oldmixon, Dr. George S., U. S. A. Specimens of grayling (Thymallus montanensis, Milner, n. sp.,) from Montana.

Otis, Col. Harrison G. Petrological and botanical specimens from Guadaloupe Island, Lower Cal.

Oxford, England; Museum of Nat. History; Prof. George Rolleston. Four boxes of stone implements and pottery, and crania of ancient Saxons, from England.

Pagenstecher, Professor. See under Heidelberg, University Museum. Palmer, Dr. Edward. Two packages of ethnological specimens from Florida.

Papineau, E. A. One box of pinned coleoptera from Topeka, Kaus. Parker, W. F. A tail of black-tailed deer (Cervus macrotis) from Red Cloud agency.

Peshall, Capt. Charles. One stone knife from Clark Co., Ark.; shells and quartz crystals from Ouachita Valley, Ark.

Phinney, Captain. Five specimens of Otsego white-fish (Coregonus otsego) from Otsego Lake, N. Y.

Pierson, William L., U. S. vice-consul. One specimen of meteoric iron from Casas Grandos, Chihuahua, Mex. See under Washington, Department of State.

Pike, Col. Nicholas, U. S. consul. Twelve packages of general zoological collections from Mauritius and the Indian Ocean.

Poey, Prof. Felipe, University of Havana. Collections of minerals, skins, and alcoholic specimens of fishes, from Cuba.

Pohlenz, Franz. Two iron-stone nodules from Washington, D. C.

Poor, C. R. One specimen sponge from Nantucket.

Potts, John. A collection of reptiles and fishes from Mexico.

Powell, Maj. J. W. See under Washington, Interior Department.

Pratt, W. H. Specimens of Helix multilineatus from Iowa.

Princeton, N. J.; Museum of Princeton College; Prof H. B. Cornwall.

collection of minerals from various localities.

Prentiss, Dr. C. A. A fresh skin of white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhyn chus) from Dade Co., Mo.

Providence, R. I.; Museum of Brown University; Prof. J. W. P. Jenks. Skins and eggs of birds, and Seminole leggings from Central Florida. Putnam, Joseph Duncan. Skin of Thomomys, sp. from Camp Brown, Wyo.

Queredo, John, U. S. N. Specimens of venomous serpents from San Juan River, Nicaragua.

Reid, J. W. One specimen of fossil crinoid from Urbana, Ohio.

Reuss, Dr. A. Collection of serpents, fishes, and ethnological specimens from Belleville, Ill.

Rice, Jos. K. One mineral from Hackettstown. N. J.

Robeson, Hon. George M. One specimen of sea-turtle from Key West, Fla.

Roome, James H. One fish-skin.

Russell, Mr., U. S. N., (U. S. Steamer Swatara.) Specimens of Lepidoptera from Brazil and the Cape of Good Hope.

Salt Lake City; Salt Lake Museum; J. L. Barfoot. One bottle of crustacea (Artemia, sp.) from the Great Salt Lake.

Sandberger, Prof. Fridolin. Specimens of Helices from Germany. Sanford, C. O. A living specimen of great horned owl, (Bubo Virgini

anus.

Sars, Prof. G. O. See under Christiania, Norway; Zoological Museum. Scammon, Capt. C. M., U. S. Revenue Marine. Specimens of baleen from three species of whales; skull of Orca; skeleton of striped porpoise, (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens;) embryo of Baird's porpoise, (Delphinus Bairdii;) whale's skeleton, &c., &c.; all from the Pacific Ocean. Schneider, A. P. Two specimens of common mole (Scalops aquaticus) from Falls Church, Va.

Schoolcraft, Mrs. H. R. A specimen of "soap-tree" wood from Chili; one flint arrow-head and specimen of Indian weaving from Arizona; specimen of Indian matting from Durango, Mexico.

Schumacher, Paul, U. S. Coast Survey. A collection of marine invertebrates from California; a collection of ethnological specimens from San Luis Obispo, Cal.

Seely, Commander H. B., U. S. N. One specimen of porcupine fish (Paradiodon hystrix) from Fort Jefferson, Fla.; skins of mammals from Europe.

Seyboth, Robert, U. S. Signal-Service, through U. S. Signal Office. Two bottles of insects from the summit of Pike's Peak.

Shaw, James. One box of fossils from Mount Carroll, Ill.

Shepard and Weston. Fresh specimen of namaycush (Salmo nemaycush) from Bay City, Mich.

Shepard, Prof. C. U. Two jars of fishes from Cuba.

Shepherd Bros. A box of pebbles from Warren Co., Iowa.

Silliman, Prof. Benjamin. Specimens of priceite, gold, and zircon, from California.

Sipa, George, and Sons. One specimen of peacock-coal from Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania.

Slack, Dr. J. H., New Jersey Commissioner of Fisheries. Specimens of young and embryonic California salmon (Salmo quinnat) from Troutdale hatching-house.

Slagle, John W. One box of stone implements from Congaree River, South Carolina.

Smith, J. Lawrence. Specimens of limestone-rock from Louisville, Ky.

Smith, R. K. Silver-ores from Arkansas.

Snyder, Dr. J. F. One box of leaf-shaped stone implements from Beards

town, Cass Co., Ill.

Stabill, Joseph, through Tarleton H. Bean. One tortoise-shell ear-ring from the Fejee Islands.

Stearns, R. E. C. Seeds of coniferous trees from California.

Steinberger, Col. A. B., Special Agent State Department U. S. Collections of ethnological and botanical specimens and marine invertebrates, Didunculus, sp., and other birds from the Samoan Islands.

Sternberg, Charles H. Specimens of ammonites from Ellsworth Co. Kansas; fossil plants from Fort Harker, Kans.

Stevens, R. P. Specimens of Devonian plants from Rockingham Co., Virginia; gold-ores from Venezuela; Indian mulling-stone from Venezuela.

Stevenson, Prof. J. J. Two stone chisels from West Virginia and Colorado.

Stevenson, James. One skin of mule-deer, (Cervus macrotis;) a specimen, in the flesh, of puma (Felis concolor) from Colorado.

Stilcell, E. M., Maine Commissioner of Fisheries. One specimen of cusk (Lota maculosa) from Moosehead Lake, Maine.

Stone, Gen. C. P. Casts and squeezes of Egyptian antiquities.

Stone, Livingston. A collection of alcoholic fishes from the Sacramento River, California; specimens of Salmo, sp., from Dublin Pond, Keene, N. H.

Stratton, L. Specimens of marine algæ from Cape Flattery, Washing ton Territory.

Streets, Dr. T. Hale, U. S. Steamer Portsmouth. See under Washington, Navy Department.

Stuart, William R. One Indian calumet from Augusta Co., Va., (through Hon. P. H. Hereford.)

Sumichrast, Prof. F. A collection of birds from Mexico.

Sutherland, John. One specimen of lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) from New York Harbor; one specimen of Zoarces anguillaris from New York market.

Swan, James G. A collection of ethnological specimens, Indian stone implements, from Washington Territory.

Tegetmeier, W. B. Mounted specimens of poultry-skins and skulls from England.

Thompson, John A. Vegetable pleistocine remains from Jerseyville, Jersey Co., Ill.

Thomson, J. H. Specimens of fishes from New Bedford, Mass.
Thompson, J. K. Specimens of wood from Iowa.

Tisdale, E. J. One specimen of painted bunting (Cyanospiza ciris) from
Mooreville, Ala.

Turner, Lucien M., U. S. Signal-Service. Collection of birds and eggs from Oonalashka and Saint Michael's, Alaska.