Aplocerus montanus, from Washington Territory; box of birds from California; skins of mammals, birds; fishes, shells, minerals, and Indian relics, from Washington Territory; box with skins of mammals and birds; plants, &c., from Steilacoom; box of birds, shells, &c., Port Townsend. A. S. Taylor.-Jar of vertebrates and crabs from California; California minerals. Mr. Tufts.-Living actinia and other marine animals for aquarium. Colonel A. Vaughan.-Skins of Vespertilio noctivagans and noveboracensis from Yellowstone river. J. X. de Vesey and Dr. W. A. Hammond, U. S. A.-Skins of birds and mammals from Kansas. Dr. D. S. Wall, U. S. A.- Skull of Indian and fragments of pottery from a mound near Fort Capron, Florida; skins of birds; skin of manatee, or sea-cow, and of Lynx; also two birds from Florida. William D. Wallach.-Copper ores and native copper from Bayfield, Wisconsin. Robert B. Waller.—Bottle of Cyprinodonts from Alabama. Lieutenant G. K. Warren.-Two boxes fossils from Blackbird Hill, collected by Dr. F. V. Hayden; collections made by Dr. F. V. Hayden during the exploration of the Black hills in 1857, consisting of 5 boxes zoological specimens; 21 boxes fossils and plants, &c. C. W. Welch.-Troupial (Icterus vulgaris) from Laguayra. D. Welch.-Menobranchus maculatus from Lake Champlain. Samuel Wheat.-Living black snake (Scotophis allegheniensis) from Ohio. Mr. Wheeler.-Storeria dekayi from Washington. Thomas Whelpley -Fossils from Michigan. Dr. D. D. Whitehurst.-Box of specimens and cask of fishes, &c., in alcohol, from Gulf of Mexico; specimens of fishes (crustacea) from Tortugas. Dr. S. W. Wilson.-Four living alligators from Georgia; skeleton and skins of otter and deer; skins of Lepus palustris; 24 small mammals, in alcohol, from Georgia. Dr. C. F. Winslow.-Box of lavas from Sandwich Islands; fossil bones from California. (Deposited.) W. S. Wood.-Bald eagle, Haliaetus leucocephalus, mounted; mammals, in alcohol, from Philadelphia. C. Wright.-Jar mammals and reptiles from Connecticut; fishes from Cuba, said to be viviparous; jars of reptiles, fishes, and invertebrates from Cuba. G. Würdemann.-Box of invertebrates and skins of birds from Indian Key, Florida; box of bird skins from south Florida; box of birds, crustacea, corals, &c., from Key Biscayne, Florida. J. E. Younglove.-Bottle of blind fish, (Amblyopsis,) taken in a well in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Unknown.-Box iron ores, St. Louis, Missouri. Hammerhead shark from Norfolk. |