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[[embossed oval with colonnaded building with the word "CONGRESS" above and "Holyoke Paper Co" below]] 11. one Raccoon from Florida. One skeleton of Spotted porpoise ([[underline]] Prodelphinus doris [[/underline]]) and one skeleton of common porpoise ([[underline]] Tursiops tursio [[/underline]]) from Hatteras, North Carolina. Mr. James T. Walker, Washington, D.C. One skeleton of Irish setter. Messrs J and C. Walker, Illinois. One bat [[underline]] Vespertilio carolii [[/underline]]) and a mole ([[underline]] Scalops aquaticus [[/underline]]). Mr. H. A. Ward, Rochester, New York. One monkey ([[underline]] Semnopithecus Johnii [[/underline]]) and two lemurs ([[underline]] Propithecus damanus [[/underline]] and [[underline]] Hylobates concolor [[/underline]]). Exchanges. Mr. B. H. Warren, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. One squirrel skin ([[underline]] Sciurus carolinensis leucatis [[/underline]]) from Volusia, Pa. One wood rat ([[underline]] Neotoma floridana [[/underline]]) and one Marsh Hare ([[underline]] Lepus palustris [[/underline]]) from Florida. Mr. E. Wilkinson, Mexico. One bat ([[underline]] Anthrozous pallidus [[/underline]]) and five young mice ([[underline]] Hesperomys [[/underline]] sp.)
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