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who presented on behalf of the heirs of the late J.C. Mc.Guire of Washington, a collection estimated by Dr. Stearns, who examined it, to comprise about two thousand species and perhaps five thousand specimens of shells, marine and terrestrial, from various parts of the world. This generous donation has been retained temporarily in the package in which it was received, until the material now in hand shall have been administered upon; but, when time shall favor, it will doubtless add materially to our series.

A valuable faunal collection was received from the Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand, and contains about three hundred