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arrow - heads, fragments of pottery, fragments of animal bones, and shells (14 species determined); 153 specs. for exhibition.

[[underline]] G. T. Gardner (address not mentioned).-[[/underline]] Collection from shell - heaps on Cobscook Bay, Washington County, Maine: Chips and fragments of stone implements, fragments of pottery, bone perforators, vertebrae and spines of fishes, fragments of bird bones, tooth of seal, fragment of jaw (with teeth) of otter, bone and teeth of beaver, fragments of jaws (with teeth) of porcupine and mink, bones of deer, bones and teeth of moose and caribou, tooth of wild cat, bones and teeth of black bear, fragment of jaw (with teeth) of dog, bones split for the extraction of marrow, and shells (3 determined species); 173 specs. for exhibition.

[[underline]] G. A. Boardman, Calais, Washington County, Maine.-[[/underline]] Collection from shell - heap near Calais: small pebbles, chips of quartzite, stone perforator, grinding - stone, fragments of pottery, fragments of vertebra of ^a whale, fish - spines, bones and teeth of beaver, deer, caribou and moose, bones of lynx, panther, black bear, and dog, split marrow - bones, specimens of shells (4 species determined), and charred eel - grass ([[underline]] Zostera marina[[/underline]] L.); 142 specimens for exhibition.

[[underline]] J. F. Kummerfeld, Long Grove, Scott County, Iowa.-[[/underline]] 2 arrow - heads from Pottawattamie County, Iowa; for exchange.

[[underline]] J. H. Rivett - Carnac, Allahabad, India.- [[/underline]] 1 Mahades - shrine of silver - plated copper, purchased at Benares. It is in the form of a coiled cobra supported by a turtle. The work in this Department during April chiefly consisted in classifying and entering shell - heap remains, which had