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[[underlined]] U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. [[/underlined]]---Three pieces of stucco from the Island of Cozumel, Yucatan. No further information furnished.

[[underlined]] Dr. J. L. DeWitt, Newton, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [[/underlined]]---Two drilled bears' teeth, 2 bone ornaments, 2 small sheets of native silver, shaped by beating, and 6 cylindrical copper beads from a mound at Warner's Landing, Vernon County. The pieces of sheet silver of special interest, being the first specimens of this kind given to the National Museum. He also sent from the same mound, [[underlined]] as a loan [[/underlined]], a small copper celt-gouge and 4 large flint implements of exquisite workmanship, the two most remarkable of which have been cast by Mr. Hendley. A minute description of the mound in question is given by Dr. DeWitt.

[[underlined]] Natural Science Association of Staten Island, New Brighton. [[/underlined]]---A cast of a stone head (human) of a very remarkable character. The original was found in Southfield, Staten Island, at a depth of from 12 to 18 inches in the swamp near the Fingerboard Road. A full account is given in the Proceedings of the above-named association.

C. Rau.
Curator.

Smithsonian Institution,
October 2, 1885.
Professor S. F. Baird.