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Duges presented a specimen of the rare Meadow mouse Arvicola [[/underlined]] quasiater [[/underlined]] from the valley of Mexico. 

[[/underlined]] Old World [[/underlined]] The most important exotic mammals obtained during the past year were those received from Prof. H.A. Hard in exchange for skins of North American species. The collection included several lemars, cats, civits, squirrels and kangaroos, all of which were of species new to the museum series. The Zoological Society of Philadelphia,Arrough Mr. H.E. Brown, presented a fine male Harnessed antelope [[underlined]] Tragelaphus Scriptus [[/underlined]], an Indian squirrel [[ underlined]]Scuirus Bicolor [[/underlined]] and a Moar Monkey [[underlined]] Semno-pithecus maurus [[/underlined]]. Mr. Valdemar Kneedson presented two additional specimens of the bat found in the Sandwich Islands. This