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Show 109 ists for determination, most of whom have already reported, their manuscripts awaiting publication. The mammals have been identified and reported upon by myself; the birds, by Mr. Henshaw and myself, with the assistance of Mr. Ridgway, of the Smithsonian Institution; the reptiles and fishes, by Prof. E. £>. Cope and myself; the insects, by Mr. Ulke, Professor Uhler, Professor Cresson, Dr. Hagen, Baron Osten- Sacken, Professor Thomas, and Mr. Edwards; and the shells by Mr. G. W. Tryon, jr., of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. The botanical collection has been worked up by Prof. Sereno Watson, of Cambridge, who had charge of, and reported upon, the collection of 1871. The Indian crania have been forwarded to the Army Medical Museum, and we are assured by the officer in charge that the donation is a valuable one. Iu 1873, the natural- history party was enabled to take the field early, aud, through the indefatigable exertions of the collectors, results were secured even exceeding those of the previous year; the official record showing the following number of specimens: " Seven Indian crania. " One hundred and sixty mammals. " One thousand and two hundred bird- skins. " Five hundred birds eggs. " Twenty- five birds nests. " Fifty, birdg crania, skeletons, and sterna. 44 One hundred and forty- five reptiles. 44 Five hundred and five fish. " Five hundred beetles, ( Coleoptera.) " One hundred and fifty butterflies, ( Lepidoptera.) " Five hundred grasshoppers, ( Orthoptera.) 44 Thirteen lots of flies, ( Diptera.) 41 Thirteen lots of bugs, ( Hemiptera.) 44 Twelve lots of worms, leeches, larvae, & c. " Seven lots of ants, ( Formica.) 44 Fifty- five lots of shells, land and fresh- water. 44 Twenty- four lots of dragon- flies, ( Neuroptera.) 44 Twenty- eight lots of bees and wasps, ( Hymenoptera.) 44 Twenty- six lots of spiders, scorpions, & c, ( Arachnida.) 44 Fifteen thousand plants, embracing at least one thousand and five hundred species." This collection contains many new as well as many rare species, seldom to be found in public museums. As in former years, the plan bas been contiuued of distributing the specimens to eminent scientists, and from the majority of these gentlemen reports have already been received and are now ready for printing. Thanks are due to the following gentlemen, who have so kindly aided in many ways, in every case giving their valuable services gratuitously to the elucidation of scientific material connected with the expedition, viz: Prof. Joseph Henry, Prof. S. F. Baird, Prof. E. D. Oope, Prof. S. A. Allen, Prof. A. E. Verrill, Prof. O. O. Marsh, Dr. H. Allen, Dr. H. Wood, jr., Dr. George A. Otis, U. S. A., Dr. J. J. Woodward, U. S. A., Prof. A. Agassiz, Dr. H. A. Hagen, Mr. W. H. Edwards, Mr. Theodora L. Mead, Dr. P. H. Uhler, Mr. H. Ulke, Prof. Cyrus Thomas, Prof. Townend Glover, Mr. Robert Ridgway, Mr. G. Browne Goode, Prof. E. T. Cresson, Mr. W. G. Biuney, Mr. G. W. Tryon, jr., Prof. Sereno Watson, Mr. George Thurber, Prof. Thomas. P. James, Dr. George Vasey, |