LIST OP ACCESSIONS. 



139 



Briggs, Faenham E., Minnieville, Va. : 

 A large amethyst crystal from Prince 

 William County, Va. (58171: ex- 

 change). 



Bbimley, C. S., Raleigh, N. C. : 2 tur- 

 tles from North Carolina and 4 from 

 Florida (57854; 57973). Purchase. 



Bbind, W. L., Bergenfield, N. J. : 5 

 specimens of pigmy sun-fish, Elas- 

 soma zonatum (5S344). 



Beinkman, a. H., Craigmyle, Alberta, 

 Canada : 182 specimens of Canadian 

 mosses and liverworts (57167: pur- 

 chase). 



Broadway, W. E., Belmont, Trinidad : 

 150 specimens of plants from Tobago 

 (57530: purchase) ; 13 specimens of 

 plants from Tobago (57530; 57645). 



Beockett, Patjx, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion : 97 book plates and 28 poster 

 stamps (57999) ; a silver 5-lei piece 

 of Roumania, issued in 1906, com- 

 memorating the fortieth anniver- 

 sary of the accession of Charles I 

 (58255). Loan. 



Bbockxtniee, S. H., Nevada City, Cal. 

 (through Mr. Frank L. Hess) : A 

 specimen of ferberite-bearing pegma- 

 tite from Arizona (57743). 



Brooklyn Institute of Arts and 

 Sciences, Central Museum, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y. (through Dr. Robert Cush- 

 man Murphy) : 6 echinoderms, rep- 

 resenting 4 species, from South 

 Georgia, consisting of a type speci- 

 men of Anasterias octoradiata, 3 

 specimens of Psolidium ? conver- 

 gens, and a specimen each of Anas- 

 terias ? studeri and Odontaster vali- 

 dus (58507). 



Broomhead, Howard H., Paris, Idaho : 

 2 fossil shells (5S229). 



Brown, Edward J., Los Angeles, Cal. : 

 4 bird skins from Falls Church, Va. 

 (57785) ; 36 bird skins, 3 nests, a 

 small series of reptiles and batrachi- 

 ans and a bat, from Los Angeles 

 County (58174). 



Brown, Mrs. Glenn, Washington, D. 

 C. : Pair of gold and jeweled ear- 

 rings bearing the initial " M," owned 

 by Rebecca IMadison, niece of Presi- 



Brown, Mrs. Glenn — Continued, 

 dent James Madison, wife of Rey- 

 nolds Chapman and grandmother of 

 Mrs. Brown. Presented to Rebecca 

 Madison by Mrs. Mossom, wife of 

 Rev. Mr. Mossom ; also a silver 

 spoon and silver fork made in 

 France and owned by President 

 Madison (58107: loan). 



Brown, Mrs. John Crosby, New York 

 City: A Javanese (?) musical in- 

 strument (58019). 



Brown, Capt. John Newton, Nassau, 

 Bahamas : 7 corals, including 5 

 specimens of Meandrina m<randrites, 

 1 of Manicina gijrosa and 1 of Acro- 

 pora prolifera (57258). 



Brown, Samuel K., Los Angeles, Cal. : 

 Skin of laughing gull, Larus atrir 

 cilla, from Smith's Island, Va. 

 :57784). 



Brown, W. T. Watkins, Sydney, New 

 South Wales : 20 obsidianites, ob- 

 sidian bombs, or Australites, from 

 New South Wales (58342: pur- 

 chase). 



Beyan, Maj. H. S., Zanesville, Ohio: 

 Mexican silver coin, 1822 (57386: 

 loan). 



Beyan, Prof. Wm. Axanson, Hono- 

 lulu, Hawaii : 31 specimens of coral, 

 representing about 30 species, col- 

 lected by Mr. Carl Elschner around 

 Fanning Island, central Pacific 

 Ocean (58455). 



Beyan, Hon. William Jennings, 

 Washington, D. C. : A " Peace 

 Treaty " paperweight (a miniature 

 plowshare and beam), identical with 

 those given by Mr. Bryan to the 

 Ambassadors and Ministers who 

 signed with him thirty treaties pro- 

 viding for investigation of all dis- 

 putes (57778). 



Brys, Victor, Washington, D. C. : A 

 Belgian (cover) envelope with a 40- 

 centime stamp of 1866 attached, and 

 with the Royal Seal on back 

 (58042). 



Buchanan, Miss Mary S., Winchester, 

 Va. (through Mrs. R. G. Hoes) : Cos- 

 tume worn by Betty, daughter of 



