LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



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PooRE, Mrs. TowNSEND (through G. B. 

 Poore, Scranton, Pa.): Walking-beam 

 of the locomotive "Stourbridge Lion" 

 (55587). 



Pope, M. W., Baltimore, Md.: 45 plants 

 from Arctic Alaska (54805); beetles 

 from the International Boundary be- 

 tween Rampart House and the Arctic 

 Ocean, received through J. M. Jessup 

 (54992). 



Porter, Prof. Carlos E., Santiago, Chile: 

 15 specimens of Diptera, 2 of Coleoptera 

 and a specimen of fungus (54903) ; in- 

 vertebrates from Chile (55263). 



Post Office Department: A copy each of 

 the parcel post maps of the United 

 States and Hawaii, used in connection 

 with the establishment of this service 

 on January 1, 1913. These maps were 

 among the first to be printed, and bear 

 the autograph of the Postmaster Gen- 

 eral (54751) ; 44 sets of specimen stamps, 

 etc., 43 of which are in duplicate 

 (approximately 11,300 specimens), re- 

 ceived from the International Bureau 

 of the Universal Postal Union, Berne, 

 Switzerland (55009 ; 55145 ; 55147 ; 55182 ; 

 55284; 55394; 55568); 1 each of the 7 

 new Canadian postage stamps, and 50 

 Newfoundland stamps of various de- 

 nominations (55147) ; 2 sets of 12 speci- 

 men stamps each, of various denomi- 

 nations, issue of 1912, commemorative 

 of the revolution, and foundation of the 

 Republic, received from the Director 

 of Posts, Peking, China (55284); 88 

 U. S. postage stamps of various issues; 

 and 125 U. S. stamped envelopes, in 

 current use in 1888 (55394); 2 sets of 

 specimen stamps, etc. (288 items), 

 received from the Director General of 

 Posts and Telegraphs, Argentine Re- 

 public ; and a set of 32 Honduras stamps 

 (55018) ; 9 albums of die proofs and post- 

 age stamps (55118) ; bound copy of the 

 Parcel Post Regulations, with the auto- 

 graph signature of Postmaster General 

 Hitchcock (55159). 



Powell, Prof. S. L., Salem, Va.: 50 

 specimens of early Silurian fossils from 

 Virginia (55000); 100 specimens of 

 Upper Ordovician fossils from central 

 western Virginia (55295). 



Prescott,* John S., U. S. National 

 Museum: Incandescent electric lamp 

 with key socket (54348). 



QuEHL, Dr. L., Halle (Saale), Germany: 

 2 living specimens of Mamillaria hun- 

 zeana (54707); specimen of M. dume- 

 torum (55423); 2 living specimens of 

 Mamillaria (55468; 55549). Exchange. 



QuiNN, Dr. I. Santiago Cardwell, Pard, 

 Brazil: Specimens of rubber and Ceara 

 rubber tree flowers and fruits (54820). 



Racovitza, Dr. E. G., Laboratoire Arago, 

 Banyuls-sur-mer, France: 9 specimens, 

 representing 5 species, of cave isopods 

 (54566: exchange). 



Ramos, Ramon, y Cassellos, Arecibo, 

 P. R. (through Robert Craig Greene, 

 Washington, D. C): A Spanish bond, 

 Island of Porto Rico, 1876 (54641). 



Ramsden, Charles T., Guantanamo, 

 Cuba: 13 bats from Cuba (54915; 55590); 

 2 specimens of PoKoptila lembeyei from 

 Cuba (55087). 



Rathbun, Miss Mary J., U. S. National 

 Museum: 2 specimens of orchid, Hexa- 

 lectris, and a snake, from Virginia 

 (54449; 54515; 54518). 



Ravenel, T. W., Green Pond, S. C: 



Skull of a deer (54914). 



Ravenel, W. de C, U. S. National 

 Museum: 1 deer skin, 2 fox skins, and 

 skull of a fox (54842). 



Rea, Archibald, Tajique, N. Mex.: A 

 small collection of mammal bones from 

 a cave in the Manzano mountains 

 (55409). 



Rehlen, Dr. W., Niimberg, Germany: 

 Collection of European archeological 

 specimens (55321: exchange). 



Reinke, Rev. Theodore, York, Pa.: 

 Skin of kinkajou, Potos Jlavus (54688). 



Reiser, George William, Baltimore, 

 Md.: A musical instrument, combined 

 bass drum and cymbal pedal beater 

 (54756). 



Remington Typewriter Company, 

 New York City: Typewriter, model 

 No. 1, Remington machine (54877). 



