140 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [1891 



the alula, i. e. tlie featliers of tlie thumb. Also the white 

 feathers of this wing-patch, have black spots near their 

 tips. 



The bill and feet, including the claws are black, the 

 latter are very long and exceedingly curved, especially 

 on the hallux. Eyes are brownish. The tongue is 

 yellowish at tips, with the larger middle part black, 

 while the posterior border, which is provided with strong 

 somewhat curved papillae, is reddish, like the rest of the 

 mouth-cavity, because of the absence of pigment from 

 this part of the surface. Length 9J inches. 



APOPHYLLITE FROM NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE, 



CALIFORNIA. 



By CHRISTOPHER JOHNSTON, M. D. 



In the early part of August 1891, I wrote to Dr. D. T. 

 Day of the U. S. Greological Survey, Washington D. C, 

 for a piece of Apophyllite which he might have secured. 

 After a few days a note came to me announcing the 

 sending of a box by Adams Express containing all he 

 had of a small collection which had been made in Cali- 

 fornia, requesting me to take what I needed and send the 

 balance back. Upon opening the box I discovered a quantity 

 of indifferent rock cemented here and there by a grayish 

 opalescent and transparent crystalline substance which 

 was the Apophyllite in question. I soon cleaned away the 

 rubbish, isolated a dozen, or thereabouts, of milky and clear 

 crystalline pieces about five-eighths of an inch in width 

 and seven-eighths in length, some of this size and some 

 smaller, split off with a knife what seemed best suited for 

 specimens, ground some of the fragments and polished 

 them, and then proceeded to examine them with a Nser- 



