LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



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Barr, Rev. David, Washington, D. C: 

 Photograph of a map of the city of 

 Manila, executed in 1739 (50871); a 

 Filipino dagger (50890); a Moro kris 

 from Mindanao, P.I. (51365: loan). 

 Barrott, a. F., Washington, D. C: A 

 skull from the village of Owego, New 

 York (50987: exchange). 

 Bartlett, H. H., Washington, D. C: 19 

 specimens of moss, Sphagnum, from 

 various parts of the United States 

 (51336); 61 specimens of plants, cryp- 

 togams, mainly from New England 

 (51419: exchange); 2 plants from Min- 

 nesota (51439); 7 specimens of Lacinia- 

 ria collected in Georgia (51633). 

 Bass, W. W., Grand Canyon, Ariz.: Mas- 

 sive and shredded specimens of serpen- 

 tine asbestos from Hockatai Mine, As- 

 bestos Canyon (51224). 

 Bausch, Paul, Washington, D.C.: Piece 

 of timber with living ship-worms from 

 the Hog Island Life Saving Station, Va. 

 (50772). 

 Bayley, Ivan A., Sydney Mines, Nova 

 Scotia, Canada: Specimen of opales- 

 cent labradorite (50742). 

 Beale, Hon. Truxton, Bakersfield, 

 Cal.: Bronze tablet, executed by Isi- 

 dore Konti, in 1910, commemorating an 

 act of heroism by Acting Lieutenant 

 (afterward General) Edward F. Beale 

 and Kit Carson during the War with 

 Mexico, which is inscribed on the tab- 

 let as follows: "Beale and Carson hail- 

 ing Stockton's flagship. An incident 

 of the Mexican War. The army sent 

 from Santa Fe to occupy California was 

 met and defeated by the Mexicans at 

 San Pasquale. The American forces 

 were driven upon a butte in the desert, 

 on which there was no water, and there 

 surrounded by the Mexican forces. 

 Edward F. Beale and Kit Carson, l:)oth 

 famous explorers of the West, volun- 

 teered to get through the Mexican lines 

 and get reinforcements from Stockton's 

 fleet at San Diego. They succeeded in 

 crawling past three cordons of Mexican 

 sentries in the night, and by hiding in 

 ravines in the day and travelling by 

 night they reached Stockton's fleet 

 after enduring great hardships " (51514). 



Bean, Dr. Robert Bennett, Philip- 

 pine Medical School, Manila, P. I.: 

 Anatomical specimens (51415). 



Bean, Dr. Tarleton H., New York City: 

 Specimen of whitefish, Argyrosomus tul- 

 libee, from Oneida Lake, N. Y. (51367). 



Beattie, R. K., Pullman, Wash.: Speci- 

 men of living Opuntia from Washing- 

 ton (50439). 



Belle, Jesse, Passagrille, Fla.: Beetles 

 (50920). 



Benedict, J. E., jr., Woodside, Md.: 

 Snake, Eutsenia, from Maryland (50460). 



Benedict, R. C, Bronx Park, N. Y.: 

 6 plants from South America (51310). 



Benson, Major H. C, U. S. Army. (See 

 under Yellowstone National Park.) 



Berger, a.. La Mortola, Italy: 4 speci- 

 mens of living Ce)-ei from Italy (50440). 



Berlin (Dahlem) Germany, Konigl. 

 Botanischer Garten und Museum: 

 15 living specimens of cacti, represent- 

 ing 4 species (50322) ; part of the type 

 of Hemitelia costaricensis (51102: ex- 

 change); living specimen of Cereus 

 (51119: exchange); 4 fragments of ferns 

 (51259: exchange). 



Bertoni, Dr. A. de Winkelreid, Puerto 

 Bertoni, Paraguay: 78 insects, mostly 

 Hymenoptera, and partly named 

 (50533). 



BiEDERMAN, C. R., Palmcrlee, Ariz.: 

 4 specimens of insects representing the 

 species Euphoria leucographa (50595). 



Binner-Wells Company, Chicago, 111.: 

 8 sheets of process color printing (50345) . 



Birkmann, Rev. G., Lexington, Tex.: 

 134 specimens of Hymenoptera (51053). 



BiXLER, B. M., Stockton, Cal.: 6 clay 

 objects excavated on the banks of the 

 Amacusac River, State of Morelos, Mex- 

 ico (51046). 



Black, Lieut. Fred. F., U. S. Army, 

 Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.: Specimens 

 of fossils collected principally in the 

 vicinity of Santiago, Cuba (51070). 



Black -Grignard Lithographic Com- 

 pany, New York City: 19 specimens of 

 process color printing (50337). 



