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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 



National Society of the Colonial 

 Dames of America — Continued, 

 seuted by the State of Virginia to 

 Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, plate 

 which belonged to Chief Justice 

 Marshall, and a pitcher which be- 

 longed to James Crailj, surgeon in 

 Braddock's Army, lent to the Society 

 by Miss Rose M. MacDouald (50802) ; 

 portrait (painted on ivory) of the 

 Right Rev. Bishop White, first bishop 

 of Pennsylvania, lent to the Society 

 by Mrs. C. Albert Hill ; silver strainer 

 of 1763, lent to the Society by Mrs. 

 Ernest H. Pringle ; knife, fork, 2 sil- 

 ver bottle corks, 2 silver bottle labels 

 and a silver mug, lent to the Society 

 by Mrs. Maurice Augustus Moore 

 (56S97) ; 4 historical documents is- 

 sued in Massachusetts during the 

 colonial period, and dated, respec- 

 tively, 1738, 1744, 1734 and 1771, lent 

 to the Society by Miss Elizabeth Per- 

 kins (57031). Loan. 



Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Bo- 

 TANisKA Afdelning. (See under 

 Stockholm, Sweden.) 



Nelson, Prof. Aven, Laramie, Wyo. : 2 

 living specimens of Cactaceae from 

 Wyoming (56872; 56980). 



Nelson, N. C, Imperial, Cal. : Moth, 

 Apantesis proxima (56114). 



Nevada, University of, Reno, Nev. 

 (through Prof. P. B. Kennedy) : 3 

 living specimens of Opuntia piil- 

 chella and 13 specimens of Chenopo- 

 diaceae, from Nevada (56184; 

 56224). Exchange. 



New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 Park, New York City: 40 living 

 specimens and 65 herbarium speci- 

 mens of Cactaceae, chiefly from the 

 West Indies; also 9 photographs of 

 Cactaceae (55650; 55693; 55800; 

 56307; 56440; 56665; 56734; 56824; 

 56873) ; 1,180 plants from the Virgin 

 Islands and Curagao (55880) ; 1,609 

 miscellaneous plants chiefly from the 

 West Indies (55693; 55945; 56363; 

 56486: 56058; 56775; 56873); 502 

 plants, chiefly from Africa, from the 

 Otto Kuntze Herbarium (56050). 

 Exchange. 



Nicholas, Dr. Francis C, New York 

 City : 14 specimens of ore from the 

 Copete Mine, near Carbo, Sonora, 

 Mexico, illustrating the development 

 of iron ores from pyrite (56113). 



Nielsen, Dr. T. C, Copenhagen, Den- 

 mark (through Dr. Adam Giede 

 Boving) : Specimens of Agromyza 

 carbonaria and their work (56330). 



Nightingale, Rev. Robert C, Beecham- 

 well Rectory, Swaffham, England : A 

 pierced brass kitchen spoon which 

 was in use between the years 1760- 

 1800 (56521). 



NisBET, W. W., St. Louis, Mo.: 2 

 bronze medals, sent from France to 

 be sold as souvenirs at the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 

 (56906). 



NoE, William, Langdon, D. C. : 

 Specimen of young cardinal, Cardi- 

 iialis cardinalis, with four legs 

 (56864). 



NoRRis, J. Parker, jr., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. : Egg of Lagopus rupestris rein- 

 hardi from Labrador (56817). 



Oldroyd, Mrs. T. S., Long Beach, Cal. : 

 About 500 specimens of land and 

 marine shells from California 

 (56811). 



Olmsted, Miss Helen A., U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum : Specimen of yellow- 

 bellied woodpecker, Sphyrapicus 

 varius (55985) ; 4 recent United 

 States coins (56430). 



Orcutt, Charles R., National City, 

 Cal. : Invertebrates and shells from 

 various localities, chiefly on the 

 western coast of Mexico (55989; 

 56013). 



Orpen, Mrs. Adela E., Enniscorthy, 

 Ireland : 51 flower studies in water 

 color, painted by the late Miss Ade- 

 lia Gates (56710). 



Osgood, Miss Susan E., Salem, Mass. 

 (through Miss L. L. Lander) : 

 Dress, kid slippers, fan and pearl 

 beads, which were worn by Mrs. Abi- 

 gail Adams, wife of President John 

 Adams (1797-1801) (57082). 



