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Belden, II. A., Washington, D. C. : 

 Drum or gong from the interior of 

 Burma (49520: loan). 



Bell, Dr. Alexander Graham. (See 

 under Aerial Experiment Associa- 

 tion.) 



Bell, Edward W., U. S. National Mu- 

 seum : 20 old coins (49521). 



Bell, Mrs. William H.. Washington, 

 D. C. : Photographs illustrating the 

 life and environment of the San Bias 

 Indians (49800). 



Bement, C. S., Philadelphia, Pa. : Epi- 

 dote from Alaska ; doubly terminated 

 tourmaline crystal from California ; 

 datolite from Westfield, Massachu- 

 setts ; smoky quartz and microline 

 from Colorado ; pink beryl from Mesa 

 Grande, California ; and 2 Chinese 

 coins coated with secondary carbon- 

 ates (50024). 



Benedict, Dr. J. E., U. S. National 

 Museum : Specimen of star - nosed 

 mole, Condijlura cristata (.50099). 



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

 Snakes from Maryland (50164; 

 502.5G). 



Benguiat and Son, Hadji Ephraim, 

 Edgewater, N. J. : Laver of copper 

 with two brass handles, used in the 

 synagogue (49032) ; collection of ob- 

 jects used in Jewish religious cere- 

 monials, consisting of a German sil- 

 ver gilt engraved talisman of the 

 time of Louis XV ; French silver gilt 

 pointer (yad) of the time of Louis 

 XVI ; silver gilt tablet engraved 

 with the Decalogue (part of the 

 breastplate of Torat) ; 3 silver gilt 

 bells (part of breastplate of Torat) ; 

 silver triple chain (part of breast- 

 plate) ; 4 silver gilt engraved slides 

 (part of breastplate) (49327) ; 2 

 glazed pottery vases with Hebrew 

 inscriptions (49622) ; Jewish cere- 

 monial objects, consisting of a silver 

 Hanukah lamp, silver oil lamp with 

 extinguishers, manuscript book of 

 Ecclesiastes. and head-gear cowl in 

 velvet and bullion (49710). Loan. 



Benjamin, Marcus, U. S. National 

 Museum : Campaign buttons, medals, 

 etc. (49133). 



Bens, Rev. H. G., Lehr, N. Dak. : Gyp- 

 sum crystals from section 14, town- 

 ship 131, range 68, in Mcintosh 

 County, North Dakota (50045). 



Bergen, Norway, Bergen Museum : 6 

 specimens of Antcdon petasus, 3 spec- 

 imens of Hathrometra sarsii and of 

 H. norvegicus (50187: exchange). 



Berlepsch, Count Hans von, Schloss 

 Berlepsch, Bez. Cassel, Germany : 43 

 birds' skins from tropical America 

 (49911: exchange). 



Berlese, A., Florence, Italy: 4 speci- 

 mens of Acerentomon maius (49762). 



Berlin, Germany, Konigl. Botan- 

 iscHES Museum : Flower of Opuntia 

 microcarpa (49706: loan). 



Berlin, Germany, Konigl. Botan- 

 iscHEE Garten und Museum : Speci- 

 men and a photograph of Dasylirion 

 hookeri (49304: exchange). 



Berlin, Germany, K. Zoologisches 

 Museum : German fresh water bryo- 

 zoans representing 5 species (49198) ; 

 19 specimens representing 5 species 

 of foreign Ascidians (49344). Ex- 

 change. 



Berry, P. D., Grand Caiion, Ariz. : 3 

 specimens of cacti from the Grand 

 CaQon, Arizona, through C. V. Piper, 

 of the Department of Agriculture 

 (.50043). 



Bethel, M. E., Denver, Colo, : 22 

 plants, Umbelliferse and Cratwgus, 

 from Colorado (49769) ; 3 specimens 

 of cactus, Opuntia, with about 100 

 specimens of Asphondylia betheli, 

 bred from the same (50195). 



Biederman, C. R., Palmerlee, Ariz. : 

 Ores from Palmerlee (49500). 



BiELER, S., Musee Agricole, Lausanne, 

 Switzerland : Photograph of a speci- 

 men of Vrsus formicarius (50174). 



BioLLEY, Pablo, San Jose, Costa Rica : 

 100 plants from Costa Rica (50028: 

 purchase). 



Blair, Gist, Washington, D. C. : Large 

 oil portrait of Gustavus Vasa 

 (501.31: loan). (See also under 

 Mrs. V. L. W. Fox.) 



