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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, UtOf). 



Pkyok, F. K., Miuersvillc, I'tali; Specimen 

 of psilomelane (43160). 



PuRPUS, C. A., San Diego, Cal., and City of 

 Mexico, Mexico: 12 plants from Mexico 

 (43021 : purchase) ; 59 plants from Mexico 

 (43022; 43024; 43033: gift); 37 plants 

 from Mexico (44520: purchase). (See 

 also under T. S. Brandegec.) 



QuARTERMAN, George M., Nathan, Fla.: 

 Larva of a species of Dictfhis. probably 

 D. costatus (44245). 



QuARTERMAN, Mrs. J. K., Titusville, Fla.: 

 4 eggs of Florida jay, ApheJocoma cyanea 

 (44549). 



Kafferty, Mrs. Julia Kilpatrick. (See 

 under " Kilpatrick Collection.") 



Railway Appliance Exhibition. (See 

 under Continuous Rail Joint Company of 

 America, Newark, N. J., and Lorain Steel 

 Company, Lorain, Ohio.) 



Ralph, W. L., U. S. National Museum: 

 Gray squirrel collected for the Museum 

 (42986); batrachians from the District 

 of Columbia (43115); 10 deer from New- 

 York (43526); 122 birds' eggs and 37 

 nests of North American species (43664) ; 

 weasel (43685); Ruffed grouse, Bonam 

 ■itmbeUus (43713); 6 specimens of ruffed 

 grouse, Bonasa umhellus (43735); about 

 20 specimens of isopods from New York 

 State (43916); 2 turtles (43968); 3 eggs 

 of bald eagle, Haliseetus leucocephahis 

 (44457); nest, 3 eggs and 17 birds from 

 di^'erent parts of Noi'th America (44489). 

 Gift. 



Ralph, W. L. and J. W. Daniel, Jr., Wash- 

 ington, D. C: 14 birds' eggs and 5 nests, 

 17 birds, 48 mammals, and 4 reptiles col- 

 lected at Lake Drummond , Dismal Swamp , 

 Virginia (44469). 



Ramstadt, Hanry, Jr., Chicago, 111.: Speci- 

 mens of Lepidoptera (43846; 44268). 



Ransome, F. L., U. S. Geological Survey: 

 Specimen of vanadanite from Globe, 

 Ariz., collected by H. W. Clark (44568). 



Rastamji Edul.ii Dustoor Peshotan 

 Sanjana, deputy high priest of the Par- 

 sees, Bombay, India: Sudra, or Parsee 

 religious garment, consisting of a linen 

 dress (43536). 



Rathbun, Mis. C. S., Redondo, Los Angeles 

 County, Cal.: Sea Pen (43459: exchange). 



Rathbun, Miss M. J., U. S. National Mu- 



seum: Isopods, shells, and insects from 

 Lanesboro, Bei'ksliire Counfv, Mass. 

 (43257). 



Raulerson, Peter, Tentie, FJa. (received 

 ihrougli A. W. Barber): Steel chisel from 

 a battledeld (Seminole war), near the 

 mouth of Taylor Creek, Lake Okechobee, 

 Florida (44220). 



Raymond, J. S., Marine-Hospital Service, 

 Washington, D. C: Wood, bored by 

 Limiwria lignorum, from the south Atlan- 

 tic Quarantine Station (44159); 2 pieces 

 of wood bored by Sphieroma and a piece 

 of wood bored by Teredo from Hillsboro 

 River, Tampa (44332); piece of wood 

 with borings and crustaceans (44505). 



Rea, a., Tajique, Torrance County, N. Mex. 

 (received through Biological Survey, De- 

 partment of Agriculture) : Snake, Pituo- 

 phis,ivom New Mexico (43396). 



Reed, Rev. Luther D., Jeannette, Pa.: 

 Liturgy "The Choral Service Book" 

 (43334^ 



Reeder, John T., Calumet, Mich.: Speci- 

 men of copper with silver (44267). 



Renn, Paul, Fallon, Mont.: Cretaceous 

 fossils (43717). 



Reverchon, J., Dallas, Tex.: 5 plants from 

 Texas (44342). (See also under B. F. 

 Bush.) 



Richmond, A. M., East Orange, N. J.: 

 Button given to the guests at the sixtieth 

 wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Richmond (43911). 



Richter, Franz, Vienna, Austria: Grseco- 

 Egyptian encaustic portrait from graves 

 of Rubaiyat, Province of Fayiim, Egypt 

 (43048: purchase, L. P. X). 



RicKER, P. L., Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C: 119 mosses from 

 Maine and vicinity (43200: exchange); 

 plant from New Mexico, collected by 

 G. G. Hedgcock (43059: gift); 6 North 

 American mosses (44085: exchange). 



RicKETTS, H., Globe, Ariz.: 15 living cacti 

 from Ai-izona (44331: gift; 44493: ex- 

 change). 



Ridgway, Robert, U. S. National Museum: 

 3 birds' skins from the eastern United 

 States (43656). 



Riley, J. H.,U. S. National Museum: Bat, 

 Pipistrellus suhfiavus (43124: collected 

 for the Museum); 25 birds' skins and 3 



