ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS. 85 



Bailey. Benjamin S. Black mussel, from Connecticut. 



Braclcett, E. A. Brackett hatching-box. 



Brazil, Commission of , to International Exhibition. Dried air-bladder of 

 pescoda, (fresh-water fish.) 



Bailey, S., (through W. H. Dall.) Miscellaneous collections from Wash- 

 ington Territory. 



Baird, Prof. S. F. Fresh fish from Philadelphia ; box ethnological speci- 

 mens, from cave at Carlisle, Pa. 



Balder, Ca^jtain, U. S. Revenue Marine. Eight skins of sea-lion {Zalophus)^ 

 from California. 



Baker, 3frs. Marcus. Shells, from Colorado desert. 



Baldwin, Mr., (through E. li. Squibb, M. D.) Specimens of chemicals. 



Baldivin, D. Box of Indian relics; 3 skeletons of panther {Felis con- 

 color), and skull of skunk, from Colorado. 



Ballon, W. H. Arrow-heads, from New York. 



Banta, George A,, N'ew Yorl\ Chest refrigerator. 



Barber, E. A. Nest of broad-tailed humming-bird {Selasphoms platycer- 

 cus) from Colorado j 2 nests of chipping sparrow {Spizclla socialis), and 

 pieces of pottery, from Pennsylvania ; collection of pottery, arrow- 

 heads, and beads, from ruins in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. 



Barney, George, Swanton, Vt. Samples of various colors and grades of 

 polished marble in cubic blocks ; 2 panels of marble tiling. 



Barnum & Bichardson Coinpany. Iron-ores and specimens of iron, from 

 Connecticut. 



Barroeta, Dr. G. Specimens of silver-ore and plants, from San Luis 

 Potosi, Mexico. 



Bartlett, J. H. & Sons. Paddles, harpoon-head, sperm-whale's teeth, &c. 



BatcJielder, J. H. Paper-folder made of seaweed {Laminaria longi- 

 cruris). 



Baxter, J. R., (for Rutland Marble Company, Vermont.) A suite of all 

 grades of marble in large polished slabs and cubes, and photographs 

 of the quarries of the company. 



Baxter, JosepJi. Hematite iron, from Virginia. 



Bean, Tarleton H., M. D. Specimens of sturgeon {Acij)enser oxyrhyn- 

 chus), young Petromyzon americanus and Catostomus teres, from Free- 

 stone Point, Potomac River. 



Beardslee, Commander L. A., U. S. N. Young sturgeon and flat-fish, from 

 Potomac River. 



Beasley, Thomas. Two specimens of horseshoe-crab [Limulus), and box- 

 of "cancrine." 



Bechwitli, Paul. Four boxes ethnological specimens, from Devil's Lake 

 agency. 



Bell & Maclcey, (through Hon. J. P. Woolman.) Collection of silver-ores, 

 from Nevada. 



Bendire, Capt. Charles, TJ. S. A. Alcoholic specimen of waxwing [Am- 

 pelis garrulus), 22 skins of gray-crowned finches {Leucosticte), skins 

 of rodents, grouse, finches, and sparrows. 



