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Bailey. Benjamin S. Black mussel, from Connecticut. 



Brackett, E. A. Brackett hatching-box. 



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

 pescoda, (fresh- water fish.) 



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

 ington Territory. 



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

 mens, from cave at Carlisle, Pa. 



Baker, Captain, U. S. Revenue Marine. Eight skins of sea-lion (Zalophus), 

 from California. 



Baker, Mrs. Marcus. Shells, from Colorado desert. 



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



Baldwin, D. Box of Indian relics ; 3 skeletons of panther (Fells con- 

 color), and skull of skunk, from Colorado. 



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



Banta, George A., New York. Chest refrigerator. 



Barber, E. A. Nest of broad-tailed humming-bird (Selasjyhorns platycer- 

 cus) from Colorado; 2 nests of chipping sparrow (Spizclla social is), and 

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

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



Barney, George, Swantoyi, Yt. Samples of various colors and grades of 

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



Barnum <fc Richardson Company. 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. 



Batchelder, J. JT. Paper-folder made of seaweed (Laminar ia longi- 

 cruris). 



Baxter, J. V., (for Butland 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, Joseph. Hematite iron, from Virginia. 



Bean, Tarleton H., M. D. Specimens of sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhyn- 

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

 stone Point, Potomac Biver. 



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

 Potomac Biver. 



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

 of "cancrine." 



Beckicith, Paul. Four boxes ethuological specimens, from Devil's Lake 

 agency. 



Bell & Mackey, (through Hon. J. P. Woolmau.) Collection of silver-ores, 

 from Nevada. 



Bendire, Capt. Charles, U. S. A. Alcoholic specimen of waxwing (Am- 

 pelis garrulus), 22 skins of gray-crowned finches (Lencosticte), skins 

 of rodents, grouse, finches, and sparrows. 



