86 ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS. 



Bennett, John, (through J. G-. Swan.) Collection of native grass aud 



plants, from Washington Territory. 

 Berdell, Dr. Theodore. Copper- and silver-ores, from Colorado. 



Berthoud, Edward L. Collection of ores aud minerals, from Colorado. 



Bigaglia, P. & Co. Four hundred and seventy-nine patterns of Venetian 

 beads. (Purchased.) 



Black, S. W. Box of minerals, from Texas. 



Blackford, Eugene G. Specimens of pike, fresh fish, oysters, from Massa- 

 chusetts, aud clams from Long Island; clams and mussels from Oyster 

 Bay and Canarsie ; loggerhead-turtle (Thallassoehelys caouana), large 

 bivalves, oysters, white-fish (Coregonus), Greenland halibut (Rein- 

 hardtus hippoglossoides), quinnat salmon and lobster; oysters, from 

 Long Island and coast of Virginia. 



Blake, Prof. W. P. Nine boxes of minerals. 



Bland y, John F. Collection of minerals. 



Blankinship, John. Stoue pipe and alcoholic specimens, from Tennes- 

 see. 



Blatchford, Edwin. Mackerel-rimmer. 



Boehmer, George H. Minerals, nest and eggs of pewee, skeleton of 

 mouse, from Maryland. 



Boerner, G. C. Grasshoppers, from Indiana. 



Botkin, W. A. Crystallized galena, from Missouri. 



Bonce, Thomas T. Specimeus of polished porphyry, showing origin of 

 the rocks. 



Bowers, Stephen. Seven boxes of ethnological specimens and natural 

 history, from Sauta Barbara. 



Bowie, Mrs. R. G. Specimen of short tailed shrew (Blarina brecicauda). 



Boyd, C. R. Ores and minerals. 



Bracket, Col. A. G., U. S. A. Weasel, in flesh; badger-skin, skins of 

 Carpodacus, Pelecanus, and Eremophila; 2 hawks, in flesh; specimen of 

 Washington eagle and Arctic bluebird ; G specimens of horned lark 

 (Eremophila alpestris), in flesh ; and specimens of Leucosticte and Junco, 

 from Wyoming. 



Bradford andAnthony, Boston, Mass. Six boxesof fishing-tackle; patent 

 net, staff, and ring; 2 boxes of sportsman's utensils; plated ice-chisel, 

 and reel. (Deposited for Centennial.) 



Bradford, 1. Locks from Arkansas. 



Bradley, Prof Frank II. A suite of rock-specimens, from Georgia and 

 the western part of North Carolina. 



Bransford, Dr. John F., U. 8. N. Ten boxes of ethnologica and gen- 

 eral natural history, from Nicaragua. 



Bi asher, P. Model of Egg Harbor skiff. 



Breed, E. F. Two eggs of Carolina dove, Wisconsin. 



Brccdon, I. Chrysalids from Michigan. 



Breedon, Jacob. Collection of beetles, &c., Virginia. 



Br, /a r. ■limits JJ. Three models of fish-ways. 



