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Weston, William R. Tin k< bung-bucket" or " water-thief," and Province- 

 town doryuian's "fog" or " lipper" horn. 



Wetherby, A. G. Fifty species of shells, from Utah. 



Wharton, Joseph. Nickel and cobalt ores, massive and selected ; asso- 

 ciate minerals, and the products; nickel plates, bars, rods, wire, and 

 manufactures, nickel salts, &c; cobalt in bars; cobalt oxide and 

 salts; nickel magnetic needle ; nickel magnet. 



Wheat ley, Charles M. Suite of specimens illustrating the extraction of 

 copper from its ores by smelting. 



Wheaton, W. W. Iron-ores and furnace-products. 



Wheeler, S. I. Tuber of tuckahoe, from North Carolina. 



White Manufacturing Company. Collection of hunting-lamps. 



White, Dr. John B. Ethnological specimens, from California and Arizona. 



Whitehill, Dr. H. R., mineralogist of Nevada. Contributions from his 

 private cabinet. 



Whitmore, John J., (through C. G. Atkins.) Dried specimen of meuhaden 

 (Brevoortia menhaden), from mouth of Penobscot River. 



Wickes, George F. Ores and minerals, from Virginia. 



Wiggins, John B. Minerals, from Virginia. 



Wiggins, Pierce. Indian mortar and pestle, from California. 



Wiggins, Mrs. Lucinda. Two Indian baskets, from California. 



Wilbur, James H., Indian agent. Box of ethnologica, from "Washington 

 Territory. 



Wilcox, Dr. F. E., U. S.A. Specimen of paludal shells, from Kansas. 



Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. Four boxes of boat-fitting 

 apparatus, and apparatus illustrative of the fisheries. 



Wilcox Tanning Company, Wilcox, Pa. Tanned skins of bison. 



Wilder, General J. T., Tennessee. The ores, coals, fluxes, and other eco- 

 nomical minerals of the State and of the Chattanooga iron-district ; 

 map of the Chattanooga iron-district, &c; face carved from shell; 

 pierced and grooved stone sinker; chipped flint flake; large flat 

 (smoothing) tool; stone axes; pestle; spade-like implements ^per- 

 forated stone (sinker); agricultural implements; two clay bowls. 



Wilkins, W. & Co. Series of manufactured bristles and horse hair. 



Williamson, George, United States minister. Ancient pottery, from Guate- 

 mala. 



Willison, J. F. Birds' nests and eggs, from New York. 



Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Conn. Two rifles and 

 card of cartridges. 



Winters, Theodore, Nevada. Specimens bullion from the " Mexican 

 claim." 



Witherbee, T. F. Collection of the iron-ores of Essex County, New York, 

 in large and small masses. 



Wood, William J., Connecticut, rice-president of the Collins Company, and 

 for the company. A series of specimens illustrating the production 

 and uses of blister-steel in the manufacture of axes, mining-picks, &c. 



