88 ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS. 



Wallace, John. Brazilian head-dress made of beetle-wiugs ; head of 

 black-tailed deer, {Cariacus colunihianns) carcass of bird. 



Wasson. John, surveyor- general, Arizona ; collection of minerals from 

 Arizona ; collection of iron ores from Arizona. 



Webb, J. G. Two barrels of shells from Florida. 



Webber, Mrs, F. P. Specimens of arrow-heads from Georgia. 



Webber, Mrs. Mary C. Fossils from Alabama. 



Webster, Colonel. Specimen of little blue heron {Florida cwrulea) from 

 Potomac Eiver. 



Weelis and Potter. Sample of ambergris from Indian Ocean. 



WeJfley, B. P. Virginia deer in flesh {Cariacus virginianus) from Cum- 

 berland, Md. 



Wells, iS. H. Dried potatoes from La Junta, K. Mex. 



Welsher, H. W. One bottle of alcoholic fishes from Ferry Landing, Ya,; 

 one sturgeon {Acipenser) and four gar-fishes, {Lepidosteus osseus.) 



Wendt, A. F. Box of minerals from New York. 



Wesleyan University. See under Middletoim, Conn. 



Wheeler, Lieut. Geo. M. Collection of skins and alcoholic collection of 

 mammals; two boxes of fossils and minerals; eight hundred and 

 ninety bird-skins, six nests, eleven eggs, seven hundred and sixty 

 coleoptera, forty-three lots of hemiptera, one hundred and ninety- 

 four hymenoptera, one hundred and forty-five lepidoptera ; botanical 

 collection of 187-1; Indian blankets, quivers, &c. ; six skins of gray 

 fox {V'ulpes littoralis) from Santa Cruz, Cal.; t;vo boxes of type 

 fossils. 



Wesche, Charles E. Specimen of beetle from New Mexico. 



Wetherby, A. G. Stone implements from Ohio. 



White, Dr. C. A. Cast of fossil tooth from Iowa; fragment of the 

 " great Iowa meteorite." 



White, W. F. Nest and eggs from Mebanesville, N. C. 



Whiteaves, J. S. Sixteen bottles of alcoholic fishes from Saint Lawrence 

 Eiver and Gulf; forty-five species of shells from Gulf of Saint Law 

 reuce. 



Whitman, G. P. Specimens of crevalle and crab; sea-mouse, {Aphrodite) 

 from Massachusetts. 



Whitney Armory. Two rifles and one shot-gun, breech-loading. 



WicJcs, George T. Fossil ore and ("?) brown hematite. 



Wiggans, John B. Steatite pyramid from Chula, Amelia County, Ya. ; 

 unfinished stone implement from same place. 



Williams, Raven & Co. Fur-seal skins from Patagonia. 



Williamson, Hon. George, TJ. S. minister, Guatemala. Ethnological collec- 

 tion from Guatemala. 



Wilson, A. D. Nest and four eggs of white-tailed ptarmigan {Lagopus 

 leucurus) from Colorado. (Dr. Hayden's expedition.) 



Wilson, Eev. C. W. Two copper beads from Wisconsin. 



Woodforth, Philip R. Specimen of horns and hoofs of domesticated 

 bovines. 



