716 EEPOET ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Seals, Fhoca groenlandicn {2 skins). 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Locust Grove, New York. 1C417. '8.^). (iv) 

 Birds, Tardus pallasi, Vireo olivaccus, Mijiarclius crinitus, Empidonax flavivcnlrin, Con- 

 topusvirens, Spliyropicus rarius (7 specimens), from New Hampshire. 



W. H. Fox, Washington, District of CohimWa. 16418. '8.5. (v, a) 

 Imture Quartz, containing pyrite and sphalerite. 



D. W.M. Wright, Holly Brook, Bland County, Virginia. 1G419. '85. (xvi) 

 Insects, Macro-lepjidoptcra (20 species), collected in California by Mr. Charles Fuchs, 

 of San Francisco. 



JOHX B. Smith, U. S. National Museum. 16420. '8.5. (x) 

 Copper Ornament, from a mound in Greenup County, Ky. 



W. Kinney, Scioto County, Ohio. 16421. '85. (iii) 

 Pisolite and Oolite, and concretionary forms of calcite. 



A. B. QuiNAN, Dillon, Montana. 16422. '85. (xvi) 

 KOCKS. (Exchange.) 



H. M. Malling, Portland, Maine. 16423. '85. (xvii) 

 Fossil Plants, from the coal-measures of Indiana, and casts of plants in coal. 



Fletcher M. Noe, 130 East New York street, Indianapolis, Indiana. (Sent to 

 Professor Lesquereaux.) 16424. '85. (xiv) 

 Chalcocite, liornite, quartz, chalcopyrite, calcite, clay, copal and strontianite (45 

 specimens). 



Government of Costa Rica (through L. C. Quiutero, United States vice-con- 

 sul). 16425. '85. (XVI) 

 Rattlesnake, Crotalus conflucntn-i (skin, without head), from Colorado. 



Miss Dottie Blackburn (through Col. J. Stevenson). 16426. '85. (vi) 



Diabase, from Lewiston, Maine. 



George P. Merrill, U. S. National Museunu 16427. '85. (xvii) 

 Limestone Conglomerate, from West Virginia. 



Frank Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio. 16428. '85. (xviii) 

 Ear of Rabbit, Lcpits sp., with three abnormal horny growths upon it. 



G, HiLLJE, Schulenburgh, Texas. 16429. '85, (iv) 

 Ceremonial Object of stone nearly rectangular, from Madison County, Indiana, 

 and ceremonial weapon resembling a double axe, from Jefferson County, Indiana. 



George Spangler, Madison, Indiuua. 16430. '85. (iii) 

 Black Tourmaline, from Ashe County, North Carolina. 



Donor unknown. 16431. '85. (xvi) 



Vanadate of Lead, from Zacatecas, Mexico. 



Dr. H.G.TORREY, U.S. Mint, New York. u;i:!2. '85. (xviii) 



Auriferous Calcite. 



Col. George L.Shoup, Salmon City, Idaho. 16433. '85. (xviii) 



Crystalline lens of a Ceplialopod, from Peru. 



George F. Kunz, New York, New York. 16434. '85. (ix) 



Fish, Ftcroph-ynoidcs histrio, from the Gulf of Mexico. 



Rev. Dr. Hinsdale, Biloxi, Mississippi. 1G435. '85. (vii) 



Siliceous Concretion. 



C. C. Hoffmeister, Mossy Creek, .JcfVtirsou Coimty, Tennessee. 16436. '85. 

 (XVII) 



Bird-skins (29 species, 30 specimens). 



Capt. Charles E. Bendire, U. S. Anuy, Fort Custer, Montana. 16437. '85. 



(V,A) 



