728 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



PrioTOGRAPns of plaster-casts of a funeral column at Uxraal, Yucatan. 

 Dr. Le Plongkon, Uxuial, Yucatan. 16055. "85. (ii, a) 



Basketry.* 



Mexican Commissioner, Oaxaca, Mexico. 16656. '85. (ii, a) 



Straw Placque,* from Estatua de Colon. 



Mexican Commissioner, Oaxaca, Mexico. 16657. '85. (ii, a) 



JiCARAS * and stands, from Central America. 16658. '85. (ii, a) 

 Bark Canoe," from Chippewa Indians, Canada. 16659. '85. (ii, a) 



Seed Cells of Cacumis asinns* used as sponges and sti'ainers. Also a bonnet made 

 of the same material, from British Guiana. 

 William Fresson. 16660. '85. (ii, a) 



Seed Mat and Basket.* 



C. E. Jackson, U. S. Consul, Antigua, West Indies. 16661. '85. (ii, a) 



Turquoise (108 species), in gangue, New Mexico. 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. 1066-3. '85. 



(XVI) 



Ferruginous Sandstone, for examination. 



O. A. Blackman, Leavenworth, Crawford County, Indiana. 16663. '85. (xvii) 

 Bird-skins ;t 95 specimens mounted (mostly in excellent style), 59 species; collected 

 in the States of Puebla and Vera Cruz, Mexico ; forming part of the Mexican Govern- 

 ment exhibit at New Orleans. A very valuable acquisition to the collection, espec- 

 ially on account of the excellence of the mounting. Several species are thus for the 

 first time added to the exhibition series, while many old and poorl.y-mounted si)eci- 

 meus have been replaced by those of the present collection. 



The Mexican Geographical and Exploring Commission, through Prof. F. Ferrari 

 Perez. 16664. '85. (v, a) 



Insect, probably Lucilia or a Sarcophagid. 



Lavinia C. Dundore, Washington, District of Ccdumlua. 16665. '85. (xi) 



Macaroni and vermicelli-glutiuie. 



Louis Treres & Co., Turenne, France. 16666. '85. (i) 



RIVOLI Humming Bird, Eugenes fulgens (7 specimens). 



F. Ferrari Perez, Puebla, Mexico. 16667. '85. (v, a) 



Birds (91 specimens, 69 species), from Bardstown, Kentucky. 



C. W. Beckham, Smithsonian Institution. 16668. '85. (v, a) 



Photographs of limestone quarries in Warren County. 



Prof. J. R. Proctor, Lexington, Kentucky. (Through George P. Miniill.) 



16669. '85. (XVII) ' 



Reeves Pheasant, Phasianus reevesi, <? in the flesli. Prior to this accession )li»' 

 Museum collection had but one of these birds, a female. 

 Zoological Gardens of Philadelphia. (Through Arthur E. Brown, Esq.) 



16670. '85. (V, A) 



Chlorite, asbestus, and kyanite in quartz. 



George W. Lendereg, Roxbury, Connecticut. 16671. '85. (xvi) 



ScANDiA Phosphor-tin. 



Lewander & Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 16672. '85. (xviii) 



* Received from New Orleans Exposition through Department of State, 

 t For complete list of the natural history collections made- by the Commission, see 

 ''Proceedings United States National Museum," vol. 9, 1886, pp. 125-199. 



