748 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Antiquities. A slcnll and bones from an Indian grave, and a clay pipe, one-laalf of a 

 .sm;ill clay vessel, and 5 copper beads, from a nionnd near Warner's Landing, 

 Vernon County, Wisconsin. Also a leaf-shaped implement, with a handle at- 

 tached. 

 Dr. J. L. De Witt, Newton, Vernon Couuty, Wisconsin. 1G974. '85. (iii) 



CONE-IN-CONE, a peculiar concretionary form. 



Dr. J. L. Dk Witt, Newton, Vernon County, Wisconsin. IG374. '35, (xvii) 

 Invertebrate Fossil, Ostrea congesta. 



Dr. J. L. De Witt, Newton, Vernon County, Wisconsin. 16974. '8.5. (xiii, b) 

 Fossil Shells, specimens of Choneies and Prodacns, with sections of crinoid stems. 



M. J. Becker, Fort Scott, Kansas. 16975. '85 (ix) 

 Monkey, Cekc<ebus sp. (?), specimen in the flesh. 



II. B. Everett, Dime Museum, city. 16976. '85. (iv) 

 Earth, for examination. 



John Brooks, Hedrick, Rush County, New York. 16977. 8'5, (?) 

 Tapa Cloth, Samoan Islands, 1869. 



Lieut. Commmauder Charles V. Gridley, U. S. Navy; U. S. steamer "Kear- 

 sage." 16978. '85. (ii, a) 

 Rocks. A collection of over 100 specimens, including diorites, diabases, gabbros, sye- 

 nite, granite, gneiss, mica-schist, quartz, quartz-porphyry, slate; also a vertical 

 column showing relative age and comparative thickness of the Archa'au, Cam- 

 brian, and Silurian formations of this slate, etc., from New Hampshire. 



C. H. Hitchcock, Hanover, New Hampshire. 16979. '85. (xv) 

 Shellac, crude and commercial, and articles showing its use. 



Thomas Donaldson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 16980. '8.5. (i) 

 Red Granite. 



H.D.Gurney, Saint Paul, Minnesota. 16981. '85. (xvii) 

 Coke. 



H. Simon, 20 Mount street, Manchester, England. 16982. '85. (xviii) 

 Grey Corundum and kyanite, from Georgia. (Exchange.) 



N. P. Pkatt, Atlanta, Georgia. 16983. '85. (xvi) 

 Bronze Medal. Annual Assay of the Mint, 1776-1876. 



Wm. J. Green, U. S. National Museum. 16984. '85. (i) 

 Deer, Cervus axis, three days old. 



W. A. Conklin, Central Park Menagerie, New York City. 169S5. 'S5. (iv) 

 Red tailed Buzzard, Bnfeo horealis, from Fayette County, Kentucky. 



T. H. Morgan, Broadway, Lexirgton, Kentucky. 16986. '85. (v, a) 



Steam-transportation. Drawings, pieces of iron rail, castings, etc. 



Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Camden, New Jersey. (Through J. E. 

 Watkius.) 16987.' '85. (i) 

 Coke. 



H. Simon, 20 Mount street, Manchester, England. 16988. '85. (xvm) 



Birds. A collection of 171 specimens, 68 species, mostly from the Old World. Amongst 

 these may be especially mentioned a good series {2'i) of Red-polls {Acanthis), A. 

 Unaria, from western Siberia and Japan ; A. caheret, from England, and A. cjilipes, 

 from western Siberia. The greater part of the collection, however, consists of 

 water birds. 

 Henry Seebohm, Loudon, England. 16989. '85.. (V, a) 



* Decorated Ostrich Egg and two feather fans. 16990. '85. (i) 



* Received from New Orleans Exposition through Department of State. 



