782 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSLUM, 1886. 



Prayer-book, usod by the army and navy of tlio CoufecTerate States, printed at 

 Richmond, I860. 

 Dr. R. A. Brock. Richmond, Virginia. 17461. '86. (i) 

 Stone Carving, of Egyptian scarabseus, obtained at Thebes, 1H64 ; also a piece of 

 wall-paper one hundred and twenty-five years old. 



William H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey. 17462. '86. (11, a) 

 Steel Engraving. Original steel-plate engraving of Trumbull's Washington, talicn 

 from Yale College portrait, 1 steel-roll, 1 steel plate, "the transfer." (Deposited). 

 Ten proofs taken fi-om the above j)lates, four proofs of the American eagle, show- 

 ing four stages of the engraver's work, and one sheet of gelatine tracing-paper. 

 (Presented). 

 Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D. C. 17463. '86. (i) 

 Key to the old War Department Building. 



Mrs. Alice Camp, Washington, D. C. 17464. '86. (i) 

 Bird Skins. Four species, among them Brachyramplms perdix Pall, hitherto con- 

 founded with B. marmoratus, from Kamtschatka. (Exchange.) 

 Dr. L, Stejneger. U. S. National Museum. 17465. '66. (V, A) 

 Oil from tlie stomach of Eulamiamilherti, taken oil" Cape Hatteras. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 17466. '86. (1) 

 Papal Military Medal, bronze, 1849. 



George H. Boehmer, Smithsonian Institution. 17467. '85. (i) 

 Insect, Telea polyphemus, for examination. 



M. LooMis, Terra Alta, Preston County, West Virginia. 17408. '86. (x) 

 Drugs, from New Grenada ; for examination. 



Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit, Michigan. 17469. '86. (i) 

 Eed-bellied Terrapin, Chelopus insculptus. 



George H. Tolbeiit, Battery Station, Havre do Grace, Maryland. 17470.. 

 '86. (VI) 

 Indian Implement, Cast of. An alligator-shaped object of white jasxiery flint. 



C. Armstrong, CarroUton, 111. 17471. '86. (iii) 

 Snow-shoes, used in the Adirondack Mountains. (Deposited.) 



Capt. Charles E. Bkndire, U. S. A., U. S. National Museum. 17472. '86. 



(II, A.) 



Chinese Stockings (one pair). 



Miss DOLLIE Leech, Washington, D. C. 17473. '86. (11, a) 



Fossils, including representations of 44 species of well-preserved fossils. 



H. C. Powers, Beloit, Wis. 17474. '86. (xiii, a) 

 Owl, Biiho virgiuiamis, a very fine si»ecimcn in unusually dark" plumage. 



A. F. WoosTER, Norfolk, Connecticut. 17475. '86. (v, a) 

 Garnet, of the variety coloplionite, an interesting occurrence. 



Otto E. Reimer, Santiago de Cuba. (Through Department of State.) 17476. 

 '86. (XVI) 

 Shaly Rock, for examination. 



Dr. W. S. Overton, Stony Creek, Virginia. 17477. '86. (xvii) 



Minerals. 



George P Merrill, U. S. National Museum. 17478. '86. (xvi) 



Tourmaline in Quartz. 



Prof. Tho.mas Robinson, Howard University, Washington, District of Colum- 

 bia. 17470 '86. (XVI) 



