784 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886 



Tiles from Hollaml ; hiickH fidiu a. coiner -stone of the oUl conrt-hoiiso in Orange- 

 burgh, South Carolina. 



U. S. Gkoi.ogical Suuvev, Washiugton, District of Columbia. (Through 

 Frank Burns ) 17497. '86. (i) 



Blenhkim SrANiEi,. (Deposited.) 



Hou. Tiios.W. Palmer, Washington, District of Columbia. 17498. '86. (iv) 



Oil, from Costa Rica. 



TiNOCO & VoLio, San Jos6, Costa Rica. (Through Felipe Chamberlain.) 

 17499. '86. (I) 

 KixG Rail, liallus elegans {head and foot), for examination, 



Junius P. Leach, Rusbville, Illinois. 17500. '86. (xii) 

 Minerals, for examination. 



Charles Miller, Jr., Sanborn, New York. 17.501. '86. (xvi) 



American Hercules Beetle, Dynastes iityus. 



Dr. J. S. Hunter, Paragould, Green County, Arkansas. 17502. '86. (x) 

 Minerals, from Washington Territory. 



John J. Burns, Sprague, Lincoln County, Washington Territory. 17503. '86. 

 (XVI) 

 Ores, from West Virginia. 



Timothy Niiion, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. 17504. 'S'o. 



(XVIIl) 



Quartz and impure siderite, black band iron ore, for examination. 



Hon. W. L. Wilson, House of Representatives. 17505. '86. (xviii) 

 Manganese Ore, for examination. 



H. W. H. James, Fort Reno, Texas. ■ 17506. '86. (xviii) 

 LiMONiTE, brown iron ore, impure limonite, and bog-iron ore. 



Henry C.Moyer, Hilltown,Peuusylvania. 17507. '86. (xviii) 

 Bird Skins, for examination. 



William Brewster, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 17508. '86. (v, a) 

 Shell. Lucina acutUineafa Conr.,from Washington Territory. 



H.E.DORE, Portland, Oregon. 17509. '86. (xvi) 

 Dolomite, from San Luis Obispo, California. 



H. E. DoRE, Portland, Oregon. 17509. '86. (xvi) 

 Fossils, for examination. 



H. E. DoRE, Portland, Oregon. 17509. '86. (x) 

 Shell, Uiiio metanevnis, from Neosho River, Kansas, for examination. 



Dr. W. S. Newlon, Oswego, Kansas. 17510. '86. (ix) 

 Crude Petroleum (surface). 



C. L. Mitchell, Eagle Pass, Texas. 17511. '86. (xviii) 



Sea Snail, Liparis lineata. 



W. Herrick, Swan's Island, Maine. 17512. '86. (vii) 



Brass Idol, from Japan. 



A. F. WoosTER, Norfolk, Connecticut. 17513. '86. (ii, a) 

 Brown Grease, for examination. 



T. M. Ware & Co., Boston, Massachusetts. 17514. '8(;. (i) 

 Powdered Ore. 



C. CONOVER, El Dorado Canon, Lincoln County, Nevada. 1751.5. '86. (xvill) 

 LiMONiTH and schistose rock, for examination. 



Joseph Hoffstettkr, Grangeville, Idaho. 17516. '86. (xviii) 

 Stone used in playing an Indian game called "Chungkee." 



Mrs. Elling Shuping, Nokomis, Illinois. 17517. '86. (xii) 



