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REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1903. 



Field Collmbiax Museum, Chicago, 111.: 

 Plaster cast of a stone collar (exchange) 

 (40162); received through Mr. F. J. V. 

 Skiff, director, cast of sculptured cylin- 

 drical stone (exchange) (40351); re- 

 ceived through Prof. S. E. Meek, rep- 

 tiles and batrachians from Mexico 

 (exchange) (40379); meteorite from 

 Saline Township, Kans. (exchange) 

 (40585); received through Dr. 0. C. 

 Farrington, section of meteorite from 

 Indian Valley, Floyd County, Va. (ex- 

 change) (40853). 



Finn, Louis D., Blacksburg, S. C. : Speci- 

 men of iron ore and asbestos from 

 mines near Blacksburg. * 40740. 



FiscHEK, V. (}., Washington, D. C. : 

 Three baskets and a leather water 

 bottle. 40043. 



Fish Commission, U. S., Hon. G. M. 

 Bowers, Commissioner: Paddle-fish, 

 Dog-fish, and Gar-pike (39959); Cirri- 

 peds from Porto Rico, collected by the 

 steamer Fish Hawk, in 1889 (39998); 

 received through Vinal N. Edwards, 

 crabs, shrimps, and fishes from Woods 

 Hole, Mass. (40084); molds of fishes 

 made by S. F. Denton for the Fish Com- 

 mission exhibit at the World's Colum- 

 bian Exposition (40186); dried plants 

 from island;: in thecentral Pacific Ocean, 

 obtained during the cruise of the Alba- 

 tross in 1899-1900 (40199); 4 speci- 

 mens (type and cotypes) of Procelsterna 

 saxaiilis from Necker Island (40215); 

 crabs representing the genus Punopeus, 

 from Sheepscot River, Maine, collected 

 by W. C. Kendall (40363) ; crustaceans, 

 corals, and mollusks collected during 

 the Albatross Hawaiian Expedition of 

 1902 and the Samoan Expedition of the 

 same year (40409); received through 

 Dr. C. H. Gilbert, Hawaiian {Albatross) 

 crustaceans and corals (40520) ; received 

 through Dx-. D. S. Jordan, Japanese 

 fishes collected by the steamer Alba- 

 tross (40525) ; types and several cotypes? 

 of fishes collected in Maine by W. C. 

 Kendall (40673); specimen of darter, 

 Hadropterus evenaanni, cotype, col- 

 lected in Lake Tippecanoe, Indiana, 

 by W. J. Moenkhaus (40686); about 



Fish Commission, U. S. — Continued. 

 1,000 specimens of land and fresh- 

 water shells from Indiana (40807); 

 imperfect skeleton of a cetacean repre- 

 senting the sjjecies Pseudorca'crassidens 

 (40812); plants collected by Mr. Chan- 

 cey Juday at Twin Lakes, Colorado 

 (41091); 81 birds' skins, principally 

 from Laysan Island, birds' eggs and 

 nests from Laysan Island and Necker 

 Island, and 2 human skulls and frag- 

 ments of skulls from Lanai, Hawaiian 

 Islands (41092). (See under Dr. O. P. 

 Jenkins. ) 



Fisher, Dr. A. K., Department of Agri- 

 culture: Nest and 4 eggs of Helmin- 

 thopliila pinus. 41226., ( See also under 

 Department of Agriculture; and Hardin 

 Irwin. ) 



Fleming, J. H., Lake Joseph, Muskoka, 

 Ontario, Canada: Specimen of NympJiiea 

 Variegata from Lake Joseph. 39689. 



FLETCHfiii, Dr. James, Central Experi- 

 ment Farm, Ottawa, Canada: Speci- 

 mens of Nymphica hybridaand Xymphpca 

 variegata (39704); received through Dr. 

 L. O. Howard, cynipid gall (39758); 25 

 specimens of Lepidoptera (40484); 3 

 plants from Canada (40561). (See 

 under Department of Agriculture.) 



Fletcher, Orrin K., Acting Hospital 

 Steward, Manila, Philippine Islands: 

 Two eggs of Megapodins rumraingi from 

 the Philippine Islands. 40701. 



Flett, J. B. , Tacoina, Wash. : Specimens 

 of XympJuca polysepala, and 120 plants 

 from Washington (gift and exchange). 

 39606; 40111. See under Department 

 of Agriculture. ) 



Flint, Dr. James M., U. S. N. (retired): 

 Japanese martin [Mustela). 40352. 



FoHS, F. J., Marion, Ky.: Specimen of 

 flnorite (gift) (40660); 19 species of 

 subcarboniferous fossils and 2 speci- 

 mens of prismatic sandstone (gift) 

 (40721); specimen of flnorite (ex- 

 change) (40798). 



FooTE Mineral Company, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.: Fourteen specimens of minerals 

 from various localities (purchase) 

 (40127) ; tourmaline in lepidolite from 



