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Prather, John G. Dried skin of alligator gar (Lepidosteus spatula); 

 from Black River, Arkansas. Accession 12745. 



Price, Dr. Henry M. Specimen of iron sulphide; from Virginia. Ac- 

 cession 13441. 



Priestley, Miss Frances D. Large collection of philosophical apparatus 

 used by her father, the late Dr. Joseph Priestley. Accession 13305. 



Pringle, H. L. Box of minerals; from Vermont. Accession 13748. 



Proctor, G. W. Specimen of harpoon; from California. Accession 12819. 



Pumpelly, Prof. R. Thirteen boxes of minerals collected by the Tenth 

 Census. Accession 12780. 



Pusey and Jones Company ( Wilmington, Del.). Model of U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission steamer "Albatross." Accession 12883. 



Quinnipiac Fertilizer Company. One box of fish scrap and guano. Ac- 

 cession 12075. 



Raley, John B. Specimen of quartz and pyrite ; from North Carolina. 

 Accession 12927. 



Rathbun, Richard. Two specimens of deep-sea turtles ; from off the 

 coast of Massachusetts. Accession 12923. 



Rau, Dr. Charles. Fragment of fishing-net ; from Aucon, Peru. Ac- 

 cession 13592. 



Rayner, Eli. Collection of nineteen species of minerals and ores for ex- 

 change. Accession 12907. 



Reilly & Bros. Two specimens of building stones; from Kentucky. 

 Accession 13301. 



Renneberg, Edicard. Model of apparatus for steaming oysters. (Pur- 

 chased.) Accession 12881. 



Reynolds, E. R. Pair of loons; from Swan's Point, Maryland. Acces- 

 sion 131 12. 



Rhode Island Society of Domestic Industry. First spinning-frame of 

 twenty-four spindles, and first carding-machiue to accompany it, the 

 progenitor of all cotton machinery in the country. Set up in 1790, at 

 Pawtucket, by Samuel Slater; also, complete set of the old apparatus 

 for breaking, hatchelliug, and spinning flax. Accession 13137. 



Richards, S. J; J. H. Specimens of fossils, coral (Astrea sp.), and 

 pharyngeal bone of the sheep's-head ; from near Fort Washington, 

 Potomac River. Accessions 13123, 13400. 



Riddleberyer, Hon. H. H. Specimen of galena ; from Virginia. Acces 

 sion 13587. 



Ridgway, D. Specimen of snake {Farancia abacura) and eggs; from 

 Indiana. Accession 13370. 



Ridgivay, J. H. Fresh specimen of juv. whale (Ziphius curvirostris) ? ; 

 from Barnegat City, N. J. Accession 13504. 



Ridgway, Robert. A valuable collection of birds' skins, nests, and eggs, 

 mammals, reptile^, crawfishes, shells, insects, fishes, Indian and stone. 

 relics, minerals, fossils, &c. ; from Indiana, Illinois, and Utah. Ac- 

 cessions 12014, 13040, 13007, 13079, 13097, 13130, 13139, 13215, 13259, 

 13274, 13277, 13314, 13741. 



