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KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



Barnum, Lieut. M. H., U. S. Army, Fort 

 Assinniboine, Mont, : Wood, rat, Neo- 

 foma cinerea. 32816. 



Barrett, O. W., Clarendon, Vt. : Dip- 

 tera from Mexico (32993); 57 specimens 

 of Mexican lepidoptera (33078); collec- 

 tion of insects from Mexico (33168) ; 

 Mexican coleoptera (33221) ; 27 speci- 

 • mens of Mexican diptera (33310) ; small 

 collection of Mexican diptera (33440). 



Bartsch, Paul, U. S. National Museum: 

 Specimen of Brunuich's Murre, TJria 



■ lomvia, from the Potomac Eiver, near 

 Washington (32400); 28 shrikes and 

 redpolls (exchange) (32580) ; 2 snakes 

 from Virginia (32719) ; 3 salamanders 

 from Virginia (32799); 15 podurids 

 (33335) ; 2 frogs from Glen Sligo, Mary- 

 land (33624). 



Bates, George L., Benito, West Africa: 

 Collection of mammal skins and skulls. 

 Purchase. 33492. 



Batter, John D., London, England: 

 Chromosylograph: "Eve" (Japanese). 

 Presented to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion and deposited in the National Mu- 

 seum. 32331. 



Baxter, R. T., Fishkill, N. Y. : Specimen 

 of Photuris pennsylvanica De Geer. 

 32304. 



Beadle, C. D., Biltmore, N. C, through 

 Department of Agriculture, Plants 

 (gift) (32372); plants (exchange) 

 (33389); (exchange) (33570). (See un- 

 der Agriculture, Department of.) 



Bkadle, H. M., Washington, D. C. : Cop- 

 j)er ore from near Linden, Va. 32563. 



Bean, Dr. Tarleton H., New York 

 Aquarium, New York City : Three speci- 

 mens of Silversides, from Water Mill, 

 Long Island (33187) ; specimens of Ela- 

 gatis bijrinnulatus ; Polydactijliis octone- 

 mu8 ; Scomber pneumatophor us ; hybrid 

 trout, S, fario x S. fontinalis; crusta- 

 ceans (33577) ; specimen of Venus mer- 

 cenaria (33644). 



Beck, Dr. G. von. (See under Vienna, 

 Austria: K. K. Naturhistorisches Hof- 

 museum, Botanische Abtheiluug.) 



Beck, R. H., Berryessa, Cal. : Five birds' 

 skins from islands near California. 

 33603. 



Beckett, W. H., Woodbury, N, J, : Rude 

 leaf-shaped implements and arrow- 

 heads found in Gloucester County, N. J, 

 33391. 



Beckwith, Paul, U, S. National Mu- 

 seum : Badge of first lieutenant of the 

 Union Veteran Corps (32939); pocket 

 clock (33041); souvenir gilt medal 

 struck by the Omaha Exposition Com- 

 pany (33727). 



Bell, Alexander G., Washington, D. C. : 

 Phonograph ; 40 pieces of telegraphic 

 apparatus; 19 pieces of induction bal- 

 ance apparatus; an audiometer; 20 

 pieces of photographic apparatus. 

 33721. 



Bell, Hon. John C, House of Represent- 

 atives: Ten photographs of rock in- 

 scriptions, from Colorado Valley. 

 33018. 



Benedict, A. L., Bufialo, N. Y. : Twenty 

 archajological objects, consisting of 

 arrowheads, fragments of bone, and 

 pottery from a kitchen-midden near 

 Buffalo. 33610. 



Benedict, J. E., U. S. National Museum: 

 Two salamanders from Nashville, Tenn. 

 32973. 



Benedict, J. E., jr., Woodside, Md. : 

 Snakes and salamanders (33395, 33444). 



Benguiat, Hadji Ephraim, San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal. : Silver jiointer for Penta- 

 teuch, seventeenth century, Morocco; 

 manuscript of Book of Esther in a sil- 

 ver case, Fez, Morocco ; washbowl and 

 pitcher of Turkish gilt work used at the 

 Passover; piece of tapestry "Golden 

 Calf" sixteenth century, Spanish; 

 "Judgment of Solomon," "French 

 petit point" tapestry, seventeenth cen- 

 tury. Deposit. 33164. 



Benjamin, Dr. Marcus, U. S. National 

 Museum: Badge of a Judge of 

 Awards, Tennessee Centennial Expo- 

 sition (33029) ; small glass lamp for 

 burning whale oil, from Ware, Mass. 

 (33086) 



Benjamin, Mrs. Marcus, Washington, 

 D. C. : Badge and button of the Union 

 Veteran Union, and of the Sons of Vet- 

 erans. 32833. 



Bentley, W. a., Nashville, Vt. : One hun- 

 dred photographs of snow crystals. 

 Purchase. 33452. 



Berlin, Germany: KoniglichesBotan- 

 isciiES Museum, transmitted by Divi- 

 sion of Botany, Department of Agricul- 

 ture : Sixteen specimens of dried plants 

 from various localities in the Old World. 

 33001. 



