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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



Palmer, William — Continued. 



horealis (32475); shrike from Falls 

 Church, Va. (gift) (33584) ; collection 

 of natural -history specimens from 

 Smith's Island, Virginia (32651) ; skunk 

 Mephitis mephiUca (32744) ; plant from 

 Scott Run, Fairfax County, Va. 

 (32782) ; specimen of Turnstone, Arma- 

 ria morinella (32787); 2 plants from 

 Nashville, Tenn. (32923); 5 specimens 

 of Trenton fossils from Na8hville,Tenn. 

 (32968) ; small collection of insects from 

 Nashville, Tenn. (32983); marine shells 

 and invertebrates from Smith's Island, 

 Virginia (33631) ; 2 rabbits from Smith's 

 and Fisherman's Islands, Virginia 

 (33666) ; 2 specimens of liubus odorata 

 from Great Falls, Va. (33670). (See also 

 under Dr. C. K. Clark.) 



Pammel, L. H., Ames, Iowa, received 

 through Department of Agriculture: 

 Two hundred and forty-eight plants 

 collected in Iowa (33435); 122 plants 

 (33629) exchange. 



Pape, C. W., Manhattan, Kans. : Five 

 skins and skulls of mammals, consist- 

 ing of 3 spotted skunks, mole, and 

 gopher. 32623. 



Parish, S. B., San Bernardino, Cal. : One 

 hundred plants from southern Cali- 

 fornia. Purchase. 32969. 



Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich. : 

 Series of specimens illustrating bio- 

 logical products and curative sera. 

 33542. 



Parker, Charles. (See under M. V. D. 

 Hadie.) 



Parker, Dr. E. Pendleton, Washington, 

 D. C. : Specimens of oligochiPtous 

 worms from the Potomac River. 33092. 



Parker, .1. B., Danville, Ohio. : Union- 

 idaj from Ohio. 33724. 



Parker, R. Wayne, Newark, N. J.: 

 Specimens of zinc ores from New Jer- 

 sey mines. 32688. 



Parlin, J. C, North Berwick, Me. : 

 Seven specimens of Aiitennaj'ia parli^iii. 

 33509. 



Partch, Rev. V. F. (See under Chinanfu, 

 China, Chinanfu Museum.) 



Patterson, A. .1., U. S. consul, Deme- 

 rara, British Guiana: Five birds' skins 

 from British Guiana. 32920. 



Paul, Miss Florence, Washington, D.C. : 

 Larva of Ltujoa criapata Peck. 32526. 



Payne, Elias J., Olympia, Wash. : Spec- 

 imens of building stones. 32523. 

 Peckham, Prof. G. W., Haitland, Wis. : 

 Three specimens of fossorial wasps 

 (new to the collection). 32428. 



Pedrick, W. E., Interior Department, 

 U. S. Geological Survey, transmitted 

 through C. W. Cross: Specimen of 

 tetrahedrite from Good Hope Mine, 

 Colo. .33723. 



Pembeck, H. C. (See under National 

 Pearl Button Company.) 



Pennock, F. M. (See under Quaker 

 City Fruit Company.) 



Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 

 (transmitted by T. N. Ely, chief of 

 motive power, Philadelphia, Pa., and 

 J. King McLanahan, Hollidaysburg, 

 Pa. ) : Piece of strap rail used on the 

 incline plane of the Portage Railroad 

 (32811); received through R. P. Snow- 

 den, assistant engineer, Camden, N. J., 

 16 pieces of stone blocks and a box 

 containing railroad spikes used in con- 

 structing railroad beds in 1831 (33467) ; 

 received through J. T. Richards, engi- 

 neer, maintenance of ways, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., section of 100-pound rail with 

 splice bar attached (33619). 



Pergande, Theo., Washington, D. C. : 

 Collection of insects from Central Amer- 

 ica (33260) ; quartziti^ pebble resem- 

 bling a hammer stone found on Cor- 

 coran Hill, Washington, D. C. (32759). 



Periolat, C. F., Chicago, 111. : Skin and 

 skull of a Mount St. Elias bear, Ursns 

 emmonsi. Purchase. 33159. 



Perky, Walter C, Bainbridge, Ga. : 

 Specimen of Anhituta, in the flesh. 

 33290. 



Peterson, O. A., Princeton, N. J. : Two 

 hundred and thirty - nine rodents 

 from I'atagonia, consisting of Cavia, 

 Ctenomys, Notomys, etc. Purchase. 

 33355. 



Phillips, Mrs. Eugenia. (See under 

 Suuthsonian Institution.) 



Phillips, Dr. W. A., Evanston, 111.: 

 Photograph of an Indian woman en- 

 gaged in spinning, and samples of fiber 

 and cord used. 33022. 



PiETERS, A. J., Department of Agricul- 

 ture: Plant. 32698. 



Pilsbry, H. a., Academy of Natural Sci- 

 ences, Philadelphia, Pa. : Sis specimens 

 of unios from Lake Okeechobee, Flor- 



