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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1898. 



Redding, R. J, — Contiunod.. 



ineiit, Ga. : Isopod crustiicniiue from a 

 well at Motcalf, Ga. ; collected by W. 

 A. Monroe. 33052. 



Reid, Dr. S. L., Routt, Ky. : Ten speci- 

 mens of Odontota dorsalis Thuub, and 

 specimen of Dynastes tityus Linn . 32497. 



Reynolds, A. .1., Connersville, Ind. : 

 Archaeological objects. 33087. 



Reynolds, Dr. E. K., Washington, D. C. : 

 -Sixty-live plants. .33636. 



Rhees, W. .J. (See under Meek, F. B., 

 estate of.) 



Rice, Miss S. T., Worthiugton, Mass.: 

 Three specimens of gentian. 32614. 



Richards, .J. T. (See under Pennsylva- 

 nia Railroad Company.) 



Richardson, James E., Ipswich, Mass. : 

 Bead of citrine quartz. 33059. 



Richmond, C. W., U. S. National Mu- 

 seum: Insects, marine invertebrates, 

 birds' skins, plants, shells, mammal, 

 bird skeleton. 32651. 



RiDENoiiR, William ]}., Scrauton, Pa.: 

 Pupa of Sphinx-moth. 32337. 



RiDGWAY, Robert, Myers, Fla. : Speci- 

 mens of Cariacus osceola, and of Sciurus 

 sp. ; 82 birds' skins from soutliern 

 Florida (33300) ; 83 birds' skins, reptiles 

 and batrachians, fishes, marine inverte- 

 brates, from Florida (33359); marine 

 shells, representing three species, from 

 Florida (33436) ; specimens of Song 

 Sparrow, in the flesh (3.3665) ; crocodile 

 eggs from Florida (33709). 



RiD(iWAY, Dr. Th. EDWAitD., Washing- 

 ton, D.C: Natural formation (concre- 

 tion) with two cavities, found near 

 Shrewsbury, N. .1. C32401); "clay- 

 more," from the battlefiehl of Bannock- 

 burn, used as astage sword by J. Wilkes 

 Booth (32405). Deposit. 



RiES, Heinrich, New York City: Clays 

 and kaolins from Germany, Saxony, 

 and other countries. .33289. 



RiLEV, .J. H., Falls Church, Va.: Three 

 specimens of Buteo latindmus and Geo- 

 thlypia formosa, from Virginia (33104) ; 

 29 birds' eggs (8 sets) from Virginia 

 (33346). 



Robeson, Mrs. M. I., Trenton, N. J. : Ma- 

 lay kris, and a short sword from Gil- 

 bert Island made of sharks' teeth se- 

 cured to a cocoa- wood handle; robe 



Robeson, Mrs. M. I. — Continued, 

 made from the skin of a Polar bear. 

 33186. 



Robinson, Dr. B. L., Botanic Gardens, 

 Cambridge, Mass. : Four hundred and 

 forty-six jilaiits from northwestern 

 Mexico, collected by Dr. Lumholtz in 

 1890 and 1892 (purchase) (32913); 1,700 

 specimens of plants belonging to the 

 John Ball collection : miscellaneous col- 

 lection of plants from the Gray Herba- 

 rium (gift) (.32922); 1,711 specimens of 

 the .John Ball collection of insects (pur- 

 chase) (32937). 



ROCKHILL, Hon. W. W., U. S. minister, 

 Athens, Greece: One hundred and nine 

 stereoscopic slides illustrating his jour- 

 ney through Tibet (32439) ; crossbow 

 for tiger killing, from Anioy, China 

 (32669); photograph of a cart used in 

 Sicily (32748). 



Roe, Francis A., Rear-Admiral, U. S. 

 Navy : Sword from Congo River, Africa, 

 obtained by Lieutenant Taunt. 32739. 



Roper, E. W., San Pedro, Cal. ; Marine 

 shells, representing 15 species, from 

 California (33426, 33685). 



Rose, ,1. N., U. S. National Museum: 

 Herbarium specimens collected in Btex- 

 ico (32303); 40 specimens of insects 

 from Mexico (33070) ; 45 plants (33197) ; 

 marine shells, representing 4 species, 

 from Guaymas, Mexico (33222); 6,000 

 plants collected in Mexico in 1897 



. (33695) ; 32 specimens of plants (33324) ; 

 land shells from Mexico, representing 3 

 species ''33642). (See also under Agri- 

 culture, Department of.) 



Rostan, Dr. A., Piemont, Germany : One 

 hundred and fifty-seven plants. Pur- 

 chase. 32621. 



RoTHROCK, Dr. Thomas, Howard, Pa.: 

 Stone implement, and teeth of a horse. 

 32599. 



RowLEE, Dr. W. W., Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y., transmitted by Dei)art- 

 ment of Agriculture : Fifty-three speci- 

 mens of dried plants collected in Green- 

 land. Exchange, 33233. 



Royal Arch Masons, Grand Chapter, 

 State of New York, transmitted by 

 J. W. Palmer, Secretary : Bronze medal, 

 commemorative of the centennial of 

 the G. C. R. A. M. of the State of New 

 York. 33234. 



