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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



BiLLiN(iS, W. R. (Ottawa, Canada): Oue 

 hundred and thirteen s))eciniens of 

 Trenton brachiopods from the vicinity 

 of Ottawa. Exchange. 30645. 



BiXKLEY, S. II. (Alexandersville, Ohio) : 

 Arrowht-ad with an accretion of lime- 

 stone. 29727. 



Bishop, H. R. (New York): Specimen of 

 Silesianjade. 30037. 



Black, C. A. (See nnder Department of 

 Agriculture.) 



Blackburn, Dr. J. W. (Washington, D. 

 C): Snake from the grounds of St- 

 Elizabeth's asylum. 30315. 



Blackburnk, W. E. (See under De- 

 partment of Agriculture.) 



Blackford, J. W. (Berkeley Springs, 

 W. Va.): Bullet found in St. Johns 

 Run, near Berkeley Springs, supposed 

 to have been one of the bullets fired 

 by the British troops under General 

 Braddock. 29781. 



Blackmar, Gen. AV. W. (Boston, Mass.) : 

 Two photographs of the "Grant chair." 

 30668. 



Blair, R. A. (Sedalia, Mo.): Twenty- 

 seven specimens of Lower Carbonifer- 

 ous (Choteau) fossils (29697) ; 18 speci- 

 mens of Lower Carboniferous (Choteau) 

 fossils (29765). 



Blaisdkl, Dr. F. E. (Mohel Hill, Cal.): 

 Type specimen of Helops stenotricho- 

 ides, Blaisdel. 30430. 



Blake, W. P. (director Arizona School 

 of Mines, Tucson, Ariz.): Two speci- 

 mens of volcanic tufa. 30382. 



Blanciiard, G. (Junction, Ohio): Ar- 

 row and spearheads, grooved axes, and 

 other objects from Paulding County, 

 30273. 



Blanch ARD, Prof. Raphael, (Paris, 

 France): Alcoholic parasitic worms. 

 Exchange. 29624. 



Blasdalk, W. C. (See under Agricul- 

 ture, Department of.) 

 Blodgett, Frederick (New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J.): Specimens of Lygodiuvi 

 palmatum. 30113. 

 Blunck, a. E. (Johnstown, N. Y.) : Prize 



Red Pyle Game fowl. 30722. 

 Boas, Dr. Franz (New York) : Series of 

 cedar-bark ornaments and masks from 

 Fort Rupert, British Columbia. Pur- 

 chase. 30192. 



Beoepple, J. F. (Muscatine, Iowa) : Cu- 

 riously formed pearl taken from a Unio. 

 30714. 



BoFiLL, Senor Arturo (Museo Marto- 

 rell, Barcelona, Spain) : Three speci- 

 mens of Cretaceous gastropods. 30367. 



Bond, G. J. (Washington, D. C): Ar- 

 row obtained from the Sioux Indians. 

 30340. 



Bonnet, AndrI*; (Paris, France) • Col- 

 lection of Tertiary fossil shells from the 

 Paris Basin. Exchange. 29607. 



Booth, John (Coalville, Utah) : Min- 

 erals. 30149. 



Boucard, a. (Oak Hill, Spring Vale, 

 near Ryde, Isle of Wight, England) : 

 One thousand three hundred and for- 

 ty-six birds from variotis parts of the 

 world (29707) ; 1,.580 birds' skins from 

 different regions, containing many 

 species and several genera new to the 

 Museum collection (30421). 



Bowers, M. A. (Little Rock, Ark.) : 

 Galls of Pemphigus populicaulis. 30068. 



Bowles, C. W. (Poukapog, Mass.): 

 Nest and 4 eggs of Swamp Sparrow, 

 Melospiza (jeorgiana, from York County, 

 Me. (29734 ) ; nest and 5 eggs of Swamp 

 Sparrow (30720). 



BoYCE, S. S. (See under Department of 

 Agriculture.) 



Boynton, F. E. (See under Department- 

 of Agriculture.) 



Boynton, Mrs. H. V. (Washington, D. 

 C): Nest of California Bushtit from 

 Pasadena. 30537. 



Bradley, Edgar J. (Happy Valley 

 WaterAvorks, South Australia) : Three 

 crabs, a hermit crab, and two cray- 

 fishes (29831) ; shells, crabs, specimen 

 of Myrmeeia forjicata, Fab., and two 

 Geckos (29895) ; 11 specimens of 

 Chasmagnathus Itasivelliamis, White- 

 legge (30107); starfish, crabs, and 

 specimens of Br anchio2ms {30o7 5). Ex- 

 change. 



Braida, S. C. (Washington, D. C): Pair 

 of iron stirrups from San Joso, Costa 

 Rica, supposed to have belonged to the 

 Cortez period. 30128. 



Bra ley, Miss Etta, (Washington, D. 

 C): Specimen of Lachnosterna diffinis, 

 Blanch, from Arkansas. 30603. 



Brandagee, Mrs. Katharine. (See 

 under Agriculture, Department of.) 



