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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Randall, F. A. (Warren, Pa.) : Chemung 

 and AVaverly formation fossils. Ex- 

 change. 30490. 



Randolph, P. B. (Seattle, Wash.) : Shells 

 and insects (29541, 29720, 29966, 30580, 

 30654). 



Ransome, F. L., transmitted by H. W. 

 Turner, United States Geological Sur- 

 A'ey: Two specimens of lawsonite. 

 30092. 



Rked, Henry A. (New York City), 

 through George C. Mayuard: Galvano- 

 meter used in testing telegraph lines in 

 1855, hrouglit from London by Prof. 

 S. F. B. Morse. Lent. 29700. 



Remick, a. B. (Taylors ville, Cal.) : Speci- 

 men of epidote. 29594. 



Reverchon, J. (See under Agriculture, 

 Department of.) 



Rhoads, S. J. (See under Agriculture, 

 Department of. ) 



Rice, B. W. (Oasis, Utah): Three speci- 

 mens of rtychoparia hingi. 30599. 



Richardson, Fred. (.Jamestown, Colo.) : 

 Specimen of Silk moth, Attacus coliim- 

 Ma, Sm. and Abb. 29535. 



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

 seum : Reptiles, plants, 3 skeletons of a 

 Black Skimmer, birds' eggs, specimens 

 of Trachynotus carolinus, Menidia, Cypri- 

 vodon rarieyatus, and Fundulus hetero- 

 clitits, mammals, marine invertebrates, 

 specimen of Rhinoceros Beetle, Dynastes 

 tltyiis, and a small collection of birds' 

 skins, from Smiths Island, Va (29648) ; 

 25 birds' skins, representing 5 species, 

 from Nicaragua (29788) ; suake (30306) ; 

 reptiles and batrachians from Smiths 

 Island (30312). 



Rickseckeh, a. E. (See under Agricul- 

 ture, Department of.) 



RiDGWAY, Robert, U. S. National Mu- 

 seum : Alcoholic mammals, reptiles, 

 mammals (30481) ; 148 birds' skins from 

 Florida (30509); 42 birds' skins from 

 various localities (30510) ; reptiles and 

 a specimen of Gar Pike, Lepidosteus 

 osaeus, from Vincenncs, Ind. (30526). 



Riley, J. II. (Falls Church, Va.): Nest 

 and 3 eggs of Grasshopper Sparrow, 

 Ammodramus savannarum 7?o8se?'fn»s. 

 30731. 



Roberts, Mrs. Percy (New Orleans, La. ) : 

 Specimen of Cyathus atriatus. 29820. 



Robertson, E. Loring (Fillmore, Utah) : 

 Horn spoon found in an ancient cliff 

 dwelling in the Grand Canyon of the 

 Colorado River, Arizona. (Presented 

 to the Smithsonian Institution and 

 transferred to the National Museum.) 

 29595. 



RoBiNETTE, G. W. (Flag Pond, Va.): 

 Shells from Virginia (30715, 30772). 



Robinson, H. T. (See under Smithson- 

 ian Institution, Bureau of Ethnolog5^) 



Robinson, Lieut. Wirt, U. S. A. (Hub- 

 bard Park, Cambridge, Mass.): Crus- 

 taceans, ophiurans and echinoderms, 

 insects, birds, mollusks, mammals, rep- 

 tiles (29679) ; 7 species of land shells 

 from the West Indies (29758) ; 25 birds' 

 eggs, representing 7 species, also 3 

 nests from Venezuela, South America, 

 and a bird's nest from the West Indies 

 (new to the Museum collection), 2 

 specimens of insects from Venezuela 

 (29803"); collection of birds' eggs from 

 Virginia (29913) ; 139 birds' skins, in- 

 cluding types of 11 new species from 

 Margarita Island and the adjacent 

 mainland of Venezuela, also 21 birds' 

 skins from Bogota (30148); 16 birds' 

 skins, ])rincipally ducks, from various 

 localities (30194);' 11 mammal skins 

 (30203). 



Rockhill, Hon. W. W., Assistant Secre- 

 tary of State (Washington, D. C): A 

 small bird-shaped earthenware whistle 

 (29808) ; letter written in the Tibetan 

 language (29892) ; Korean tobacco- 

 pouch (30022) ; letter written in the 

 Tibetan language (30613); ethnolog- 

 ical objects from Korea, collected by 

 Dr. H. N. Allen (30677). ^ 



RooKVi^ooD Pottery Company (Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio), transmitted by W. W. Tay- 

 lor, president: Five specimens of pot- 

 tery and 5 glass jars containing raw 

 material used in making pottery. De- 

 posit. 30.586. 



ROMEYN, Captain Henry, U. S. A. (Fort 

 McPherson, Ga.): Two specimens of 

 Allorhina nitida. 29562. 



Roper, E. W. (Dublin, N. H.): Three 

 hundred and fifty-five specimens of land 

 and fresh-water shells from Jamaica 

 (29668) ; 2 species of land and marine 

 shells (29896). 



' Purchase. 



' Exchange. 



