APPENDIX VI. 



Specimens Sent to the Museum for Examination and Report. ^ 



The following is a complete list of the specimens received for 

 examination and report, arranged alphabetically by names of senders, 

 during the year ending June 30, 1896: 



Academy of Natural Sciences, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa. — Transmitted by Wit- 

 mer Stone: Owl. 3479 (II). 



Albien, H. a., Custer, S. Dak.: Ful- 

 ler's earth. (Returned.) 3434 (XIII). 



Alexander, Dr. C. L., Charlotte, N. C: 

 Bird-shaped object. 3315 (XIV). 



Alford, Charles, Kenly, N. C: Stone. 

 (Returned.) 3512 (XIII). 



Allen, J. A., American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York: Three 

 birds' skins from South America. 

 (Returned.) 3359 (II). 



American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York: Fifty-one birds' 

 skins. (Returned.) 3337, 3420 (II). 



Anderson, S. M., Glendale, Utah: 

 Rocks. (Returned.) 3588 (XIII). 



Andrews, Dr. E. A., Johns Hopkins 

 University, Baltimore, Md.: Crab. 

 (Returned.) 3455 (VIII). 



Andrews, J. E., Gainesville, Fla. : Rock. 

 8634 (XIII). 



Anthony, A. W. , San Diego, Cal. : Three 

 birds' skins. 3539, 3614 (II). 



Appleton, J. W. M., Salt Sulphur 

 Springs, W. Va.: Ore; supposed coal. 

 3669 (returned). 3696 (30644) (XIII). 



Armstrong, C. J. , Wolcott, N. Y. : Sup- 

 posed meteorite. (Returned.) 3334 

 (XH). 



Arnold, B. W., Palmetto, Fla.: Sili- 

 ceous sand. (Returned.) 3532 (XIII). 



Arnold, H. C, Kenton, Okla.: Ores. 

 (Returned.) 3470 (XIII). 



AsHDOWN, J. H. , Manse, Nev. : Mineral. 

 (Returned.) 3743 (XII). 



Attwater, H. p., San Antonio, Tex.: 

 Three hundred birds' skins. 3693 

 (30609) (II). 



Avery, Frank B., Savannah, Ga.: 

 Stone implement. (Returned.) 8404 

 (XIV). 



Axe, B. E., Auburn, Wash.: Roots of 

 plants. 3639 (XVII). 



Babbitt Brothers, Flagstaff, Ariz.: 

 Rock. 3576 (30408) (XIII). 



Bacon, Mrs. Lydia, Nevada, Ohio: 

 Fragments of a supposed meteorite. 

 (Returned.) 3496 (XII). 



Baker, Frank C. , Chicago Academy of 

 Sciences, Chicago. 111.: Mollusks. (Re- 

 turned.) 8760 ( VI) . (See under Chi- 

 cago Academy of Sciences.) 



Baker Institute, Baldwin. Kans. — 

 Transmitted by Prof . C. S. Parmenter: 

 Insects. (Returned.) 3739 (VII). 



Balsley, Dr. T. E., Reidsville, N. C: 

 Spider. (Returned.) 3312 (VII). 



Barnes, W. A,, Marshall, Va.: Insect. 

 (Rettirned.) 3398 (VII). 



Bateman, Dr. C. H., Newport, Tenn.: 

 Mineral. (Returned.) 3706 (XII). 



Baumgartel, a. G., Holland, Mich.: 

 Head of a duck. (Returned.) 8733 



(11). 

 Beard, D. P., Omaha, Nebr.: Fungus. 



3771 (XI). 

 Beattie, Mrs. Hamlin, Greenville, S.C. : 



Rocks. (Returned.) 3547, 3582 (XIII) . 



1 The first number accompanying the entries in this list is that assigned on the Museum records 

 to sendings "for examination." The number in Roman, in parentheses, indicates the depart- 

 ment in the Museum to which the material is referred for examination and report. When 

 material is permanently retained, a number of another series, i. e., the permanent accession 

 record, is placed in parentheses between the two sets of numbers referred to. 



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