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wooden spoon obtained from an Indian of the Piegan tribe, Montana; 

 archaeological objects, chalcedonic concretions, and specimens of water- 

 worn chalcedony; pipe made by "Afraid-of-Nothing," a Sioux Indian, 

 and a pipe pouch made by an Indian of the same tribe: specimen of 

 hawk moth (Memaris Mffinis Bd). 



Pension Office. — From Mr. W. W. Cheshire was received a photograph 

 of the breastbone of a wild goose, perforated by an Eskimo arrow. 



From Merritt Lewis, esq., was received a carved stone pipe from 

 Clinton County, Mich. 



U. 8. Geological Survey. — The following statement will show the 

 extent of the accessions transmitted by the Survey daring the year: 



Through Map J. VV. Powell, director, was received a collection of 

 vertebrate fossils obtained from the estate of the late Dr. Joseph Leidy ; 

 specimen of pyrolusite from 1 mile west of Walnut Grove, in Murphrees 

 Valley, Etowah County, Ala.; 2 specimens of bornite from Gillis Com- 

 pany's mine, Guilford Comity, X. G; a large collection of cretaceous 

 invertebrate fossils, gathered in Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Oregon, 

 Washington, California, Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Mon- 

 tana; chalcedony from Frankfort, Ky. ; specimens of minerals from 

 various localities, consisting of agate, selenite, satin spar, calcite, 

 fluorite, quartz, phlogopite, chalcedony, massive apatite, stalactite, 

 dolomite and calcite, and kaolin in quartz geodes; 2 specimens of 

 sphalerite, 11 specimens of calamine, a specimen of galena, and 4 

 specimens of calcite from Aurora, Mo.; minerals, consisting of pink 

 grossularite, tridymite, orthoclase, sylvanite, emplectite, fluorite, mi- 

 metite, damesonite, adularia, smoky quartz, tourmaline, wernerite and 

 strontianite; 40 specimens of galena and 15 of sphalerite from Joplin, 

 Mo.; collection of fossil insects, constituting the group mentioned, 

 described and figured by Prof. S. H. Scudder, of the Geological Sur- 

 vey, Vol. xiii, Hayden Reports; specimen of wavellite from Steamboat 

 Springs, Chester County, I 'a. 



Collected by Dr. T. M. Chatard, 46 specimens of minerals from North 

 Carolina, 10 specimens from Georgia, and a specimen from Pennsyl- 

 vania, consisting of lucasite, asbestus, corundum, vermicnlite, enstatite. 

 talc, garnet, sun stone, andesite, diaspore, chrysolite, margarite, amphi- 

 bole and spinel. 



Collected by Mr. David A. llarrah, Burehard, Nebr., tooth of Vita 

 Indus destructor, a carboniferous selachian. 



Collected by Dr. W. P. Jenney, 4 specimens of galena, 12 specimens 

 «»f calcite on galena from Joplin.. Mo. ; 1!) specimens of pyrite. sphalerite, 

 cerussite and smithsonite from Galena, Kans. 



Collected by Mr. W. Liudgren, 34 specimens of radiated brown tour- 

 maline from Colfax, Nevada County, Cal. 



Collected by Prof. O. C. Marsh, specimens of invertebrate fossils 

 transferred from the Survey to the Museum. 



Collected by Dr. W. II. Melville, minerals from Dillon. Mont.: 29 



