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REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



Beck, R.H.,Berryessa, California; Twen- 

 ty-three birds' skins. 31476. 



Bkckers, Alex., Hoboken, New Jersey: 

 An adjustable Becker's stereoscope. 

 32191. 



Beckett, W. H., Woodbury, New Jersey : 

 Arrow and spear heads, a grooved ax, 

 and fragments of pottery. 31992. 



Beck^vith, Paul,U. S. National Museum: 

 Ten-cent fractional currency of the 

 issue of 1874 (32195) ; ten-barreled re- 

 volver, used during the war of the 

 rebellion (32261). 



Beechek, Dr. C. E., Yale Museum, New 

 Haven, Connecticut: Six fine sjieci- 

 mens of Echhiocaris costalis Beecher; 2 

 specimens of Trojndocaris iicarinata 

 Beecher, 16 specimens of N^ucitla cor- 

 buliformis, and 3 specimens of Lingula 

 (31455); 2 models of Triarthrus iecld, 

 showing the limbs (31570) ; model of a 

 Trilobite, with appendages (31616). 



Bendire, Maj. Charles, U. S. A. (See 

 under George Griffin, A. Hewitt, Dr. 

 J. C. Merrill, R. S. Williams.) 



Benedict, J. E., U. S. National Museum: 

 Specimen of Scalops aquaticus from 

 Woodside, Maryland (gift) (30846); 

 Chimney Swift, Chcvtura pelagica, in 

 the flesh (gift) (31147) ; 4 salamanders 

 from Nashville, Tennessee (collected 

 for the National Museum) (32158). 

 (See under J. D. Mitchell.) 



Benedict, J. E. jr., Woodside, Maryland: 

 Devonian specimen of Stropheodonta, 

 Exchange. 31676. 



Bennei'.s, G. B., Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 

 vania: Four sets of birds' eggs and 2 

 nests from Comal (Jounty, Texas. Ex- 

 change. 31283. 



Benson, H. AV., Kelseyville, California: 

 Concretions from Lake County, Cali- 

 fornia. 31551. 



Benton, Frank, Department of Agricul- 

 ture: Young pea-fowl, in the flesh. 

 31340. 



Berckman, p. J., Augusta, Georgia: One 

 hundred bulbs of HymenocaUis. Pur- 

 chase. 31135. 



Berlin, Germany: 

 Botanical Museum: 476 plants from 

 Argentine Republic and 517 plants 

 principally from Brazil (exchange) 

 (31707) ; three fragments of Angelica 

 viexicana (31751). 



Berlin, Germany — Continued. 

 Royal Museum of Natural History, 

 transmitted by Prof. O. F. Cook: 

 Myriopods belonging to the Family 

 Craspedosomatidaj. 31339. 

 Royal Zoological Museum: Crabs, 

 representing32 species (31481) ; trans- 

 mitted by Dr. Paul Matschie ; speci- 

 men of Monophiillns redmanni. 

 (31607.) (Exchange.) 



Bernard, Dr. F., Paris, France: Type 

 specimens of Condiflocardia and Hoch- 

 stetteria from southern seas. 31337. 



Bethel, E., Denver, Colorado: Nine her- 

 barium specimens. 31106. 



Bettesworth, G. W., Omaha, Nebraska: 

 Four photographic views, a publica- 

 tion entitled "An Omaha Idea," and *S 

 fragments of pottery (31988); photo- 

 graph of a stone ax and fragments of 

 pottery found in the ash strata near 

 Omaha (32065). 



Beyer, Dr. G. E., Tulane University, New 

 Orleans, Louisiana: Plaster cast of a 

 fragment of jiottery representing an 

 animal's head (31608) ; plaster casts of 

 a human skull and of pieces of pottery 

 (32101^; plaster castofahematite plum- 

 met (32282). 



BiBBiNS, Arthur, The Woman's College, 

 Baltimore, Maryland : Specimen of wa- 

 vellite from Mount Holly Springs, 

 Pennsylvania. 31663. 



Biedekman, C. R., Gold Hill, Oregon: 

 Slung shot found in Placer Mine, near 

 Rogue River; collection of double-ter- 

 minated crystals from Sierra Blanca, 

 New Mexico, and petrified wood from 

 near Gold Hill. 32149. (See under 

 Prof.J.W.Meritt.) 



Bierstadt, E., New York City: Two 

 frames containing pictures of rugs, 

 illustrating the jirogress of color print- 

 ing from gelatine plates. 31090. 



Biltmore Herbarium, Biltmore, North 

 Carolina, transmitted by C. D. Beadle, 

 Curator: Five hundred jdants (ex- 

 change) (31818) ; 3 specimens of Tril- 

 liiim (gift) (32238). 



BiscOE, H. L., New York City: Collec- 

 tion of badges worn at the Sixth Re- 

 union of the Ex-Confederate Veterans, 

 Richmond, Virginia. 30928. 



Black, William, Dale, Idaho, transmit- 

 ted by R. L. Packard: Leaf-shaped 



