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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



Britts, Dr. J. H. — Continued. 



Meek, (gift) (31380) ; type specimens of 

 fossil plants (exchange) (31528). 



Broders, a. C, GarSeld, Virginia: Rnde 

 notched implement from Fairfax 

 County. 31045. 



Brodie, James, Biloxi, Mississippi: Two 

 fragments of pottery and a copper 

 sinker found on Big Ridge, near Biloxi, 

 and a sjiecimen of Granatocrinns, a 

 blastoid from the Lower Carboniferous, 

 10 miles north of Huutsville, Alabama. 

 32219. 



Brodnax, B. H., Brodnax, Louisiana: 

 AVood covered with fungus. 31149. 



Brooks, A. H., U. S. Geological Survey : 

 Five specimens of Hamilton fossils from 

 Cornwall, Orange County, New York. 

 32012. 



Brown, C. F., Hot Springs, Arkansas: 

 Specimen of quartz. 31968. 



Brown, C. S., Memphis, Tennessee: Two 

 hundred and eighteen plants from the 

 Azores. Purchase. 30891. 



Brown, E. J., Washington, District of 

 Columbia: Birds' skins and birds' eggs. 

 (31201, 31559). 



Brown, Glenn, Washington, District of 

 Columbia: Orbicular granite from 

 Stokes County, North Carolina. 31388. 



Brown, H. E., Clear Creek, California: 

 Ninety -one plants from Oregon and 

 California. Purchase. 31854. 



Brown, Lincoln, Woodside, Maryland : 

 Sixteen specimens of Camharus barioni. 

 30942. 



Brown, Mrs. M. E., New York City : Two 

 rattles made of tinned plate and small 

 wire rings obtained from the western 

 coastof Africa (gift) (31612) ; Smountcd 

 and 2 unmounted photographs of per- 

 sons v,'ith musical instruments and a 

 photograph of a portal)le organ, proba- 

 blytheNimfali(gift) (31791); abellfrom 

 Japan, bell used by the Buddhistpriests 

 in worship, and a bell used by Shinto 

 priests in worship (exchange) (32008). 



Brown, Mrs. N. M. (See under E. W. 

 Nelson.) 



Brownlow, Hon. W. P., House of Repre- 

 sentatives: Specimen of Ant-eater, 

 CycJohmts (gift) (31604); birds' skins 

 and eggs and a nest from British Hon- 

 duras (31605). 



Bi;rxTON, D. W., Aspen, Colorado: Three 

 specimens of polybasite. 31613. 



Bryant, E. S., Minot and Grftnd Harbor, 

 North Dakota : Skin of White-rumped 

 Sandpiper, Trintja fuscicoUis (gift) 

 (32103) ; birds' eggs and a nest (31069). 



Bryant, H. G., Philadelphia, Pennsylva- 

 nia: Geological specimens from Green- 

 land (gift) (31832); 14 ethnological 

 objects from Inglefield Gulf, Green 

 land (exchange) (32010). 



Bry'ant, O., Longwood, Florida: Living 

 Unionidie. 31911. 



Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, 

 Pennsylvania, transmitted by Dr. Flor- 

 ence Bascom : Geological material from 

 South Mountain, Pennsylvania. Ex- 

 change. 31713. 



BuFFORD, Henry. (See under Interior 

 Department: U. S. Geological Survey.) 



Burger, W. C, Blacks, California, trans- 

 mitted by Hon. S. G. llilborn: Tooth 

 of a fossil elephant. 31412. 



Burns, W. R., Concord, Kentucky: Au- 

 tograph letter of Thomas Jefferson 

 to George Otis, dated July 18, 1820. 

 32031. 



Burtch, Verdi, Penu Yan, New York: 

 Fresh-water shells (31242); specimens 

 of Vivlpara contccfoidcs, showing varia- 

 tion of color bands (31261) ; Unios from 

 Niagara Falls representing 3 species 

 (31445); Unios from the United States 

 representing 6 species (31468) ; Uuion- 

 idaj from the eastern section of the 

 United States representing 3 species 

 (31574) ; Unionida>. from the eastern 

 section of the United States represent- 

 ing 5 species (31669). 



Bush, B. F., Courtney, Missouri : Land 

 and fresh-water shells from Missouri, 

 representing 20 species (gift) (31429); 

 botanical specimens (purchase) (31429, 

 31765, 31798, 31829, 31836). 



Buzzard, S. S., Berkeley Springs, West 

 Virginia: Sample of maple wood with 

 natural ingrafting. 31554. 



Calcutta, India : Botanic Gardens: 409 

 herbarium specimens (31213); 326 bo- 

 tanical specimens (31842). Exchange. 



California Academy of Sciences, Sua 

 Francisco, California, transmitted by 

 L. M. Loom is: Twelve birds' skins 

 (exchange) (31198); 4 type specimens 

 of plants (gift) (31532); transmitted by 

 Dr. J. G. Cooper, shells, from various 

 localities, representing 7 species (gift) 

 (32032). 



