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National Society — Continued. 



one of a set from which bullets were 

 made for use during the Revolutionary 

 war, also 2 photographs of Mrs. Har- 

 riet Perry Stafford, of Cottage City, 

 Massachusetts, who presented the plate 

 to the society (31371); silverteastrainer 

 owned by Wildred Washington, aunt 

 of George Washington, shirt and mit 

 worn by William Woodford at his 

 christening about 1760, a candle from 

 Yorktown, Virginia, and one from Ger- 

 mantown, Pennsylvania, in use during 

 the Revolutionary war, letter of Wil- 

 liam Woodford dated Bethlehem, Octo- 

 ber 6, 1777, and a specimen of Conti- 

 nental money, eight dollars of the issue 

 of 1775 (31488); china punchbowl of 

 India ware that belonged to Col. R. H. 

 Harrison, aid-de-camp to General Wash- 

 ington, presented by Elizabeth Sinclair 

 Jones, and a china cup of India ware 

 150 years old, presented by Mrs. Ste- 

 phen J. Field (31611.) Deposit. 



Nebraska, University of, Lincoln, 

 Nebraska; transmitted by Prof. E. H. 

 Barbour: Five tablets of mounted 

 small specimens of Dicmonelix, 2 speci- 

 mens of Dicmonelix and 10 structural 

 specimens of the same. Purchase. 

 31498. 



Nelson, Aven, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Laramie, Wyoming: Thirteen 

 specimens of Wyoming Umbellifene 

 (gift) (31350); 125 specimens of dried 

 plants (exchange) (31933). (See Agri- 

 culture, Department of.) 



Nelson, E. W., Mexico, Mexico; trans- 

 mitted by Mrs. N. M. Brown : Two 

 hundred and seventy-five Mexican 

 plants (purchase) (30898); 25 plants 

 from Mexico (purchase) (30899); 213 

 Eskimo ethnological objects (purchase) 

 (31796); 138 plants from Mexico (pur- 

 chase) (31217); 21 Mexican plants 

 (gift) (31648).) (See under Agriculture, 

 Department of.) 



Nesmith, H. M., Buffalo Gap, Texas: 

 Oxidized septarian nodule. 32211. 



Neville, E. A., Austin, Texas: Egg of a 

 whjte-necked raven. 31579. 



New Brunswick Red Granite Com- 

 pany, Calais, Maine: Specimens of 

 granite from Calais, and New Bruns- 

 wick, Canada. 31849. 



Newhall, W. H., U. S. National Museum : 

 Specimen of Cyanocitta cristata from 

 Falls Church, Virginia. 31953. 



Newsam, Frank, Mapleton, Illinois: 

 Block of bituminous coal containing 

 large fragments of mineral charcoal. 

 Deposit. 30939. 



Nicholson, Prof. H. A., University of 

 Aberdeen, Scotland: Geological mate- 

 rial from England and Scotland. 32141. 



Niven & Hopping, New York City: 

 Badger skin and skull from Tulare 

 County, California. Purchase. 31012. 



NoBiLi, Joseph. (See under Turin, 

 Italy: Royal Zoological Museum.) 



Nordstrom, O. F., I'unxsutawney, 

 Pennsylvania : Two specimens of 

 Epeirafasciata. 31807. 



North, H.N., Government Hospital for 

 the Insane, Washington, District of 

 Columbia: Four snakes (gift) (32251); 

 drilled ceremonial object (deposit) 

 (31450). 



NozAWA, S., Sapporo, Japan : Collection 

 of reptiles, batrachians, and fishes 

 from Yezo Island. 31755. 



Nutt, David, London, England: Rux- 

 torf's Rabbinical Bible, in two vol- 

 umes. Purchase. 31132. 



Nutting, Prof. C. C. (Sea under Iowa, 

 State University of.) 



Ogburn, Burt, Phopnix, Arizona: Three 

 pieces of cane or reed, and fragments of 

 string or yarn found in a cave near Phav 

 nix (31539) ; fragments of three shell- 

 rings from Arizona (31742) ; specimen 

 of painted pottery found on an ancient 

 ruin in the Salt River Valley (;31967). 



Oldroyd, Mrs. T. S., Los Angeles, Cali- 

 fornia: Six shells from San Pedro 

 (31430); coral from California (31978). 



Olds, Henry, Woodside, Maryland: 

 Specimens of Ammannia koehnei and 

 Qnercifs pahistris. 31124. 



Olmstead, Mrs. S. H., care Prof. F. W. 

 Clarke, U. S. Geological Survey : Poster 

 of an early stage-coach used iu the year 

 1821. 31702. 



Olnev, Mrs. M. P., Spokane, Washington : 

 Shells, representing two species. 31629. 



Oregon Agricultural College, Cor- 

 vallis, Oregon, transmitted by Prof. A. 

 B. Cordley: Cmh [Pinnotheres). 32266. 



OsBORN, Dr. E. H., Kansas City, Kansas: 

 Specimen of Corydalus cornntus Linn. 

 32271. 



