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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



Ward's Natural Science Establish- 

 ment — Continued, 

 crustaceans (purchase) (31981) ; 5 Japa- 

 nese spongos (purchase) (31982); skel- 

 eton of Gangctic crocodile (purchase) 

 (32005) ; cast of a head of a small Right 

 whale (purchase "N") (32006); miscel- 

 laneous collection of land, fresh-water, 

 and marine shells from various locali- 

 ties (purchase " N ") (32054) ; skeleton 

 of a native Australian (purchase "N") 

 (32155). 



Ward, Prof. Lestkr F., U. S. Geological 

 Survey : Seven ty-sevenherbarium spec- 

 imens from Kansas and Oklahoma 

 (31358) ; 18 plants from South Carolina 

 (32037); specimen of Trifolium hybrid- 

 um (32172) ; specimen of Louicerajapoii- 

 iea from District of Columbia (32237). 



Wakden, Jacob, Berry ville, Virginia: 

 Red Bat, Atalapha borealis. (30958.) 



Warming, Dr. E., Director, Botanical 

 Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark: Six 

 hundred plants. Exchange. 31980. 



Washington, H. S., Locust, New Jersey: 

 Foi'ty-two volcanic rocks iroiu Italy, a 

 stone ax from Ben Hassan, on the Nile, 

 Egypt, and a hammer stone of gabbro, 

 from HeraioD, Argos, Greece. Ex- 

 change. 30911. 



Watson, J. M., Rose Normal Academy, 

 MartinsMills, Tennessee: Chippedflint 

 hatchet found near Martins M ills. 30950. 



Waychoff, a. J., Waynesburg College, 

 Waynesburg, Pennsylvania: Portion 

 of the skeleton of a child taljen from a 

 grave. 31364. 



Wayne, Arthur T., Mount Pleasant, 

 South Carolina : Four birds' skins, rep- 

 resenting 4 species from South Caro- 

 lina and Mexico (exchange) (30852) ; 

 3 birds' skins (exchange) (30906); 12 

 birds' skins from South Carolina 

 (exchange) (31273) ; 6 birds' skins (ex- 

 change) (31296); 9 specimens of Sharp- 

 tailed Sparrow and a King Rail 

 (exchange) (31344); specimen of Pine 

 Siskin {Spiinis pinus) and Leconte's 

 Sparrow {Ammodramus levontei) from 

 South Carolina (gift) 31920); 6 Seaside 

 Finches (purchase) (31970) ; '2 birds' 

 skins (gift)(32202) ; 11 birds' skins from 

 South Carolina (exchange) (32203) ; 5 

 specimens of Jmmodramus (purchase) 

 (32229); 2 specimens of Henslow's 

 Sparrow (exchange) (32243). 



Webb, C. H., New York City : Two speci- 

 mens of Dog Beetle, Gahrucella xan- 

 thomelana Schrank. 



Webb, De Witt, St. Augustine, Florida: 

 Five negatives and 4 prints of a giant 

 cephalopod (gift) (31572); sections of 

 muscular envelope of Octopus i/igan- 

 teiis Verrill (purchase) (31678): min- 

 nows, and specimens of Cyprinodon 

 rariegatits (gift) (31850). 



Webb, W. F., Albion, New York : Great 

 Blue Heron from Florida (gift) (30890) ; 

 3 shells (exchange) (31459). 



Webber, H. J., Eustis, Florida: Speci- 

 men of Juncua marginattts. 31216. 



Webster, Prof. F. M., Wooster, Ohio: 

 Type specimen of Apanteles orgyiw 

 Ashm. 32151. 



Weed, W. H. (See under Interior De- 

 partment, U. S. Geological Survey.) 



Wenzel, H. W,, Philadeljihia, Pennsyl- 

 vania: Eight specimens of Antltono- 

 mus Idtiiisciilus audAnthoiioinus nigrinu8 

 (gift) (31223) ; 36 specimens of coleop- 

 tera, representing 7 species (exchange) 

 (31366). 



Wesley, William & Son, London, Eng- 

 land : Bible, Genevan version, ir)77, and 

 a Latin Bible, printed in Nuremburgin 

 1478. Purchase "N." 32089. 



Weslkvan University", Middletown, 

 Connecticut, transmitted by Prof. S. 

 Ward Loper : Minerals, and 81 beetles, 

 representing 40 species, principall3'^ ob- 

 tained froui the (ape of Good Hope. 

 Exchange. 32213. 



Western Union Telegraph Company, 

 New York City, transmitted by T. T. 

 Eckert: Nineteen samples of various 

 types of Atlantic cables laid since 1858, 

 up to the present time (gift) (31262) ; 

 the original receiving telegraph appa- 

 ratus made by Prof. S. F. B. Morse, lead 

 type for Morse's telegraph, patent to 

 Morse, reissue No. 117, .Tune 13, 1848, 

 signed by James Buchanan, Secretary 

 of State, and Edmund Burke, C'ommis- 

 sioner of Patents (deposit) (31286) ; 18 

 pieces of telegraph apparatus (deposit) 

 (31652). 



Wethekby, a. G., Magnetic City, North 

 Carolina: Unios from the United 

 States, representing 3 species (31028) ; 

 119 specimens of dried plants (31312). 



Wheeler, C. F., Agricultural College, 

 Michigan : Specimen of Plantago L., 



