134 REPORT OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Bradford, GersJion {tlirongli Gapt. C. P. Patterson, Superintendent, United 

 States Coast and Geodetic Survey). A box and barrel of oysters and 

 specimens of bottom of Chesapeake Bay. 



Bradley, William, Washinf/ton, D. C. Samples of marble floor-tiles. 



BradoUt & Co., Astoria, Greg. Samples of cans and labels used in the 

 packing of salmon, 



Brady, Edward. Specimens of mammals {Grnithorhynchus) and a bird- 

 skin ; from New South Wales. 



Bransford, John F., Parsed Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Navy. Two bricks 

 taken from the " Great Wall of China." 



Briand, Gapt. Auguste {Jthrough E. H. Hawley). A box of stone imple- 

 ments ; from France. 



Briggs Bean. Two specimens of Ohio building stones. 



Broadhead, Prof. G. G. Specimens of galena and sphalerite; from the 

 Einstein mine, Madison County, Missouri. 



Broadhead, Prof. G. G. A large collection of building stones from the 

 States of Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri. 



Brools, W. B., Ghief Engineer, U. S. Navy. Swords, bullet-pouch, 

 powder-charge, and wooden canteen, taken from the Coreans in 1871 

 by United States forces under Admiral John Rodgers, U. S. Navy. 



BrooJcs, Br. W.K.,John^RopMns University, Baltimore. Alcoholic speci- 

 mens of Benilla ; from Beaufort, N. C. 



Brown, D. A. Specimens of minerals. (For examination). 



Brown, Dr. J. J. Five species of land shells ; from the Gonave Islands. 



Brudon, Jacob. A small box of shells ; from Michigan. 



Britssels, Belgium, lioyal Museum of Natural History. Four boxes of 

 general natural history specimens. 



Bryan, Rev. G. B. Specimens of insects, shells, etc. ; from Virginia. 



Bryce, T. T., Hampton, Va. Samples of cans used for pickling oysters 

 and crabs. 



Bucklin, W. E. [through E. G. Blaclrford). A dried specimen of fish 

 {Boleosoma Olmstedi). 



Burdiclx, T. W. A specimen of fossil conglomerate ; from Iowa. 



Burnham and Morrill, Portland, Me. Samples of cans and labels used 

 for packing fish, etc. 



Bilsse, F. Specimens of fishes {Trigla, Soka, Trachurops, Tylosurus, 

 Scomber, etc.); from Germany. 



Butler, Hon. A. P. Specimen of rock-fish {Roccus lineatus) ; from the 

 Congares River, South Carolina. 



Bynum, J. G. Specimen of flexible sandstone ; from North Carolina. 



Bye, E. Mortimer. Eight si^ecimens of Maryland building-stones. 



Oalder, D. B. Two specimens of Ohio building-stones. 



California State 31 ining Bureau, San Francisco, Cal. Casts of Indian stone 

 l>estle8 and image; from California and Arizona. 



Calvin, S. Box of paleozoic fossils (sixty-three species) ; from Iowa. 



