150 REPORT OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Paris, France. IMnsenm of Katiiral History. Box of alcoholic speci- 

 mens of natural history. 



PatricJc, Jason. Two specimens of building-stones ; from Tennessee. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Academy of Natural Sciences. Plaster casts of ants' 

 nests. (Purchased). 



Phillips, Barnet. Box of samples of the " Ogeeche lime." 



Peelor, Pavid. Fossil coal-print; from Pennsylvania. 



Pierson, A. B. Specimen of birtl ; from 'New Jersey. 



Pilling, George P., Philadelphia, Pa. Four silver-plated " Patent Cow- 

 Milkers." 



Pinhham, Joseph. Two specimens of minerals ; from Virginia. 



Piatt tt Co., Baltimcrre, Md. Two samples of cans used in packing oys- 

 ters. 



Pocasset Manufacturing Company, Fall River, Mass. Samples of manu- 

 factured cottons. 



Poey, Prof. Felipe. Living boa-constrictor and box of insects ; from 

 Cuba. 



Polleys, Hon. W. H., United States Consul, Barbados, West Indies. Spe- 

 cimens of shell celts and infusorial earths ; from Barbados. 



PollocTc, John S. Indian arrow-head ; from Hamilton County, Ohio. 



Porter, William H. Specimen of butterfly. 



Portland PacTcing Company, Portland, Me. Samples of cans used in pack- 

 ing fish, etc. 



Powell, Hon. Samuel. Tank of alcoholic specimens of fishes, etc. ; from 

 Newport, R. I. 



Powell, S. W. Specimens of worms infesting meadows at Madison, 

 N. Y. 



Power, A. H. A large, fresh specimen of salmon; from the Merrimac 

 Eiver, N. H. 



Poivers & Weightman, manufacturing chemists, Philadelphia, Pa. Seven 

 boxes of chemical products and manufactures. 



Prentiss, J. C. Specimen of " bog ore"; from near Eavenna, Ohio. 



Price, James. Two specimens of building-stones from Tennessee. 



Prince, Pavid. Specimen of mineral; from Kew Jersey. 



Prince, S. F., d) Co., South Dorset, Tt. Two specimens of Vermont build- 

 ing-stones. 



Printz, Lorenzo. Copper plates and disks; found in Fairfax County, 

 Virginia. 



Pf(lle)\i Clarence. Sixteen specimens of Kansas building-stones. 



Pyhas, B. Fossil ; from Alabama. 



Quiclc, Edgar B. Specimens of young moles [Blarina drevicauda)', from 

 Indiana. 



Quinn, James, Portland, Oreg. Three samples of cans used in the jjack- 

 ing of Columbia River salmon. 



Bamsey, If. A. Specimens of plants ; from Xorth Carolina. (For identi- 

 fication). 



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