LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO TIIK MUSEUM IN 1884. 425 



Unexcelled Fireirorks Company. lo3SG. Campaign badges and regalia. 



Union iStone Company. 151G7. Samples of emery and (;oiunduTu in 

 the rock and in the grain as prepared for commerce. 



University of Cambridge, England. l-4!24(). Skeleton of Delphi n u.s- 

 tnrsio. 



University <if Cvford, England {through Prof. 11. X. Moselcy, F.R.S.). 

 l.SOOT and 14001. t>peeimens of .Tnra.ssii.' fossils, plants, crnstacea, 

 and braeliiopods from stone tields near Oxford, England; also box of 

 plaster casts of mammals and birds, 



Upham, Mrs. E. P. 14820. Specimen of insect from Masfc^Mclinsetis. 



Vail, Stephen. 14140. The Morse telegrai)h instrument — the only re- 

 maining one of the two made at the Speedwell Iron Works, Morris- 

 town, ]S. J., and the one which received the tirst telegraph message, 

 " What hath God wrought ! " in 1844. 



X^ance, Mrs. S. P. 14758. Specimen of carved stone pipe from Ken- 

 tucky. (Loaned.) 



Vansiee, Mrs. Isaac. 15o'27. Collection of minerals from Xatural 

 Bridge, N. Y. 



Van Tuyle, Stnhora Marie Louise. 14485. Twelve specimens of wax 

 fruits, 7 cloth figures, and 1 native tea-set made of paper from Brazil. 



Van Winkle, A. >S. 14471. Two small specimens of fishes from Iowa. 



Van Berlepech, Count. 14422. Collection of birds' skins from South 

 America and Malacca. 



Von Ringharz, Theodore. 15145. Specimen of mineral from North 

 Carolina. 



Waddell <& Co., R. J. 14704 and 14733. Sijecimens of polishing ma- 

 terial (ground and bottled pumice and rotten -stone). 



Wake County, North Carolina. 152GG and 15315. Specimen of soap- 

 stone and red sandstone. 



Walcotf, C. D. 15140 and 15209. Four specimens of minerals from 

 Globe coi)per mines, Arizona; also samples of acorns used as food 

 by the Apache Indians. 



Walker, John and Charles. 14200. Alcoholic specimens of birds, bats, 

 reptiles and insects from Illinois. 



Waller, Williain. 14G00. Stone imi)lement liom Kentucky. 



Wanlass, John. 14843. Specimen of miner's lamp, with match box and 

 picker. 



Ward, Prof. Henry A. 14170, 14G23, 146G0, 14731, 14771, 14837. 1401G, 

 14020, 14074, and 15212. Collection of birds' skins, skins and skele- 

 tons of mammals, ostrich and emu eggs, shells, corals, buildinjj: 

 stones, &c., from various localities. 



Ward and Hoicell. 14310, 14G84, 14750 and 14010. :\Iinerals, gems, 

 and cut stones. (Purchased.) 



Warren, Allen. 1530G. Specimen of fossil coral from marl bed near 

 Granville, X. C. 



