LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 



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Brimlky, H. H. & C. S.— continued, 

 rats, 11 Pouched (ioplier, and specimen 

 of Fremont's Squirrel, from New Mex- 

 ico (gift) (28796); salamanders (gift) 

 (28886); reptiles from North Carolina 

 and Arkansas (purchase) (28887); skin 

 and skull of a Mink, Piitoriiis risoii 

 (purchase) (29022); 4 specimens of 

 Xantus's lizards from California (pur- 

 chase) (29134); 8 reptiles from Texas 

 (purchase) (29336). 



Brisbin, Edward (Boise City, Idaho): 

 Antimony ore from a Mexican mine. 

 28675. 



British Muskitm (Loudon, England), 

 through Dr. Albert Giinther: Three 

 sjiecimens of Atya occidentalis. 28918. 



Brittox, Dr. N. L. (Columbia College, 

 New York City): Sixteen plants. Ex- 

 change. 28868. (See under Agricul- 

 ture, Department of.) 



Brokaw, L. W. (St. Joseph, 111.): Five 

 eggs (1 set) of California Pigmy Owl, 

 (ilancidiiim gnoma caJifornicmn. 28683. 



Brothers, Dr. L. J. (Washington. D. C.) : 

 Blondinnette Pigeon. 29110. 



Brown, B. S. (Eagle Pass, Tex. ) : Three 

 species of land shells. 28673. 



Brown, C. F. (Hot Springs, Ark.) : Mod- 

 ified quartz crystal (29293); 3 speci- 

 mens of quartz (29417). 



Brown, ,T. A. (Bridgeport, Cal.): Trav- 

 ertine from California. 29016. 



Brown, Mrs. J. Crosby (New York 

 City) : Gore, from New Hebrides Island, 

 obtained by Rev. Mr. Plat, and a horn 

 from Holland (29112) ; square piano 

 made by Broadbent, London, and a 

 Ranat-t'hoom (29145). Exchange. 



BuowN, Prof. 8. B. (West Virginia Uni- 

 versity, Morgan town, W. Va. ): Fossils 

 of the late Tertiary age (28750) ; fossil 

 plants (28758). 



Bruce, David (New Brunswick, N. .1.), 

 through Prof. J. B. Smith: One hun- 

 dred and seventy-five specimens, rep- 

 resenting 110 species of Noctuida-. 

 28834. 



Brithl, Dr. GusTAV (Cincinnati, Ohio): 

 Polished stone hatchet from the ruins 

 of Mitla, Mexico. 29324. 



Bri'NNEr, W. S. (See under Agriculture, 

 Department of.) 



Bryant, Henry (;. (Phihidelphia, Pa.): 

 Skeleton of a Polar Bear, lacking the 

 feet, obtained from the most northern 

 Eskimos during Mr. Bryant's connec- 

 tion with the Peary Auxiliary Expedi- 

 tion; Pek or skin tent, with frames for 

 the same; coinmitek or sledge; kaiak 

 or skin canoe, with harpoon lance, also 

 obtained in the same manner (28742; ; 

 skin of an Arctic Hare, and 4 birds' 

 skins, representing 4 siiecies from Arc- 

 tic America (29320). 



BucHEXAU, F. (See under Agriculture, 

 Department of.) 



Buck, Rev. D. S. (Lepanto, Ark.): Frag- 

 ments of charredhuman bones obtained 

 from a mound near Lepanto. 29382. 



Bullock, L. L. (New Y'ork City) : Speci- 

 men cjitalogue of impressions from 

 aluminum plates. 28691. 



Burns, Frank (U. S. Geological Survey) : 

 Sea-urchin (exchange) (28331); Mole 

 Shrew, lilarinabrevicaiida (gift) (28964) ; 

 3 vertebra* of Zeuglodon from near Co- 

 lumbus, Ark. (gift) (28970) ; land and 

 fresh-water shells from Mississippi 

 (gift) (28988). 



Burrows, D. B. (Lacon, 111.): Barred 

 Owl and Red-shouldered Hawk from 

 Texas (29457) ; through Major Bendire, 

 skin of Cassin's Sparrow, J'encwa Cas- 

 shii (28421). 



Bush, B. F. (See under Agriculture, 

 Department of. ) 



Caen, University of (Caen, France), 

 through Dr. A. Bigot: Plaster cast of 

 PelagosauruN fijpiis. 29337. 



Cesar, Gerhard (Franklin Furnace, 

 N. J.): Slickensides. 29.508. 



Caldwell, F. S. (Selkirk-on-Hndsou, 

 N. Y.): Molding sand. 28820. 



California Academy of Sciences (San 

 Francisco, Cal.), through Dr. J. G. 

 Cooper: Land shells from Lower Cali- 

 iforuia. 29340. (See under Agricul- 

 ture, Department of. ) 



California State Mining Bureau (San 

 Francisco, Cal. ), through Henry S. Dur- 

 den. Crystalline rocks (gift) (28620); 

 specimen of CoralUochama Oreniti, and 

 a specimen of Tamiosoifia ijrenuria, a col- 

 lection of ores and rocks from Califor- 

 ni;i, also minerals from the same locality 

 (exchange) (28803). 



