REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 89 



Bangs, C. (Wolverton, Minnesota), sends sketch of a stone implement concerning 



which lie desires information. 



Bartow, Miss K.mii.v | Rock Creek, Wyoming), asks for information concerning the 

 Yellowstone Nal ional Park. 



Bateman, George W. (Cincinnati, Ohio), makes inquiry regarding the bibliography 

 of African exploration. 



lb leling, A. II. (Florence. Alabama), desires a determination of a fossil plant from a 

 description of the same which he semis. 



Benedict, W. II. (Porl Henry, New York), desires information regarding crustacean 

 tracks in Potsdam sandstone. 



BENZON, Hans (Indianapolis, Indiana i, desires to know where he may sell to the best 

 advantage a collection of bird eggs, also an opinion as to the value of the same. 



BlBB, \V. C. (Montgomery, Alabama), seeks information concerning the technology of 

 petroleum and the petroleum products. 



Blackmar, F. \\\ (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland), desires refer- 

 ence to a book treating of the scope and finances of the Smithsonian Institution. 



BLANKIN8HIP, J. W. (Drury College, Springfield, Missouri), seeks information regard- 

 ing mounds and " Mound Builders." 



Bodecker, J. K. (Williamsport, Pennsylvania), makes certain inquiries concerning 

 G vernment publications. 



Rons, CHRISTIAN (Royal Swedish and Norwegian Consulate, New York City), inquires 

 where skins of tin Musk Ox may be obtained. 



BOURNE, GEORGE S. (South Hutchison, Kansas), seeks information in reference to 

 mushrooms. 



Boyer, H. S. (Suubury, Pennsylvania), desires information regardinga a two-headed 

 snake. 



BROWN, C. A. (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands), desires reference to an account of a 

 species of mullet occurring in the Gulf of Mexico; also sends photograph of a 

 fish for determination of the species. 



BROWN, Rev. H. M. (East Aurora, New York), desires information regarding a coin, 

 an electrotype copy of which he sends. 



BROWN, M. E. (Orange, New Jersey), makes inquiries regarding musical instru- 

 ments. 



Browne, F. C. (Framingham, Massachusetts), desires information concerning a pre- 

 historic stone implement, a plaster cast of which he sends. 



BRUMBAUGH, G. M. (Normal College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania), makes inquiry 

 concerning eases and boxes used iii the Museum for the display of mineralogical 

 collections. 



BuGBEE, EDWARD P>. (Los Angeles, California), desires reference to a work on 

 Ornithology that will assist him in determining the birds of his locality. 



BURROWS, D. B. (Malvern, Arkansas), asks the title of a publication relating to the 

 birds of Arkansas. 



BURT, K. C. (Chatham, Ontario), makes inquiries concerniug Government pnblica- 

 t ions. 



lb i rON, Mis- SUSAN S. (Litchfield, Ohio), seeks information regarding the value of 

 coins and other currency. 



Callender, Alexander (Eureka, Illinois), desires Information concerning a coin, a 

 descripl ion of which he sends. 



CANTWELL, Lieut. John 0. (U. S. Revenue Marine Service), makes inquiry regard- 

 ing the composition of certain specimens of supposed jade. 



Chambers, Warren (Chicago, Illinois), asks questions regarding the longevity of 

 toads and as to the credibili ty of accounts of their having been found alive in- 

 eased in solid tin k. 



Chittenden, C. E. (Scranton, Pennsylvania), asks an opinion as to the use of a stone 



implement, a sketch of which he transmits. 



