LIST OP ACCESSIONS. 805 



Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio). Seventeen birds' skins, chiefly from Africa, 

 and mostly new to the collection. 21810. 



Offutt, F. I. (U. S. National Museum). A badge of the Oneida Republican Battery 

 (21773) ; an etching: representation of the engagement between the Constitu- 

 tion and the Guerriere ("22088). 



Oldfield, Mrs. Catherine Chase (Baltimore, Maryland). Four pieces of silver, 

 formerly the property of Judge Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Inde- 

 pendence. 2212(5. 



Oldham, A. S. (care Hon. P. T. Glass, House of Representatives). Two sets of 

 buckhorns found in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. 20935. 



ORCUTT, C. R. (San Diego, California). Shells from Lower California (20983); 

 mammals, mammal skin, and a snake from San Diego, California (22058); in. 

 sects, mostly coleopter a (22108); a collection of fossil fresh-water shells from 

 Colorado Desert (22156) ; specimens of Mnrex CaUfornicus Hds. and Tritonidea 

 insignis Roe, from Lower California (22166). 



Ornithology and Mammalogy, Bureau of. (See under Agriculture, Department of.) 

 Osborn, Allen B. (Osboruville, New Jersey). Fresh specimens of Carp caught in a 



seine at Reedy Point, Metedeconk River, New Jersey. 21946. 

 Osborn, A. O. (Waterville, New York). A number of fossils found near Waterville, 



New York. 20956. 

 Osborne, J. W. (Washington, District of Columbia). A series of 69 photographs 



illustrating the progress of photography (20891) ; a specimen of printing on 



metal (21477). 

 Otago University Museum (Dunediu, New Zealand), (through T. Jeffrey Parker). 



A collection of New Zealand fishes containing 41 species. 21074. 

 Palmer, Joseph (National Museum). Portions of a book eaten by insects. 20901. 

 Palmer, William (U. S. National Museum). A living specimen of Keeted Green 



Snake from Alexandria County, Virginia. 21280. 

 Parke, Davis & Co. (Detroit, Michigan). A collection of plants. 21500. 

 Parker, Charles Wolcott (Newark, New Jersey). A photograph of the feather 



war-cloak of Kamihamiha III, King of the Saudwich Islands. 21653. 

 Parsons, Francis H. (U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). A very valuable collection 



of fragments of pottery, collected by the donor and A. B. Symonsfrom an Indian 



mound near Perdido Bay, Alabama. 21930. 

 Parsons, Misses Grace and Maud (Natural Bridge, Virginia). Four living Angora 



Goats. 21384. 

 Paxton, GEORGE K. (Washington, District of Columbia). A specimen of pyropbyl- 



lite schist from San Diego County, California. 210T3. 

 Payne, Dr. A. S. (Markham, Virginia). Arrow and spear-heads from Virginia. 



21335. 

 Patent < >ffice. (See under Interior Department.) 

 PEALE, l>r. A. C. (U. S. Geological Survey). Wood-opal collected by donor from 



Gallatin County, Montana (21457) ; pyrite coucretions from Glendive, Montana ; 



also sandstone., limestone, and baked clay from Dakota (21638). 



(See under Interior Department, U. S. Geological Survey. > 

 PEARCE, RICHARD (Argo, Colorado). Nineteen specimens of various minerals from 



the Tintic District, Utah, and one specimen of smithsonite from Salida, Colo- 

 rado. 21526. 

 PECKHAM, S. F. (Providence, Rhode Island). An interesting collection numbering 



:',.~.o specimens of petroleum and related materials, made by the donor in connec- 

 tion with his work for the Tenth Census. 2217(1. 

 Peebles, D. BRUCE (Edinburgh, Scotland). Pith of the rush from Orkney Islands, 



used as a lamp wick. 20965. 

 PENFIELD, S. L. (Sec under Interior Department, U. S. Geological Survey.) 

 1'enn, R. Hayden (Buchanan, Virginia). Four Confederate notes. "H847. 



