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APPENDIX VI. 



List of Accessions to the U. S. National Museum dtring 

 THE Year endino June 30, 1893. 



The accessions duriiiy the year embiace Nos. 25,885 to 27,150 iiiclu 

 sive. All material especially acquired for incorporation with the 

 exhibit of the National Musonm at the World's Columbian ExiK)sition, 

 and received during the fiscal year ending- June 30. 1803, is included in 

 this list. The objects acquired for this purpose previous to July 1, 

 1802, are groui^ed separately and follow the list. 



Ahhott, Miss Gertrude (Philadelphia, Pa.)- Collectiou of etliuolo,i,ncal objects, 

 ooiisistiug of a Imttalo head, autelo])e heads, osti'ich feathers, a chiak made of 

 the skins of the tree-coney, skins of hlack and white monkey from Mount Kilima- 

 Njaro, and lion skins. Deposit. 2r)930. 



Abrott, W. L. (Bombay, India). Collection of ethnological objects, bones of 

 Lammergeyer and crow, 2 specimens of in;(C(j", alcoholic reptiles, 183 birds' skins 

 from Kashmir and Baltistan, and a large and valuable collection of mammal 

 skins, skulls, and alcoholic mammals from Kashmir, including specimens of 

 Vigne's wild sheep, Himalaya ibex, Himalaya bear, and new species of Voles and 

 others (25997 ) ; dried skin of Cypriuoid, 28 inches long ; mammal skins, skulls and 

 bones; pottery ; 52 birds' skins, representing 34 species from the Yale of Kashmir 

 and adjacent parts of northern India, and a collection of insects from Kashmir- 

 consisting of lepidoptera, neuroptera, hymenoptcra, homoptera,^liptera, and col- 

 eoptera; model of boat (20251); ethnohigical objects from Comoro, Seychelles 

 Islands. 201) liirds' skins, rei)resenting 69 species, from Aden, Seychelles, Alda- 

 bra, (ilorioso, and adjacent islands; a tine collection of rare birds' eggs, consist- 

 ing of 107 specimens, representing 19 species, several of which are new to science; 

 also 23 birds' nests, 74 iishes, reptiles, and batrachians '', coral limestone, crus- 

 taceans, radiates and sponges, skeletons of Tesiudo, ChcJonia. Ereimochclys, and 

 Emys, and 2 skulls of sharks, collections of dry and alcoholic insects, mammals 

 and shells, from the localities above named (27085). 



Abel, John C. (Lancaster, Pa.). Collection of archaeological objects, consisting 

 of 2 hammer-stones of quartzite, 2 griuding-stones of the same mineral, 2 rude 

 implements of white quartz, 5 worked flakes of jasjjer, 10 arrow or spear-lieads, 

 of porphyritic felsite, and a sample of calcareous sandstone (natural fornuition) 

 from near Lancaster (26183); 51 hauuner-stones, rude chipped imidements, 

 arrow-heads, perforators, worked flakes and fragments of pottery from the same 

 locality (26259); 73 rude implements, si)ear-lieads, worked flakes of (juartz, 

 quartzite, and jasper, drilled tablet, an unlinished ceremonial object, and water- 

 worn pebbles from the C'onestoga Hills (26463.) 



Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, Cal.), through Dr. .L G. Cooper. Land- 

 shells, representing 5 species from Lower California (gift) (26485); land- 

 shells from Lower California (exchange) (26688). 



Adams, C. F. (Champaign, 111.). Specimen of S2)henodott 2)Hnci<tt>t)u from New- 

 Zealand. Purchase. 26212. 



Adams, AV. H. (Chase, 111.). Cocoon of Cecropia silk-n\oth, 26912. 



Adler, Dr. CyrI's (Smithsonian Institution). Six nmsical instruments, comprising 

 aznruafrom Constantinojde; dymbelek from Cairo, raha'bel Mooghun'nee, with 

 bow; rebab with bow, biz m.au from Cairo, gaida from Tunis (gift) (25935) J 



* Special reports published in Vol. xv, and Vol. xvi. of Proceedings II. S. National 

 Museum. 



