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Benjamin, W. E. (New York City), CoUectiou of maps illustratiuf^ early explora- 

 tions in America. Pnrcliased for exhibition at the World's C'oluml)ian Exj)L)si- 

 tion. 25090. 



Benson, Lieut. Hakky, U. S. Army (Three Kivers. t'al.). Five sets of birds' eggs 

 (25904); collection of eggs from Sequoia National Park, Tulare County, C'al., 

 consisting of 47 si)ecimeus, representing 6 species; also binl's nest (26149); 

 2 specimens of California juuco, Jiinco hyemalis Thurherl from Seqnoia Park 

 (26153); 4 eggs of Thurber's junco; 4 eggs of California woodpecker; 4 eggs of 

 spurred towhee, and 3 eggs of black-headed grosbeak (26615). 



Behnick Patahi Bishop Museum (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands), through William 

 T. Brigham, curator. Two specimens of Jcrulocercas nobilis, and 1 specimen 

 of an undetermined species (gift) (26874); 2 A'olumes containing specimens of 

 Hawaiian kapa cloths (exchange) (27074). 



Beruy, E. W. (Passaic, N. J.). Sj)ecimen8 of Hlppa ialpoida and Talorchcstiti nicfiu- 

 iophthalma from Asbury Park. 25963. 



BiBRiNS, AuTiiuR. (See under the Woman's College of Baltimore.) 



BiEDEKMAN, C. E. (Bouito, N. Mcx. ). Ores; scraper from the glacial debris of Sierra 

 Blauqii, N. Mex., and piece of petrified wood. 26781 



Bishop, Dr. Louis B. (New Haven, Conn.), through J. E. Watkins. Egg of American 

 crow, with unusual coloration. 26663. 



Bishop, T.S. (New Britain, Conn.). Ribbon badge of Stanley Post No. 11. (;. A. U. 

 26962. 



BissiNGER, Erhard (U. S. CoDsul, Beirut, Syria). 



* Games of chance ( ''Mankaleh," '" Duk-Watah," "Damah," '"Barjiss") ; wooden 

 puzzle and wire-ring puzzle from Syria; uuisical instruments, consisting of 

 "Oud" (lute), "Bizug" (lute long-neck), "Faggeishah" (castanets), 2 pairs; 

 '■ I'rguu" (double-pipe reed instrument); "Mijwiz" (double pipe reed instru- 

 ment) ; "Derbouka:" (earthenware drum) ; "Manjairah" (vertical tlute) ; "IJikk" 

 (small tambourine) ; iron "Drah"orPic; wood ''Dra"orPic; set of iron weights; 

 set of copper weights; "Mud,"' cereal hollow measure and its fraction; scale of 

 copper; copper pans; steelyard of iron; petrified clams obtained from Mount 

 Lebanon at an elevation of from 2, 500 to 3, 000 feet above the level of the sea 

 (gift). 25902. 



Blackburn, Dr. J. W. (Government Asylum for the Insane, Washington, D. C). 

 Copperhead snake, Ancisirodon contoririx, juv. (26197); 2 snakes (26348). 



Blair, Thomas (Shelbyville, Tenn.). Distorted specimens of Vnio pVicatHn. 26039. 



Blake, Lady Edith (King's House, Jamaica, West Indies). Four human skulls, 36 

 leg and arm-bones, and 67 fragments of ribs, vertebra', etc., obtained from a ca\ e 

 near Pedro, parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. 25976. 



Blanev, Henry R. (Boston, Mass.). Three plates and a tracing, illustrating the 

 dry-ground aquatint process. Purchased for exhibition at the World's Colum- 

 bian Exi)Osition. 26897. 



Blatchley, Prof. W. S. (Terre Haute, Iiid.). Specimens of reptiles and l)atrachian8 

 from Mexico. 26198.-' 



Blau, H.E. (Washington, D. C). Sandstone concretion. 26216. 



Hi.UNCK, A. E. (Johnstown, N. Y.). Red-pile exhibition game fowls, duck-wing game, 

 black-breasted red exhibition game fowls, black-breasted red game fowls (26748) ; 

 brown-red game chicken (26845) ; golden duck-wing game fowl (26855). 



iioETTCHER, F. L. J. (Department of Agriculture). Frog. 26175. 



liosTON Art Students' Association (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.). Three 

 pamphlets relating to drawings for process reproduction. 26605. 



BoswELL, Henry (Washington, D. C). Black fantail pigeon. 26657. 



Boswell, R. H. (Washington, D.C.). Blondiuette pigeon. 26188. 



*A description of new sjiecies will be found in Prof. Blatchley 's paper in Pro- 

 ceedings. Vol. xvi. No. 922, pp. 37-42. 1893. 



