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calcite from Eoremont, Cumberlcaud, England, aud sphalerite from the same 

 locality (26586); stalactites from Copper Qneeu Mine (26861). Purchased for 

 World's Columbian Exposition. 



EsLiCK, .James A. (Helena, Mont.). P'rog. 26597. 



EvAXS, ,J.M. (Kentucky). Rhinoceros-beetle, D^Has/es ///j/hv. 263.59, 



Evans, W. H. & Sox, (Knoxville, Teuu.). Marble from Champion and Knox quar- 

 ries, also rain-eroded limestone and cement rock from near Kuoxville, collected 

 by Mr. George P. Merrill. 25951. 



EvERMANN, Prof. B. W. (U. S. Fish Commission). Three eggs (1 set) of European 

 snipe, sets of eggs of pintail-duck, Lapland-longspur, and sandwich-sparrow 

 from Alaska (26658); 4 specimens of Iitheo'<toma Shiimardi from Indiana, 4 s^ieci- 

 meus of EiheoHioma evides from the same locality, and 4 specimens of Jphredode- 

 riis Sayanuft from Texas (26789). (See under Fish Commission, U. S.). 



Falconer, J. M. (Bi-ooklyn, N. Y.). Ball of etching ground (part) wrapped in silk, 

 and a silk dapper for laying ground. 26170. 



Farhington, O. C. (Arlington Heights, Mass.). Photograph negative of glacial 

 phenomena in Massachusetts (26660); glacial pot-hole (27079). Purchased for 

 World's Columbian Exposition. 



Fea, L. (Museo Civico di StoriaNaturelle, Genoa, Italy). Collection of manmial skins. 

 Purchase. 27003. 



Fernald, Prof. C. H. (Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.). Type specimen of Choreu- 

 tes coloradella fern. 26693. 



Fewkes, J.Walter (Boston, Mass.). Photographs illustrating Moki ceremonies. 

 27102. 



FiGGiNS, J. D. (Washington, D. C). Box-turtle from Maryland. 27031. 



Fish Commission, U. S : 

 Through Col. Marshall McDonald, Commissioner: Amber-fish, Seriohi Lalaiidi, from 

 Wood's Holl, Mass. (25909); collection of alcoholic actinians made by steamer 

 Albatross during the voyage from Washington to San Francisco, 1887-1888* 

 (25924); 11 specimens, reiiresenting 3 species, of crustaceans from North Caro- 

 lina, collected by Dr. Hiigh M. Smith during April, 1892 (25973) ; builders' model 

 of steam-yacht (deposit) (26092), builders' model of steam-launch (deposit) (26093), 

 skull of sturgeon (26264) ; fur seal from St. Paul Island, Alaska (male) ; Steller's 

 sea-lion from Lioht-house Rocks, Alaska, and skull of walrus and bones col- 

 lected in the summer of 1890- by the steamer Albatross; lithological specimens 

 t'r^m Hereudeen Bay, Alaska, collected by the J/&rt//'o.s.s; fossil shells and fos- 

 sil plants t from Herendeen Bay, collected by Mr. Charles H. Townsend of 

 the Albatross (16375); shells from Guadalupe Island, Lower California, col- 

 lected during the cruise of the schooner .Santa Barbara, under charge of Mr. 

 Charles H. Townsend ; volcanic rocks, adult male and female sea elephant and 

 young male, collected from the same locality and during the same cruise (26376) ; 

 40 specimens, representing 25 species, of birds' skins from South. Dakota and 

 Wyoming, collected by Prof. B. W. Evermauu ; 12 mammal skins from South 

 Dakota, including 2 specimens of CinomijSj 3 specimens of Sciurus, 4 specimens 

 of Tamias, one specimen of Mas, and 2 specimens of Xeotoma, also collected by 

 Prof. Evermauu (26449); 6 specimens of young sturgeon (Accipenser stiirio) 

 from the Delaware River (26461); types of marino fishes from the collections 

 of the Fish Commission, described by Dr. David S. Jordan and Prof. Charles 

 H.Gilbert; fishes collected by U. S. Fish Commission schooner Grampus from 

 the Gulf of Mexico (26479); collection of fishes made by the Grampus on the 



* This collection is described in Proceedings U. S. National Museum. Vol. xvi, 

 1893, p. 119. 



tA report on the specimens is i)ublished in Proceedings U. S. National Museum, 

 Vol. XVII, 1894, p. 207. 



