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PiCHER, Miss Annie B. (Pasadena, Cal.)- Fourteeu photographs illustrating Indiau 

 life iu Califoruia. 26627. (See under The Pasadeua Loan Associatiou.) 



Filling, James C. (U.S.Bureau of Ethnology). Photograph of the interior of a 

 Maori Wharf Rumauaga, or Council Chamber, at Te Ore Ore, \^'ai^arapa, New 

 Zealand. 26955. 



PiLSBRY, H. A. (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.). Land, and fresh- 

 water shells, representing 7 species, from Florida and the Catskill Mountains. 

 26070. 



Pollock, George F. (Washington, D. C). English bloodhound. 26915. 



Pond, Lieut. Charles F. (U. S. Navyj. Skin of lizard. 25895. 



Pope, H. (Quebec, Canada). Skins and bones of gray seals, from the Island of 

 Anticosti. 26021. 



Post-Okfice Department : 



Wanamakkr, Hon. John (Postmaster-General). Persian lantern. Purchase. 



(25930). 

 Dead-Letter Office, through W. G. Perry, chief clerk: Millepeds found iu the mail. 

 (27083). 



POSTON^, Mrs. B. F. (Washington, D. C). Piece of biscuit baked iu camp by H. T. 

 McAstro, a Confederate soldier. 26199. 



Potter, Rev. J. A., U. S. Armj^ (Fort Clark. Tex.). Lizards and insects. 27138. 



Powell, Charles P. (Baltimore, Md.). Yellow turbit pigeon. 26405. 



Powell, Maj. J. W. (Director, U. S. Geological Survey). Photographs of a jade 

 card-receiver with ebony base. 25985. (See under Interior Department. U. S. 

 Geological Survey, and Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology.) 



Powell, S. L. (John Hojjkins University, Baltimore, Md.). Volcanic rocks from 

 South Mountain, Pennsylvania. Exchange. 27091. 



Praetorius, Charles (London, England). Facsimiles in water-color of original 

 drawings made by John White for Sir Waller Raleigh, and now m the Granville 

 collection in the British Museum. Purchased for World's Columbian Exposi- 

 tion. 26851. 



Pkang, L. & Co. (Roxbury, Mass.). Three chromolithographs and one photochro- 

 molithograph. 26715. 



Preble, E. A. (Department of Agriculture). Three reptiles (27059); short-tailed 

 shrew, Blarina brevicauda (271-15). 



Prentiss, Dr. D. W. Alkaloids and salts made from Pilocarpine pUinatlfolus, manu- 

 factured by Merck & Co. 27022. (See under Merck Si, Co.). 



Priestley, Dr. (See under Mrs. E. Lyon and Mrs. Dr. Thomas Lyon.) 



Putnam, J. Henry (Abbeville, La.). Hydrocarbon closely related to asphalts. 

 27053. 



Quanitance, a. L. (Lake City, Fla.). Whip-scorpiou, Thehjphonus (jiijanteus. 

 26675. 



Rabbitt, Samuel E. (Washington, D. C). Red pouter-pigeon. 26409. 



Ralph, Dr. William L. (Utica, N. Y.). An exceedingly valuable collection of birds' 

 eggs and nests, consisting of 1604 specimens (420 sets), representing 161 species 

 and subspecies; also 37 nests, several of which are new to the collection (27026) ; 

 9 specimens, representing 5 species of birds' skins, and 1 mounted bird from 

 Florida (27056). 



Rambo, M. Elmer (Lower Providence, Pa.). FangnsiPolyporus sulphureus, Bull.) 

 26742. 



Ramsay, Allan (Constautinople, Turkey). Collection of objects used in the Arme- 

 nian church, consisting of staffs, musical instruments, and crosses. Purchased 

 for World's Columbian Exposition. 26945. 



Ramsay, Dr. E. P. (See under Australian Museum.) 



Randall, Mrs. Belind.^ L. (Boston, Mass.). Hydrogen lamp. 26452. 



Randolph, Miss Cornelia (Washington, D. C). Riug.of gold wrought by the Ash- 

 antee negroes of Africa with their teeth. 25968. 



