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lateralis) and dace {Apocope vnlneraia), (25938) ; alcoholie specimens of fishes from 

 Stuart's Lake, British Colnmbia, consisting of Uranldea, lUchardsonius, Salmo 

 mykiss, and Salmo Kennerlyi (27103). 



Treasury Detartmext, U. S. Three skins of female seals and skin of pup seal, 

 collected by J. Stanley Brown, while acting as agent in charge of the Seallslauds; 

 for Tise in connection with the Bering Sea arbritration, and also skin of seal (Phoca 

 vifitlhia), (26395); fur-seal skins, skulls, and bones, collected by the revenue 

 steamer Corwi»t during her summer cruise, collected at the request of the Secre- 

 tary of State in connection with the Bering Sea arbitration (26418). 



Tristram, Rev. H. B. (The College, Durham, England). Birds' skins from New 

 Guinea. Exchange. 25982. 



Tritsch, Albert (Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa). Copies of the Rhodesia 

 Chronicle and ]\Iaslioua]and Advertiser, the Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian 

 Times, printed in cyclostyle. 26747. 



Turner, J. Henry (through Alaska Commercial Company). Skulls of bear and 

 moose, 4 birch-bark canoes, skin canoe, sled and ethnological objects, also fossil 

 bones of Elephas {Bison lafifrons), from Alaska. Purchase. 26892. 



Tylor, Dr. Edward B. (Museum of Natural History, Oxford, England). Two pho- 

 tographs of pottery made by the Santa Clara Indians. 26491. 



Ulrich, E. O. (Newport, Ky.), through R. R. Gurley. Five specimens of luocauUs 

 arhuscula Ulrich, from Cincinnati group (lower beds). 26754. 



University of Upsala (Upsala, Sweden), through Dr. Theo. Fries. Large collec- 

 tion of dried plants, principally from Brazil. Exchange. 26148. 



Valentine, E. K. (U. S. Senate). Copies of official programmes and Senators' 

 tickets used in tlie Cleveland inaugural ceremonies in 1893. 26830. 



Vance, Dr. J. R. (Stanton, Tex.). Texas rattlesnake. Purchased for World's 

 Columbian Exposition. 26400. 



Van Deman, H. E. (Department of Agriculture). Asphalt from Emery County, 

 Utah. 26924. 



Van Eprs, Percy M. (Glenville, N. Y.). Copper key bugle. 2707.'!. 



Van Rensselaer, Mrs. W. King (New York City). Specimen of Trombidi urn from 

 Weehawken, N. J. 264134. 



Vaughan, T. Wayland (Cambridge, Mass.). Fresh-water shells from Louisiana and 

 Texas. 26903. 



Vinton, George W. (See uuder Illinois and Mississippi Canal Company.) 



Von Ihering, Dr. H. (Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil). Land, fresh-water, 

 and marine shells from Southern Brazil (26577) ; shells (26028). 



Vox Mueller, Baron Ferdinand (Melbourne, Victoria). Specimens of Banksia 

 odorata and CorysaDihes ungmcuhda (26034, 26120); herbarium sjiccimens from 

 Australia (26951). 



VoN Phul, Hon. Frank (vice-consul, San .luan del Norte, Nicaragua), through S. 

 C. Braida, U. S. consul. Spider {Gasteracaniha- cancer Hentz), from Greytowu. 

 26373. 



VoN Streeruwitz, W. H. (Austin, Tex.). Specimens of marble from the Sierra 

 Diablo and volcanic and metamorphic rocks from Van Horn Mountains, El Paso 

 County (25999) ; ores and rocks (26080). 



VoRMUS, Albert (Greenville, Miss.). Flint chips, fragment of bone, 5 fragments 

 of pottery, and 6 pieces of burnt clay from a mound near Greenville. 27096. 



Voth, Rev. H. N. (Lehigh, Kans.), through U. S. Bureau of Ethnology. Collection 

 of Cheyenne Indian material, obtained by James Mooney and transferred from 

 the Bureau of Ethnology to the National Museum. 26674. 



Wade, Mrs. Levi (Allegheny, Pa.). Song by Mrs. Wade, dedicated to the ladies 

 of New England. 26042. 



Waggaman, Thomas E. (Washington, D. C). Three pieces of Japanese pottery. 

 26930. 



