90 REPORT OF NATIONAL MtTl^EUM, 1891. 



Marijland. — IVEv. (), K. Bryan, of Maisliall Hall, pii'stMited a collec- 

 tiou of hamnier stones, grooved axes, polished hatchet, paleolithic im- 

 plements, rude notched implements, arrow and spear-points, pierced 

 tablet, stone slab, with mortar like cavities, fragment of x>otstone ves- 

 sel, and fragment of pottery. 



From Master Samuel H. Hopkins was received a very beautiful speci- 

 men of American Si^arrow Hawk {Falco sparveriu.s). 



Mr. Robert Ridgway, curator of birds in the National Museum, pre- 

 sented 44 birds' skins, representing 29 species. 



Massachusetts. — Prof. W. O. Crosby, of Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology, Boston, transmitted in exchange three specimens of nick- 

 eliferous pyrrhotite from Dracut. 



From the Deerfoot Farm Company, through Mr. James Cheeseman, 

 was received the original centrifugal separator, erected on the Deerfoot 

 farm in 1879. 



A collection consisting of 1(50 stone implements from Blackman's 

 farm, Blackmans Point, at the mouth of Cut River, Marshtield, was 

 received from j\Ir. George B. Frazar, of West Medford. 



From the Granite Railway Comj)any, Boston,^ through Mr. H. E. 

 Sheldon, was received a piece of tlie old track of the Granite Railway. 



The Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agri<mlture pre- 

 sented 240 colored plates illustrating the forest llora of the United 

 States. 



From Dr. C. A. Norton, of Washington, I). C, were received a warm- 

 ing-pan formerly belonging to the Franklin family, a photograph of a 

 tire-place in the Franklin homestead, Nantucket, and a photograi)h of 

 the Whittier fire-place, Haverhill. 



A collection of fossils was presented by Mr. S. U. Scudder, of Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 



Mr. W. W. Wheildon, Concord, presented a piece of the ''Old North 

 Bridge,'' over wliich the Massachusetts minute men and the British 

 troops first opened fire upon each other. 



Minnesota. — From Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, TT. S. Army, was received 

 a Western Evening Grosbeak [Coceotheraustes respertinus montamis), 

 first x^lumage, and new to the collection. 



Mississippi. — From the U. S. Geological Snrvey, through Maj. J. W. 

 Powell, director, were received specimens of cretaceous fossils. 



Missouri. — Dr. J. H. Britts, of Clinton, presented 150 sj^ecimens 

 representing about .'Sr) species «»f caiboniferous fossil ])lants from the 

 vicinity of Clinton. 



Montana. — From Mr. J. \\. Kocii, of liozeman, were received 70 rude 

 imi)lenieiits, consisting of knivc^s, arrow-points, fiakes, and a fragment 

 of i^otstone vessel. 



Dr. Clinton fj. Merriani, <»!' Locust Grove, N. Y., deposited two j)airs 

 of interlocked elk antlers. 



Capt. ( ). M. Smith, V. S. Army, Fort Keogh, transmitte<l a Si)ring- 

 field bullet i>artially pierced by a nail at target range. 



