LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 769 



AlXEN, Dr. J. A. (See under Aiiiericau Museum of Natural History.) 



Almy, Thomas J. (Salt Lake City, Utah), through Dr. T. H. Bean. S]>ecimeu of 



Grayling (Tlii/mallus tricolor var. montanus). 24481. 

 American Historical Association, through A. Howard Clark, Assistant Secretary. 



Manuscripts, drawings, letters, etc., comprising the "Vail papers," relating to 



the invention and early application of the telegraph. 24466. Deposit. 

 American Manganese Company (Pittsburg, Pa.), through Mr. William Carnegie, 



Superintendent. Specimens of manganese ore from Crimora, Va. 2.3770. 

 American Museum of Natural History (New York city), through Dr. ,). A. 



Allen. Four skins of Chipmunk (Tnmias buUeri and Tamias viacrorluthdolfs), 



from Valparaiso, Mexico, and Blue Canon, California (23418); 2 fresh speci- 

 mens of Rhesus monkey {3Iacaci(.s rhesus). (23987.) Exchange. 

 Andrews, Dr. E. A. (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.). Five hundred 



specimens, representing 57 species, of annelids from Beaufort, N. C, and Wil- 



loughby's Sand Spit, Va. , forming the basis of Dr. Andrews' paper" on the Annelida 



Pohjcha'ta of Beaufort. 23930. 

 Ani)RU.S, W. J. (Hackensack, N. J.). Three eggs of La Fleciie fowl (23427); 2 La 



Fleche fowls (24181) ; La Fleche pullets (24187, 24303). 

 Appleton, Nathan (Boston, Mass.). Six photographs of Indians. 24212. 

 Archer, James R. (Mattaxiony, Va.). Specimen of tetradymite from the Whitehall 



Gold Mine, Spottsylvania County. 23569. 

 Armstrong, F. B. (Brownsville, Tex.). Two skins of Ferruginous Pygmy Owl 



(Glaucidiiim phahenoides), and 4 skins of Texan Screech Owl (Megascope nsio me- 



callii). 24432. 

 Arnheim, .1. S. (San Francisco. (!al.). Specimens of CancelUiria craiv/ordiaua and 



albino land-shells. 24416. 

 Arnold, Hon. Delos (Pasadena, Cal.). Collection of l^liocene and Postpliocene 



fossils from San Pedro. 24112. 

 Avery, S. P. (New York city, N. Y.). Fifty-one etchings, lithographs, etc. 24342. 

 Avery, Dr. William C. (Greensboro, Ala.). Two eggs of Carrion Crow (Catharista 



atrata) (24207); egg of Chuck-will's Widow {Antrostomns carolinensis) (24332); 



nest and 4 eggs of Orchard Oriole {Icterus sjmritis) (24463). (See under Dr. J. 



M. Pickett.) 

 Ayres, H. B. (Department of Agriculture). Seven sj»ecimens of ores of iron and 



manganese from Minnesota and Dakota. 24327. 

 Ayers, H. D. (Northern Pacific .luuction, Minnesota). Specimen of plumose mus 



covite. 24149. 

 Babson, Col. J. W. (U. S. Patent Office). Patent granted to .John W. Bronangh 



and .Jesse Talbot for a refrigerator, March, 1813, signed by .James Madison, Pres- 

 ident, and James Monroe, Secretary of State. 24429. 

 Baciie, Rene (Washington, D. C). German beer mug. 23973. 

 Bagster, C. B. (Vineland, N. .1.). Matrimony vine {Lycium ruhjarc) and spider 



(Acrosoma spincn Kentz.) of the family Epeirida' (23515); Ant lion from Florida 



(24383). 

 Bailey, H. W. (Newport News, Va.). Eight specimens of Cychrus eleratns and 2 



specimens of Curabiis serratns. 23772. 

 Bailey, L. W. (See under University of New Brunswick.) 

 Bailey, S. H. (Washington, D. C). Grooved stone hammer from the bank of Park 



River, N. Dak. 23786. 

 Bailey, V. (See under Department of Agriculture, through Dr. C. Hart Merriam.) 

 Baker, Dr. Frank. (See under Hon. J. O. Kerby, and M. J. Griffith.) 

 Baker, Marcus (U. S. Geological Survey). Twenty-eight specimens of Helix thy- 



roides, from Washington, D. C. 23624. (See under E. W. Boker.) 



*Published in Proceedings of the National Museum, Vol. xiv, pp. 277-302. 

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