770 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. ^ 



Balfouh, Henry (The Museum, Oxford, Eugliuid). Models of shell-lamp.s from the 

 southwest coast of Brittany, Orkuey, ami .Shelter Islands, and Freucli crusie 

 from Normaudy (exchange) (23783) ; 2 iron lamps used by bakers for lighting 

 ovens, a spoon made of a pecten shell, and commonly used by the iishing people 

 on the south coast of Brittany (exchange) (24290); 4 sections of Asiatic com- 

 pound bows (gift) (24331). (See under Oxford Museum.) 



Banks, Nathan (Department of Agriculture). Ten species of coleoptera, including 

 a specimen of Zacofns maUhewsii (collected by Mr. Trevor Kincaid, of Olympia, 

 Wash.) (23932) ; 20 species of arachuida, all new to the collection (24082). 



Bakber, a. W. (Orlando, Fla.). Clay from the intestines of an alligator; H frag- 

 ments of ])ottery from Fort 8an Luis, 3 miles from Tallehassee*, conglomerate, 

 and fossil shells. 24356. 



Barr, L. (See under Singer Manufacturing Oompany.) 



Barrows, I'rof. W. B. (Department of Agriculture). Blotched King-snake {Ophi- 

 bolus rhombomaculatn>i) , from Brookland, D. C. (23648) ; snake from same local- 

 ity (24214). (See under.) 



Bartlkman, R. M. (Secretary of United States Legation, Caracas, Venezuela), 

 through Prof. O. T. Mason. A fine series of ArfjonaiUa argo and other marine 

 shells (239.56) ; small pottery vase from the island of Gran Roque, stone imple- 

 ment or ornament from a cave in the Cordillera of Merida, Venezuela, small 

 polished hatchet and 2 stone chisels (23968) ; specimens of insects (24210) ; shells 

 from Cumana, salt from Salt Lakes at Cumana, alcoholic specimen of snake 

 from Caracas, 2 gourds and pieces of pottery (24216) ; Cicadie used for medicinal 

 purposes, and other insects (24351). 



Bartlett, Edward (Museum, Maidstone, Kent, England). Fifty-one specimens, 

 representing 38 species, chiefly of FringilUdw, from various localities. 23837. 



Bartlett, Dr. John. (See under Capt. W. P. Nichols). 



Bassett George W. (Mattowoman, Md.). Rhinoceros beetle {Dynmtea tityus). 

 23399. 



Batchelder, (!. F. (Cambridge, Mass.). Collection of reptiles, chiefly from Massa- 

 chusetts. 24057. 



Bates, Elwyn (Whitman, Mass.), through Mr. L. O. Howard. Lepidoptera col- 

 lected in Nevada and Louisiana. 23492. 



Bates, H. W. (See under Royal Geographical Society, London, England.) 



Bates, S. C. (See under J. Owens Berry.) 



Battle, H. B. (Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Raleigh, N. C). Piece of meteorita from Henry County, Va., weighing 30i 

 granmies. 23639. 



Baxter, Mrs. J. H. (Washington, D. C). Thirty-seven specimens of ancient Pe- 

 ruvian pottery, collected by Mr. William Tryon and presented to Gen. Baxter 

 by Mr. Tryon. t 24195. 



Bayley, William (Washington, D. C), through Thomas Marron. Specimen of 

 Leach's Petrel {OceaHoclroma lencorhoo). 24440. 



Beales, E. V. (Denver, Colo.). Phyllopod crustacean, genus ./^;».sfrom Colorado. 

 23538. 



Bean, Barton A. (U. S. National Museum). Alcoholic specimens of fishes col- 

 lected by Mr. Bean, Mr. William P. Seal and party, in Chesapeake Bay, Septem- 

 ber 16-19, 1890, as follows: Tetntdon, Monavanthus, Alaiera, Aphoristia, Achiriia, 

 Paralichthys, Hypleurocheilus, Tautoya, Gerrea, Orthopristis, Clmtodipterus, 8er- 

 ranus, Pomaiomus, Lagodon, Diplodits (2 species), Tylosurus, Hemirhamphas, 

 Menidia, Fuiidiilus, Mugll, ScoUodon, liaia, RMnopiera, etc., alcoholic specimens 

 of birds from Cape Charles, and Gull {iMrna atrwillm) (23573); Bana vircscens, 

 from Cape Charles, Virginia, and specimen of Cuttle-fish from the same locality 

 (23596). 

 * San Luis is an obi Spanish outpost, " Doctrina," and was the scene of a battle 



in 1708. 



tThis collection is exhil)ited and known as the ''Tryon Collection." 



