LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 773 



KoYi), WirxiAM J. (Brooklyn, N. Y.), tlirough Prof. O. T. Mason. Model of the ves- 

 sel i/«7/ 3/woh. 24243. 



Boyle, C. B. (U. S. National Museum). Silver-iuountod Hute made by Laurent, of 

 Paris, and presented to President James Madison in 1813. 23906. 



Brady, J. C. (Wheeling, W. Va.,) through Mr. William Hallock, of the U. S. Geologi- 

 cal Survey. Carbon deposited from natural gas. 24411. 



Brady, J. H. (Education office, Cape Town, South Africa). Collection of insects, 

 representing 167 species. 23982. Exchange. 



Braddy, E. L. (Mitchell, Ga.). Indian pipe. 23824. Purchase. 



Braverman, M. (Visalia, Cal.). Vertebra of Rattlesnake (Crotahts luclfer) from Tu- 

 lare County. 24223. 



Breckinridge, Hon. William C. P. (See under Mrs. Ed^vard Troye). 



Brewster, William (Cambridge, Mass.) Spruce trunk from Maine, containing 

 excavations of Pileated Woodpecker (23742) ; 3 specimens of Lower Califor- 

 nian Wood Pewee (Contopit-srichardsonnpeninsidwBrewst.); a recently described 

 subspecies, new to the collection (24119). 



Brimley, H. H. & C. S. (Raleigh, N. C). Twenty-four batrachians, representing 11 

 species, among which is a tine series of what is believed to be Holbrooke's 

 '•Salamander haldemanni," a form apparently lost sight of since its original de- 

 scription (gift) (23943); 24 living Salamanders (purchase) (24247); skins of Gray 

 Squirrel (Sduru.s caroIinen>tis,) Flying Squirrel (SoiHroptcrus rolucella), Cotton 

 Rat (Sigmodon hispidus), Field Mouse {Hesperomys leiicopus), Golden Mouse (Hes- 

 peromys aureolus), and {Hesperomys palutiiris) (purchase.) (24271.) 



Brinton, Mrs. Emma S. (Washington. D. C.) Pottery lamp of green glaze from 

 Tunis, North Africa. 24064. Exchange. 



Bristol, Prof. Charles L. (Vermillion, S. Dak.). Catlinite pipe and stem. 23544. 



British Museum (London, England), through Mr. Augustus P. Ready. Fifteen 

 hundred and sixty -two reproductions of ancient gold and silver coins (purchase), 

 (23349). Twelve specimensof minerals from England and Scotland, consisting of 

 tiuorite, galena, pearlspar, celestite, calcite, barite, witherite, and brewsterite 

 (exchange). (23532). Through Dr. A. Giienther. Collection of marine inverte- 

 brates and mollusks obtained from Australia, West Indies, Japan, South Amer- 

 ica, Hawaiian Islands, Portugal, Scotland, and islands of the Pacific and In- 

 dian Oceans during the voyage of H. M. S. ChaUenyer (exchange). (23665). 

 Through Mr. Charles H. Read. Twenty-three ethnological specimens from Ka- 

 iii-land. South Africa (exchange). (23892). 



Britts, Dr. J. H. (Clinton, Mo.). One hundred and fifty specimens of Carboniferous 

 fossil plants representing about .35 species from the vicinity of Clinton (24043) ; 

 fossil plants (24294). 



Bronson, H. C. (Brandon, Vt.). Eight samples of mineral paints from Crown Point 

 Mineral Paint Company. 23407. 



Brown, Arthur (U. S. National Museum). Hoguose-snake {Heterodon pJaiyrh'mus) 

 from the District of Columbia. 23705. 



Brown, Charles F. (Hot Springs, Ark.). Wavellite from Mount Ida, Montgomery 

 County, Ala., and a crystal of yellow topaz from Brazil (23593); novaculite aiul 

 albite with quartz (23652) ; distorted quartz crystal and mica on quartz from 

 Saline County, Ark. (24319). 



Brown, Herbert (Tucson, Ariz.). Egg of Colinus ridywayi, new to the collection, 

 and 11 eggs (one set) of CalUpepla squamata (23914); skin of Boucard's Sparrow 

 (I'euea'a riijiceps houcardi) from Arizona (23970) ; 24 eggs oi CalUpepla gamheli 

 (24071); skin of Snake, Itluuoeheilus lecontei (24192); alcoholic specimen of 

 Worm-snake {Stenostoma htimile) (24346); 9 eggs (one set) of CalUpepla gamheli, 

 found in a nest of Palmer's Thrasher, four and a half feet from the ground, in 

 a Cholla cactus, with a nest and 4 eggs oi I'ipilo fuscus mesoleacus (24403) ; 3 rare 

 Worm snakes {Stenostoma humile) (24412). 



