LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 797 



National Zoological Pakk (Washington, D. C), Homed Grebe {Colymbus auritus) 

 in the flesh, from Mount Vernon, Va., jiresented by Mr. James T. Jones, of Wash- 

 ingtt>n D. C, (24225); through Mr. W. C. Weedou, Barn Owl {Strix pratincolu) 

 hatched in one of the towers of the Smithsonian Institution (24451). 



Navy Department, U. S. Bureau of Ordnance, Commander William L. Folger, 

 Chief of Bureau, Nickeliferous pyrrhotite from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 

 (23825). 



Neff, Peter (Ch'Veland, Ohio). Collection of objects illustrating tlie early history 

 of idiotography. 24366. 



Nelson, E. W. (Smithsonian Institution). Skin of Scfitt's ( (riolc ([(Icnm jit(ri- 

 sonnii. Jiir.) from near Santa Fe, N. Mex. 23488. 



Neumann, Dr. Julius (Custom House, Kiungchow. China). Collection of 20 Chinese 

 musical instruments. 4 rain cloaks, and nuidel of a water-wheel pump. (23679, 

 24256.) Purchase. 



Newcomre, Dr. Charles F. (Secretary of the Natural History Society of British 

 Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia). Small collection of dried crustaceans 

 from British Columbia, and alcoholic siiecimens of Gehia pugittensis with Lepton 

 attached. 24419. Exchange. 



Newman, Bishop John P. (W'ashington, D. C). Mosaic dish inlaid with varie- 

 gated stones from Agra, India. 23785. 



New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company (Grand Central Sta- 

 tion, New York City, N. Y.), through Mr. William Buchanan, superintendent. 

 One of the wheels of the locomotive "De Witt Clinton." 24219. 



New York Engraving and Printing Company (New York City, N. Y.). Speci- 

 mens illustrating the zinc etching (line), wash-out (line), and h;ilf-tone photo- 

 mechanical processes. 24091. Purchase. 



New York State Museum (Albany, N. Y.), through Prof. J. C. Smock. Two cut 

 stones of brown tourmaline from Newcomb, Essex County. 23605. Excliauge. 



Nichols, Capt. W. P. (Boston, Mass.), through Dr. John Bartlett, of Chicago. Model 

 of a Burmese canoe. 23348. 



NiMS, C. D. (Philadelphia, Pa.). Fluorite froniMacob, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. 

 23959. Purchase. 



NisSLEY, J. R. (Ada, Ohio). Twenty-four arrow and siKar-])oints, 5 Hint flakes, pcd- 

 ished hatchet, mica, red paint, and a copper awl, numbering 33 specimens, from 

 a mound in Putnam County, Ohio. 24255. Purchase. 



Noah, Judge J. J. (Washington, D. C). Stalactite fnmi Luray Cave, Virginia 

 (gift). (23430.) Through Mr. John M. Noah, 2 broken p(ucelain plates brought 

 from Tunis in 1818, Deposit. 23666. 



Noah, J. M. (U. S, National Museum). Essay (Ui the "Lost Tribes of Israel,'' Vols. 

 I, II and III. 23546. (See under .Judge J. J. Noah.) 



Noble, Hon. J. AV. (See under Interior Department.) 



Noel, Paul (Rouen, France). Fourteen species of Eurojican r«n7Hrfa'. 24278. Ex- 

 change, 



Northern Pacific Railroad (St. Paul, MiniL), through Departuient of Agricul- 

 ture. Two half sections of Sitka spruce from a tree 2.311 millimeters in diam- 

 eter. 23.586. 



Northrop, .Iohn I (New York City, N, V,). Seveuspecimensof starfishes and ophi- 

 urans from the Balianui Islands, consisting of Linvkia f/ii tiding it Gr., Liiirkia 

 guildingU (?), Kcliiiitistcr lentits (1), Ophiurana appressa fiaj, Ophiocoma echinatn, 

 Ophiocoma pumiJu, and Ophiothrix S'p. 23782. 



Norton, Dr. C. A. (Washington, D. C). Warming-pan formerly belonging to the 

 Franklin family, ])hotograph of fire-place in the Franklin homestead, Nantucket, 

 Mass., and photograph of the Whittier fire-place, Haverhill, Mass (23641); fire- 

 tongs from Denmark, brought over by the Muller family in 1792, used to trans- 

 port coals of lire from one house to another in olden times (23798). 



