708 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Norton, Fred. A. (Wasliiiigtoii. I). C). Wooden iliil) from Easter Island. 23793. 

 Deposit. 



Nyk, Willard, jr. (New Bedford, Mass.). Twenty-seven stone implements from an 

 old corn iield about 5 miles east of Seaconnett River, Rhode Island, and 19 stone 

 implements found 1 mile east of the mouth of Wood's Holl. 23869. 



Oberlin College (Oberlin, Ohio), through L. M. McCormick. Alcoholic speci- 

 mens of reptiles from Africa and various localities. 23632. 



Oldt, R. B., (Riverton Mich.). Clover leaves. 24404. 



O'Neill, William O. (Prescott, Ariz.). Six specimens of onyx from a quarry near 

 Prescott, collected by Mr. O'Neill and transmitted to the National Museum 

 through the courtesy of the Quartermaster's Department, U. S. Army. 24504. 



Orcutt, C. R. (San Diego, Cal.). Alcoholic specimens of reptiles, mammals. Pro- 

 mops, Thomomys, Arvicoht, Ochefodon, and Black-headed Gull (23575) ; specimen of 

 epidote from I^owcr California (23698) ; 2 specimens of Hesperomjis sp., represent- 

 ing a species allied to Hesjyeromys anthonyi, but not identical with it, specimens of 

 Perognathus peniciUatus, D'qwdoDii/s s^., Molossus calif ornicus, VespertUio niiidus, 

 alcoholic specimens of Chordeiles acutipemm texennis, alcoholic specimens of fishes, 

 comijrising Apocope carringtoni, Cyprinodon californiense, Gillichthys y-cauda jnv., 

 Cremnohates intcgripinnis, insects, alcoholic specimens of marine invertebrates, 

 <'onsisting of worms, sponges, tunicatcs, crustaceans and ecliinoderms, 2 speci- 

 mens of Echinarachnius excentricus Val., specimen of StrongyJocenirotvn piirpurafus 

 A. Ag., mollnsks, consisting of two slugs, the larger one ArioUmax atl if ornicus, 

 and a smaller one i>robal)ly ArioUmax niger (23724) ; 7 species of coleoptcra from 

 San Diego Mountains, 2 alcoholic specimens of Mugil mexica)ia from Lower Cali- 

 fornia, crabs, shrimps, isopods, and sponges from San Diego, reptiles and mam- 

 mals (24014) ; lizards and mammals (24021) ; collection of alcoholic insects, mostly 

 coleoptera, including 80 specimens of Asida Itirsuta from the Colorado desert, San 

 Diego, Cal., (24055.) (See under George W. Derbrow.) 



Ore, W. J. (Mossy Creek, Tenn.). Living specimen of rare Longicorn Beetle (Dryo- 

 Jnits sexfasciafus Say). 24502. 



Orton, Prof. Edavard (Columbus, Ohio). Tliree specimens of Sporavgifcs Huronensis, 

 2 .specimens of Dadoxylon Neichcrreyi, and 2 of Dadoxylon sp., from the-Devonian 

 and Carboniferous formation of Ohio. 23983. 



OsBORX, Prof Herbert (Ames, Iowa). Four rare species of North American coleop- 

 tera, consisting of Sa2)rini(s rotiiiidatns, Leptura americana, StepluowchonKs plum- 

 heus, and a new species, Barini. 23347. 



Osborne, .1. W^. (W^ashington, D. C). Collection of specimens illustrating techni- 

 cally the process of photolithography invented by the donor (23738) ; 2 photo- 

 graphs of Australians and 17 lithograjjhs, by the Osborne process, representing 

 social life in China (23775) ; a copy of Eder's " Ueber die Reactionen der Chrom- 

 saure, etc.," Vienna, 1878 (24034); documents relating to photomechanical proc- 

 esses, and 4 specimens of photomechanical process work (24361). 



Oxford Museum (Oxford, England), through Mr. Henry Balfour. Bamboo blow- 

 pipe from India. 24291. Exchange. 



Palace Hotel (Cincinnati, Ohio). Portion of fiesh from "Chief," the elephant shot 

 at the Cincinnati "Zoo" December 10, 1890, and served for dinner December 17, 

 at the Palace Hotel, Cincinnati. 23882. 



Palm, Charles (New York City, N. Y.). Ninety specimens, representing 41 species, 

 of North American coleoptera. 23853. Exchange. 



Palmer, Joseph (U. S. National Museum). Specimens of Perva maxillatus Lam. 

 and Perrin rorfa Say, from the Potomac River (23511); skeleton of domestic pig 

 (24173). 



Palmer, William (U. S. National Museum). Red Squirrel (Sciunts liitdsotiius) from 

 Ballston, Va. 24369. (See under Elliott-Palmer Expedition). 



Palmer, W. L. (Crookston, Minn.). Skull of moose. 24384. 



