810 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Udden, J. A. (Rock Island, 111.). Sjiecinieuis of volcanic dust from Kansas and Col- 

 orado. 24217. Exchange. 



Ui.KE, Henry (Wasliiugtou, D. C). Thirty-seven specimens representing 19 species 

 of rare North American colcoptera, nicely mounted, and nearly all new to the 

 collection. 23620. 



Ulke, Titus (Hill City, S. Dak.). Vertebra of fossil mammal, livontoihcriHm from 

 Iron Camp, Black Hills, 8oiith Dakota (23545); sjiecimen of jihosgenite from 

 Broken Hill, Australia, and tibrous meerschanm from Little Cottonwood, Utah 

 (23628) ; six specimens of minerals I'roni Harney Peak Mining District, Sontli Da- 

 kota, consisting of staurolite, cassiterite, beryl, mnscovite, and siiodnmene, 

 and seven samples of tin ore from the same locality (23722); tin anvil smelted 

 from ore from Cowboy nune, and sample of tin ore. (23732.) 



Univeksityok New IJiunswkk (Fredericton, New Brunswick), through L. W. Bailey. 

 .Stone gouge, |»olislied hatchet, and hatchet-shaped pebble, 10 specimens of Can- 

 adian fossils, six fossil ]>lants, 23 specimens of Canadian minerals, consisting of 

 wollastonite, ])yroxen»\ ouvarovite, calcite, magnetite, gra])hite, sphene,vesuvian- 

 ite, amj)hibole, scapolite, apatite, biotite, garnet, pyrrhotite, toiirnuiline, stelbite, 

 spophyllite, and thompsonite; and Canadian rocks. 23712. 



Univkhsity ok Penxsvlvaxia, through Charles M. Buck. Two Antelope skins and 

 skin of Brown Pelican ( I'elecaniin fuscus) from the Philadelphia Zoological Gar- 

 den. 23880. 



University op Wiscoxsin (Madison, Wis.), through Prof. William H. Hobbs. Sixty, 

 two specimens of minerals from Illinois and Wisconsin, consisting of galena, 

 smithsouite pseudomorph after calcite, amithsonite pseudomorph after galena, 

 limonite psendomor]»h after pyrite, marcasite, calcite, syihalerite, and chalcovty- 

 rite (23385); calcite from Mineral Point, Wis., and 5 specimens of calcite from 

 Galena, 111. (23634). Exchange. 



Upham, E. P. (U. S. National Museum). Chanot Violin. 23406. Deposit. 



Vail, Mrs. Amanda (New Britain, Conn.), through J. E. Watkins, U.S. National 

 Mnseuni. Two letters from Alfred Vail &. Son, February, 1838, describing the 

 operations of the magnetic telegraph machine in the room of the Committee on 

 Conunerce at the United States Capitol, 2 sheets of lithographs of early electric 

 telegraph machine, and 6 sheets of drawings ofdetails of early electric telegraph 

 machines, drawn by Alfred Vail, 1837-1847. 23562. Deposit. 



Vail, Stephen (New York City, N. Y.). Paper ri)»bon containing dot and dash 

 record of the first Presidential election reported by electric telegrajth, Novem- 

 ber 5, 1844. 23.568. Deposit. 



Vaillant, L^:on. (See nnder Museum of Natural History, Paris, France.) 



Van Cleane, James R. B. (See nnder Fish Commission, United States.) 



Van Ingen, Gilbert (U. S. Geological Survey). Fossil jdant, Lepidodendron BriUsh. 

 23513. 



Varley, T. p. (Woodwardville, Md.). Two hammer-stones, 3 chipped hatchets, 

 grooved axe, grooved ([uartzite pebble (sinker), fragment of a polished stone im- 

 plement, 3 fragments of pierced tablets, large chipped implement, 7 worked 

 flakes of flint, jasper, and slate, 3 flint scrapers, 22 rude points and leaf-shaped 

 implements of qnartz, qnartzite and argillite, 18 spear-points of qiiartzite, in- 

 durated slate, etc., 130 arrow-points of flint, slate, quartzite, and quartz, 12 

 fragments of pottery, 6 natural formations resembling worked stone and a fossil 

 shark's tooth, numbering 211 si)ecimens from Anne Arnndel County, Md. 23925. 



Vaughx, T. W^ayland (Mount Lelianon, La.). Specimens of land-shells. 24445. 



Vestel'LUND, Otto (Edepors, llarads. Sweden). Specimens of Florida plants. 

 24453. 



Von Ihering, Dr. H. (Rio Grande do Snl, Brazil, South America). Nine .species of 

 recent shells and 16 species of fossils (24102); collection of fresh-Avater shells 

 from Sonthern Brazil. (24139.) 



