REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1912. 



Appel, W. D.. Anacostia, D. C. : Sala- 

 mander, Hermdactijlus scutatus, 

 from Mount Vernon, Va. (53751). 

 (See under Mr. Clarence R. Shoe- 

 maker. ) 



Akconati-Visconti, ^Marquise, Paris, 

 France : An armchair which for- 

 merly belonged to Marquis de La- 

 fayette, and in which he is said to 

 have sat on the day of his death 

 (53773). 



Aeechavaleta, Prof. Jos6, Director, 

 Museo Nacioual, Montevideo, Uru- 

 guay : 45 ferns from Uruguay 

 ( 54074 : exchange) . 



Arizona Marble Co., Bowie, Ariz. : 4 

 slabs of marble (53115). 



Armistead, George, Baltimore, Md. : A 

 framed photograph of a painting of 

 Lieut. Col. George Armistead, U. S. 

 Army, commandant, Fort McHenry, 

 War of 1812 (53447: loan). 



Arnold Arboretum, Harvard Univer- 

 sity. Jamaica Plain, Mass. : 50S 

 plants chiefly from the United States 

 (53658: exchange) ; 490 plants col- 

 lected in China by B. H. Wilson 

 (54221: purchase). 



Aeras, L. p., St. Louis, Mo. : Moths 

 representing the species Philtra'a 

 clcgantaria, Pyravsta oxydalis, and 

 Hcspcria tesscllata (53S4S). 



AsiiwoRTH. Dr. J. H., University of 

 LMinburgh, Edinburgh, ScotJand : 4 

 specimens of Arenicola representing 

 3 species (54190: exchange). 



Australian Museum. (See under 

 Sydney, New South Wales.) 



Ayres, Mrs. Steven B., Washington, 

 D. C. : Water color painting entitled 

 "Autumn on Long Island," by Addi- 

 son T. Millar ; and 3 paintings in 

 oil. " Landscape," " Litchfield Elms," 

 and "Autumn," by George Traver 

 (52976: loan). 



Baer, John L., Delta, Pa.: Quartz 

 blade from a cache of about 150 

 specimens plowed up in the valley 

 near Pen Mar (53509). 



Bailey, H. B.. Newport News, Va. : 

 Small mammals from Hog Island, 

 Va. (53500) ; 8 specimens of Pero- 

 myscus leucopus and a skull of Sdu- 

 ropterus (53922). 



Bailey, H. H., Newport News, Va. : 

 Small mammals, insects, and a. 

 snake, from Warwick County, Va. 

 (53517). 



Baker, Prof. C. F., Pomona College, 

 Claremont, Cal. : Marine shells from 

 Laguna Beach, Cal., collected by 

 Mabel Guernsey (53284) ; 100 moths 

 (53523 : exchange). 



Baker, Charles H., Zellwood, Fla. : 

 Sponge from Umbrella Key, and an 

 arrowhead from Orange County, Fla. 

 (53495). 



Baker, Dr. Fred. (See under Stan- 

 ford Expedition.) 



Baker, Henry D., American consul, 

 Hobart, Tasmania : Skeleton of a 

 Tasmauian devil, Sarcophilus sa- 

 tanus, collected by Mrs. Mary G. 

 Roberts (53261); (through Rev. D. 

 C. Bates) : 8 bii'd skins and a lizard, 

 Tuatara, from New Zealand (53676) ; 

 skin of emperor penguin, Aptenody- 

 tes forsteri, from Kaiox Land, Antarc- 

 tica (54212). 



Baldus, J. T., Brookland. D. C. : 4 

 bird nests and 3 eggs from the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia (54215). 



Ball, C. R., Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C. : 93 plants 

 chiefly from Texas (53280). 



Ball, Capt. R. T. M., pay director, 

 U. S. Navy, Baltimore, Md. : A col- 

 lection of Washington and Ball 

 relics (53986 : loan). 



Barber, H. S. (See under Mr. P. R. 

 Myers. ) 



Barbour, Dr. Thomas, Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, 

 Mass. : 28 specimens, representing 4 

 species, of crustaceans from Cuba 

 (54201). 



