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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1914. 
PetcRAM & Meyer, Paterson, N. J.: 4 | Pirrrer, Prof. H.—Continued. 
2-yard lengths of “ ratine bayadere ” 
ribbon (56929). 
PENA, Madame CARLOS MARIA DE, Uru- 
guayan Legation, Washington, D. C.: 
6 fans (56522: loan). 
PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF, DE- 
PARTMENT OF BoTANy, Philadelphia, 
Pa.: 104 specimens of Scrophularia- 
ceae collected in the southeastern 
part of the United States by Mr. 
i, W. Pennell (55753: exchange). 
PeRTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WESTERN 
AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM AND ART GAL- 
LERY: 16 specimens of recent cri- 
noids collected by the Australian fish- 
eries investigating steamer Hn- 
deavour (56958). 
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, GOVERNMENT OF 
THE, Manila, P, I.: 
Eeecutive Bureau: 12 postage 
stamps of the Philippine Islands, 
consisting of new color on old water- 
mark paper, 26 centavos; and on 
new watermark paper, 2, 6, 8, 10, 
12, 16, 20, 26, 30 centavos, and 1 
and 2 pesos—received through the 
Bureau of Insular Affairs, War De- 
partment (56715). 
Bureau of Education: Specimens 
of 5 grades of knotted abaca and 
implements for spinning and reeling 
cotton and abaca—received through 
the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War 
Department (57074: exchange). 
Bureau of Science: 481 plants, 
chiefly eryptogams, from the Philip- 
pine Islands (56049); 953 plants 
chiefly from Guam and Indo-China 
(56488). Exchange. 
University of the Philippines: Mis- 
cellaneous invertebrates, including 
mollusks (56397: exchange). 
PHiLuies, Ray, Broadwater, Va.: A 
fossil crab (56876: purchase). 
Pierce, Henry HaAveLock, Boston, 
Mass. (through Mr. George W. Har- 
ris, Washington, D. C.): Photo- 
graphic portrait of a man (56590). 
Pirrier, Prof. H., Bureau of Plant In- 
dustry, Washington, D. ©.: 875 
plants, including living specimens of 
Cactaceae; 4 bats, about 20 insects, 
1 crab and 2 snakes, all from Vene- 
zuela (55780; 55784; 55806; 55875; 
55963) ; 31 plants, including 12 from 
the Vargas Herbarium and 16 from 
the Ernst Herbarium, Caracas 
(55970); fruit head of ivory nut 
palm, Phytelephas, from Panama 
(56830: collected for the Museum) ; 
20 living specimens of Cactaceae, 
Hylocereus sp., and 2 bats, Micronyc- 
teris, from Panama (56892; 56960). 
PITTSBURGH CoAL ComPaNy, Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.: Coal mine model, re- 
ceived at the close of the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition, 1904 (56153). 
PLIMPTON, R. S., Salida, Colo.: 5 liv- 
ing specimens of Opuntia and Echi- 
nocereus from Chaffee County, Colo. 
(55695.). 
PoneMAH Mutts, Taftville, Conn. 
(through Clarence Whitman & Co., 
Ine., New York City): 5 specimens 
of cotton and silk and cotton créps 
dress goods (57137). 
Porter, T. J., & Sons, Philadelphia, 
Pa.: A series of small specimens of 
raw flax and linen yarns, and 13 
samples of fine English spun cotton 
yarn wound on small cones (56526). 
PorRTLAND Society OF NATURAL HIs- 
tory, Portland, Me.: 7 specimens of 
Solemya borealis from 20 feet of 
water in Portland Harbor (56451). 
Post Orrick DEPARTMENT: 28 sets of 
specimen stamps, ete., 10 of which 
are in triplicate and 6 in duplicate 
(approximately 8,529 specimens), 
received from the International Bu- 
reau of the Universal Postal Union, 
Berne, Switzerland (55665; 55733; 
55815: 55885; 55920; 56019; 56098; 
56241: 56303; 56463; 56502; 56533; 
56612: 56712; 56793; 56841; 56964) ; 
223 United States postage stamps, 
consisting of 5 postal savings official, 
12 parcel-post, 5 parcel-post due and 
1 Panama-Pacifie commemorative, 
completing the postal savings, par- 
eel-post, and Panama-Pacific series 
(56097); a complete specimen set 
