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Corals, echinodeems, and ckustacea (dry, and alcohoHc). 

 Henry Hemphill, Key West, Fla. 15565. '85. (XI) 



TarqujC Plant. Specimens of leaf, Lark, fruit, and juice, from Costa Eica. 

 Frederick Stearns, Detroit, Mich. 15566. '85. (I) 



Danalite, with cryophyllite and Amazon stone in granite. Four specimens. 

 T, T. Bouvjfe, Boston, Mass. 1.5567. '85. (XIV) 



Gahnite in chalcopyrite, from Eowe, Mass. 



Arnold G. Dana, New Haven, Conn. 15568. '85. (XIV) 



Minerals. A collection of 15 specimens, consisting of aragonite, calcite, calamine, 

 and wulfenite, from Eureka Consolidated Mines, Eureka County, Nevada. 

 J. S. Curtin, U. S. Geological Survey. 15569. '85. (XIV) 



Spodumene (crystal). A large specimen from Blanchville, Conn. 

 Prof. S. J. Brush, New Haven, Conn. 15570. '85. (XIV) 



Columbite (crystal). From Andrews's feldspar quarry. Purchased. 

 G. H. Andrews, Glastonbury, Conn. 15571. '85. (XIV) 



Cancrinite in el^olite-syenite and sodalitb, from Litchfield, Me. 

 T. F. Lamb, Portland, Me. 15572. '85. (XIV) 



Weaver Birds' Nest. 



Eev. C. H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. 15573. '85. (V, A) 



Shells, Helix sp. and Cyclostoma sp. Three specimens from Daryiling, foot-hills of 

 the Himalaya Mountains. 

 Eev. C. H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. 1.5573. '85. (IX) 



Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, from Sikkim, East India. 



Eev. C. H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. 15573. '85. (X) 



Jewelry,* Table-mats, prayer- wheels, fans, and fly-brushes, from Calcutta, India. 

 Eev. C. H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. 15573. '85. (II) 



Bird Skins. Sixteen specimens from Ecuador, Guatemala, and Panama. 

 Josi; C. Zeledon, San Jos6, Costa Eica. 15.574. '85, (V, A) 



Cinchona Bark. Two packages. 



Josifi C. Zeledon, San Jos6, Costa Eica. 15574. '85. (I) 



Mammals. Two Skins, Didelphys quica and Felis onca (black). 



Jos:fi C. Zeledon, San Jos6, Costa Eica. 15574. '85. (IV) 



FiLANZANA, a carrying-chair used in Madagascar. Lieut. Mason A. Shufeldt crossed 

 the island in this chair. (Distance, 1,080 miles. Time, 6 months.) 

 Lieut. Mason A. Shufeldt, U. S. N. 15575. '85. (I) 



Fishes (in alcohol). One hundred and twenty specimens, from Fort Chimo, Uugava 

 Bay, H. B. T. 

 L. M. Turner, U. S. Signal Service. 15576. '85. (VII) 



Eeindeer, Rangifer tarandus. Heads, crania, sterna, and fcetus, from Fort Chimo, 

 Ungava Bay, H. B. T. 



L. M. Turner, U. S. Signal Service. 15576. '85. (IV) 



Fishes, Malloius villosus, Gasterosteus imTtgitins, G. Maculeatus, Coregonus quadri- 

 lateralis, and Uranidea richardsoni, ^c, from Fort Chimo, Ungava Bay, H. B. T. 

 L. M. Turner, U. S. Signal Service. 15576. '85. (VII) 



Birds. Seventy-eight si)ecimens in alcohol, from Ungava Bay. 

 L. M. Turner, U. S. Signal Service. 15576. '85. (V, A) 



*SpepartII, p, 67. 



