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Sea-Elephant, Macrorliinus angustirostris : Seal, Zalophus californianus. Coyote, 

 Canis latrans. Gopher, Thomomys ialpoides. From California. 

 C. H. TowKSEND, San Francisco, Cal. 15689. '85. (IV) 



Sua Elephant Oil. 



C. H. To WNSEND, San Francisco, Cal. 15689. '85. (I, D) 



Bii;d Skins. Twenty-seven specimens, from California, namely: Large-billed Spar- 

 row, Passerculus rostratus (1); Snowy Heron, Garzetia candklissima {5) ', Louisiana 

 llevon, Eydranassa tricolor (1) ; White-crowned Night Heron, Nyctherodius viola- 

 ceus (1) ; Snowy Plover, ^gialites nivosus (4) ; Sanderling, Calidris arenaria (4) ; 

 Marbled Godwit, Limosa foeda (1) ; Willet, Symjphemia semipalmata (1) ; Surf Duck, 

 Felioneita perspiclllata (1) ; Western Gull, Larus occidentalis (1) ; Heerman's Gull, 

 Larus heermanii (2); Royal Tern, Steoma maxima (1) ; Fulmar Petrel, Fulmar uti pa- 

 cificus (2); Western Grebe, JEclimophorics occidentalis (1); Cassin's Auk, Ftyco- 

 rliamphus aleuticus (2). 

 C. H. TowNSEND Francisco, Cal. 15689. '85. (V, A) 



Indian Objects. 7 posts, 4 masks, 5 carvings, 3 rattles, 4 sets of bows and arrows, 

 5 flance-wands, 24 fish-hooks, 4 paddles, 1 drinking-cup, 1 set of canoe-builder's 

 tools, 1 banner, 3 wedges, 12 cedar bark mats, and a buoy and tow-line, from 

 Washington Territory. 

 James G. Swan, Port Townsend, Wash. 15690. '85. (II, A) 



Eggs of California Tkout. 



Myron Green, McCloud River, California. 15691. '85. (VII) 



Snakes. Four living specimens. 



Kelly & Chamberlin, Washington, D. C. 15692. '85. (VL) (Sent to the 

 Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia.) 



Eggs of California Trout. 



Myron Green, McCloud River, California. 15694. '85. (VII) 



Indian Objects. 5 arrow-points, 1 stone ax, several pieces of pottery, pieces of 2 

 skulls and bones, from mound No. 1 in Sangamon County, Illinois. 

 William T. Talbott, Farmingdale, 111. 15695. '85. (Ill) 



Fresh-water Shells, from Florida and Alabama. Seven species. 

 A. G. Wetherby, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15696. '85. (IX) 



Diabase and sandstone, from Albany County, Oregon. Four samples. 

 Frank Wood, Linn County, Oregon. 15697. '85. (XV) 



Lead and Silver Ores. 



Lead Mine Mill and City Rock Mine, Utah. 1.5698. '85. (XVI) 



Lead and Silver Ores. 



Northern Chief Mine, Utah. 15699. '85l. (XVI) 



Lead and Silver Ores. 



Horn Silver Mine, Utah. 15700, '85. (XVI) 



Ores, from Washington Territory. For report. 



George De Graf, Seattle^ Wash. 15701. '85. (XIV) 



Red Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra minor, from Bardstown, Ky. Probably the first 

 bird the National Museum has ever received from any portion of that State. Also, 

 a Snow-bird, Junco hyemalis, with distinct white wing-bands, from Ilchester, Md. 

 C. W. Beckham, Smithsonian Institution. 15702. '85. (V, A) 



Textile Fibers. Samples of wools, cottons, silks, and vegetable fibers ; also woven 

 fabrics. 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 15703. '85. (I) 



