196 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Head of Porpoise, Phoccena communis, from Gurnet, near Plymouth, Mass. Jaw. 

 ■with abnormal dentition. 



.John F. Holmes, keeper U. S. life-saving station. Gurnet, Mass. 15826. '85 

 (IV) 



Minerals. Thirty-eight specimens from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, including 

 albertlte, stibnite, native antimony, gypsum, anhydrite, vesuvianite, i>icrolite, 

 manganite, scapolite, pyroxene, hornblende, apatite, stilbite, chalazite, and aual- 

 cite. For exchange. 

 L. W. Bailey, Fredericton, New Brunswick. 15827. '85. (XIV) 



Fishes. For exchange. 



L. W. Bailey, Fredericton, New Brunswick. 15827. '85. (VII) 



Fossils. Three fragments of limestone with Spirifera, Terebratula, and Produotua, 

 represented. For exchange. 

 L. W. Bailey, Fredericton, New Brunswick. 15827. '85. (XII, A) 



Beryl, found on east shore of Connday's Harbor, Phippsburg, Me. 



GEORGET.STORERjWinnegance, Sagadahoc County, Me. 15828. '85. (XVI) 



Hornblende and Arsenical Pyrites. 



C. W. Hitchcock, Custer City, Custer County, Dak. 15829. '85. (XIV) 



Historical Relic. Portion of a causeway made by General Andrew Jackson's army 

 in the war of 1812-'15, during its march from the Chattahoochee River through the 

 Creek Nation, to New Orleans, La., from 12 miles southwest of Eufaula, Barbour 

 County, Ala. 

 Frank Burns, U. S. Geological Survey. 15830. '85. (I) 



Shad, Clupea sapidissima. Fresh specimen caught at the mouth of the Suwannee 

 River, Florida (first shad taken in the season of 1885). 

 W. S. Bunting, Cedar Keys, Fla. 15831. '85. (VII) 



Corals. Eight specimens from the South Sea Islands, including Fungia, Halomitra, 

 Astracea, Goniastrcea, Mussa, Madrepora, also some hydroid coral. 



Hon. H. F. French, Assistant Secretary ^of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. 

 15832. '85. (XI) 



Sea Lamprey, Petromyzon marinus (dried). ' 



W. St. J. Masyck, Waverly Mills, S. C. 15833. '85. (VII) 



European Badger, Meles taxus, juv., in the flesh. 



W. A. CoNKLiN, superintendent Central Park Menagerie, New York. 15834. 



'85. (IV) 



Shells. Specimens of Planorhis and Physa. 



F. W. Heyward, Oakley, S. C. 15835. '85. (IX) 



Allanite, Samarskite, and Ilmanite. 



J. B. Colvard, Jefferson, N. C. 15836. '85. (XIV) 



LARiDiE. Sixty-eight specimens, 40 species, from various parts of the world. Avery 

 valuable lot, embracing a number of species new to the collection, among them 

 a North American bird. Lams affinis, Reink. 

 Howard Saunders, London, England. 15837. '85. (V, A) 



Purple Finch, Carpodacus purpureus $, in the flesh. 



William Burdine, Washington, D. C. 15838. '85. (V,A) 



Corundum (Crystal of Ruby), from Towns County, Georgia, and one specimen of 

 massive ruby, from Shooting Creek, Clay County, N. C. 

 C. M. Yeates, Washington, D, C. 15839. '85. (XIV) 



