LIST OP ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM IN 1885. 201 



Lepomis cyanellus (4), from Texas. 



G. H. Eagsdale, Gainesville, Tex. 15899. '85. (VIl) 



Birds (59), from Texas. For ideutification. 



G. H. Eagsdale, Gainesville, Tex. 15899. '85. (V, A) 



Eeptiles (15), from Texas; including Caudisona, CyclopMs cestivus, Coluber, Ophibo- 

 lus, Cnemidojphorus, Sceloporiis, Hyla, etc. 

 G. H. Eagsdale, Gainesville, Tex. 15899. '85. (VI) 



Bird Skixs (5), two from Texas, two from France, and one from New Zealand. 

 For exchange. 

 Thomas McIlwraith, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 15900. '85. (V,A) 



Barium Sulphate, or barytes, from Missouri. Used for adulterating wliite lead. 

 B. A. Shepley, Des Arc, Iron County, Mo, 15901. '85. (XIV) 



Hornblende. 



George F. Storer, Winnegance, Me. 15902. '85. (XV) 



Disinfectant. Manufactured by tbe Eavenswood CLemical Company. 



Eavenswood Chemical Company, Long Island City, N'. Y. 15903. '85. (I) 



Minerals. Three specimens from Nova Scotia and New Jersey: chalcocite and 

 malachite (1), datolite and pyrolusite. 

 N. H. Darton, New York, N. Y. 15904. '85. (XIV) 



Shells. Installment of the collection of J. Gwyn Jeffreys. 



J. Gwyn Jeffreys (through Ho wel Jeffreys, 61 Bedford Gardens, Kensing- 

 ton, London, England). 15905. '85. (IX) 



Teredo-bored Wood. Piece of main topmast of a fishing-vessel wrecked on Brown's 

 Bank. 

 Capt. S. J. Martin, Gloucester, Mass. 15906. '85. (IX) 



Bird Skins collected by Edward M. Brigham, principally from Para, Brazil, for 

 determination and selection of desiderata. Forty-two sjjecimens, 32 species, 

 have been retained, of which the following are new to the collection: Mon- 

 asa morpheus, Picinsareus cirrliatus Dendrornis eytoni, Dendrex etastes sp. nov. ; 

 Nasica longirostris, 2 specs., Pipula cvjuhi, Icterus cay ennensis, Gallula cyaneicollis, 

 Trogon meridionalis, Pieroglossus inscriptus, 2 specs., ^ and 9; Brotogerys irrescens, 

 Vrochroma purpurata, 2 specs., $ and $; Caica leucogastra. 

 Prof. D. S. Jordan, Bloomington, Ind. 15907. '85. (V, A) 



Volcanic Dust, from Harlan County, Nebraska. These specimens formed the basis 

 of an article by Mr. George P. Merrill on deposits of volcanic dust and sand in 

 Southwestern Nebraska. (See "Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus.," viii, May 23, 1885, pp. 

 99,100.) 

 Henry Zahn, Plattsmouth, Nebr. 15908. '85. (XV) 



White-bellied Nut-hatch, Sitta carolinensis, and Yellow-throated Warbler, Den- 

 drceoa dominica. 

 James W. Eogan, Eogersville, Tenn. 15909. '85. (V, A) 



Arrow-heads. 



James W. Eogan, Eogersville, Tenn. 15909. '85. (Ill) 



Stone Implements C2). 



J. M. Spainhour, Lenoir, N. C. 15910. '85. (Ill) 



Fan, of shell and bone of tortoise, from Key West, Fla. 



Joseph W. Collins, U. S. Fish Commission. 1.5911. 'a5. (I) 



