^04 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Fossils (Hudson JRiver Group) from Ohio. (1) Common tvilohite,Calymenesenaria. An 

 incrusting hyozoon which, aided by a little carving, gives a curious form to the 

 head. The small crinoidal plates probably formed the lower i>ortion of the arm 

 of a crinoid. (2) Apparently a portion of a crinoid. 

 R. W. Mercer, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15934. '85. (XII, A) 



Ancient Tablet (cast), bearing incised figures somewhat analogous to those on the 

 well-known " Cincinnati Tablet." The original consists of compact Waverly 

 sandstone of a bluish-gray color in the fracture. The polished surfaces are of a 

 light-brown color, apparently produced by the material used in polishing. The 

 original was found in a mound near Waverly, Pike County, Ohio. 

 J. P. MacLean, Hamilton, Ohio. 15935. '85. (Ill) 



Sea-Horse, Hippocampus Jieptagonus. 



D. M. Tate, Kitty Hawk, N. C. 15936. '85. (VII) 



Egg of Gray Parrot, Paittacus erithacus; laid in captivity. 



Wyndham Leywood, Gainesville, Va. 15937. '85. (V, A) 



Yellow Sphene. Believed to be the first specimen of the kind found in the District 

 of Columbia. 

 G. P. Merrill, National Museum. 15938. '85, (XIV) 



Striped Mummy, Mollienesia latipinna, and three specimens of Notemigonus america- 

 nu8, from Lake Monroe, Florida. 

 William H. Ball, U. S. Geological Survey. 15939. '85. (VII) 



DiADOPHis PUNCTATUS, ftom Gainesville, Fla. 



William H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey. 15939. '85. (VI) 



Stone Implements. Eight flint flakes and a pierce of worked bone, from 1^ feet 

 below the surface. Found in a railway cutting near Gainesville, Fla. 

 William H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey. 15939. '85. (Ill) 



Stone Carving, representing a bird's head; from Wabash County. Three stone 

 pipes, a ceremonial weapon, and a trowel-shaped object of stone from the neigh- 

 borhood of Marion, Grant County, Ind. 



Dr. J. C. Neal, Archer, Fla. 15940. '85. (Ill) 



Building-stone, from North Carolina. 



Donor unknown. 'l5941. '85. (XV) 



Mouse, Hesperomys leucopus. 



Dr. E. W. Shufeldt, Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 15942. '85. (IV) 



Horned Grebe, Colymbus auritus. 



William Hamlin, Havre de Grace, Md. 15943. '85. (V, A) 



Small-mouthed Black Bass, Micropterus dolomiei, and WaU-eyed Pike, Stizostedium 

 vitreum. 

 William Hamlin, Havre de Grace, Md. 15943. '85. (VII) 



Gazelle, Gazella dorcas, in the flesh. 



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

 15944. '85. (IV) 



Shad Eoe and Smelt. A well-marked case of hermaphroditism, in which the tran- 

 sition from the histological character of the ovary to that of the spermary may 

 be observed. 



J. C. Wigglesworth, Wilmington, Del. 15945. '85. (VII) 



Quartz, containing hematite. 



J. M. Trout, Troutsville, Va. 15946. '85. (XIV) 



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