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Medal. Copy of the medal struck by the American Numismatic Society to com- 

 memorate the Centennial celebration of the evacuation of New York by the Brit- 

 ish, and the erection by this chamber of the statue of Washington on the sub- 

 treasury building in Wall street, New York. 

 Chambee of Commerce, New York. 15975. '85. (II) 



Owl, Sirix nebulosa, in the flesh. 



William R, Lighton, Ottumwa, Iowa. 15976. '75. (V, A) 



Nodular Carbonate of Iron (2). (Laramie Age.) From Grand Eiver, Dakota, 

 near Black Horse Butte. Collected by Bailey Willis, October, 1884. 

 J. S. DiLLER, U. S. Geological Survey, Washington. 15977. '85. (XV) 



Historical Statement relating to the original Morse telegraph instrument ; signed 

 by Albert Vail. 

 Stephen Vail, New York City. 15978. '85. (I) 



Golden Eye, Hyodon alosoides, 14 inches long, from Yallabusha Eiver. 

 J. H. Campbell, Grenada, Miss. 15979. '85. (VII) 



Ancient Copper Coin found 4 miles from Loudon, England. Returned. 

 I. K. Strachan, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 15980. '85. (II) 



Miscellaneous Collection from the museum of Tokio, Japan, including vegetable, 

 animal, and mineral specimens, a book containing specimens of woods, and five 

 volumes devoted to botany. Purchased, $37.50. 

 Henry G. Seaver, Brooklyn, N. Y. 15981. '85. 



Governor Pruning Hook. Combined knife and saw for pruning. 



R. T. HUNN, Baliylon, N. Y. 15982. '85. (Sent to U. S. Carp Ponds.) 



Bird Skins. One hundred and seventy-nine specimens, 73 species, chiefly land birds. 

 Dr. W. H. Fox, Rockwood, Tenn. 15983. '85. (V, A) 



Folding Anchors (2), showing the construction of the " Chester" model. 

 Capt. H. C. Chester, Wood's Holl, Mass. 15984. '85. (I) 



Australian Plants. Thirty specimens. 



Frank H. Knowlton, U. S. National Museum. 1.5985. '85. (XIII, B) 



Herbarium. A fine and extensive collection, containing 15,000 specimens (5,000 

 species) with large collections of seeds, herbarium cores, paper, etc. 

 Lester F. Ward, U. S. Geological Survey, 15986. '85. (XIII, B) 



Ore op Manganese (impure) and a mineral of the hornblende group. 

 Charles J. Perkins, Daggett, Cal. 15987. '85. (XIV) 



Lignite, from a coal bank in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. 



C. J. Barrow, New Orleans, La. 15988. '85. (XVI) 



Coal, from near Seattle, Wash. Possibly lignitic anthracite from the Tertiary for- 

 mation, metamorphosed by local volcanic disturbance. 

 G.H. Watson. 1.5989. '85. (XVI) 

 Tracing on linen cloth or indicator cards from the steam-engine used to drive the 

 dynamo in illuminating Indian Ridge Colliery, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 

 by means of electric light, September 6, 1884. 

 E. F. C. Davis, Pottsville, Pa. 15990. '85. (XVI) 

 Tracings. One represents the underground operation of the 20-inch bull pump used 

 in draining the Pottsville Shaft Colliery, including cross-sections of the main 

 gangway and sump, and the pump and wagon ways of the pump slope. The 

 other shows the manner in which the two shafts of tlie colliery were sunk, and 

 indicates with accurate measurements the positions of the Diamond-drill holes 

 used in blasting the rock. This is the deepest coal mine in the United States. 

 John H. Strauch, Pottsville, Pa. 1.5991. '85. (XVI) 



