216 EERORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



German Carp, Cyprinus carpio, aud Lake WniTEiasii, Coreijonus clujjeiformis. Fresh 

 specimens from the Central Station. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 16091. '85. (VII) 



Bird Skins. Two hundred and fifty-nine specimens, 109 species, from Wheatland, 

 Ind. 

 Robert Ridgway, U. S. National Museum. 1C092. '85. (V, A) 



Brook Silverside, Laiidesthes sicculus (alcoholic). For name. 

 T. Berwick Legare, Camden, S. C. 16093. '85. (VII) 



Shells. One hundred and forty-four specimens from a mound at Old Enterprise, 

 Fla., including shells, old fragments of fish and mammalian bones, fish-scales, 

 fragments of glass found 3 feet below the surface, and a specimen of shell marl. 

 William H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey. 16094. '85. (Ill) 



Rose-breasted Grossbeak, Zamelodia ludoviciana J. Head, wing, and tail. For 

 identification. 

 ' Fred. C. Green, Marion, Iowa. 16095. '85. (V, A) 



Pottery and Clay Pipe; three fragments of the former. Also a clay pipe and stem 

 of a clay pipe. From an Indian mound in Montgomery Countj'. 



E. H. Vaughan, Roanoke, Va. 16096. '85. (Ill) 



European Whitefish, Coregonus albula (3), (alcoholic) ; from Baland and Talender 

 Lakes, Prussia. 

 Max von dem Borne, Berneuchen, Germany. 16098. '85. (VII) 



Marine Invertebrates. Four boxes of alcoholic specimens collected by U. S. Fish 

 Commission on the east coast of the United States. 

 Prof. A. E. Verrill, New Haven, Conn. 16099. '85. (XI) 



Blue-bird, Sialia azurea, from Arizona. A species but recently added to the North 

 American fauna. 

 Lieut. Harry C. Benton, U. S. A., Fort Huachuca, Ariz. 16100. '85. (V, A) 



Birds. Seven hundred and nine specimens (nearly 380 species), most of them 

 mounted, representing principally game-birds and domestic poultry. Several 

 species of Phasianidw new to the collection. 

 Department of Agriculture. 16101. '85. (V, A) 



Stone Implements : An arrow-head and spear-head from West A''irginiti, a i>o!islicd 

 celt from Belmont County, Ohio, a grooved axe from Washington County, Penn- 

 sylvania. Also a box of human bone-dust (?) from a mound at Moundsville, W. Va. 



F. J. Le MOYNE IIUPP, Wheeling, W. Va. 16102. '85. (Ill) 



Minerals. 



F. J. Le Moyne Hupp, Wheeling, W. Va. 16102. '85. (XIV) 



Fossils, Bhynchonella copax (5) and Ortliys lynx (23) . Hudson River Group. Probably 

 collected in Southern Ohio or Northern Central Tennessee. 

 F. J. Le Moyne Hupp, Wheeling, W. Va. 16102. '85. (XII, A) 



Peccary, Dicotyles iajacu. Three skins from Fort Mcintosh, Tex. 



Dr. John S. Billings, U. S. A.; Army Medical Museum. 1G103. '85. (IV) 



Peccary, Dicotyles iajacu. One male skeleton from Fort Mcintosh, Tex. 



Dr. John S. Billings, U. S. A.; Army Medical Museum. 16103. '85. (VIII) 



Python, P. moluras, Gray (P. bivittatus, Schy.), in the flesh. 



Zoological Socikty'- OF Philadelphia. 16101. '85. (VIII) 



Bendire's Thrasher, Rarporhynchm hcndlrcl. Adult and young. The y»ung ]>him- 

 iige of this species hitherto unrepresented in the collection. Collected by Dr. 

 Charles Carter at S;ic;i,t»>n, Pinal County, Ariz. 



Warren Cakti.:i:, W.-iliiuglbnl, Aiiz. 16105. 'd5. (V, A) 



