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Featiieu F1.0WEKS. Twelve ciii'ds of iiowers made tuii of feathers. Ilaudwork, 

 Mrs. A. J. EuGG, Leominster, Mass. 16128. '85. (I) 



Tobacco, from Melwood plantation, Upper Marlborough, Md. 

 F. IT. Towne, Washington. 161'29. '85. (I) 



PiiospiiATic Formation, taken from the paunch of a deer. 



Thomas M. Butler, Davis P. O., La. 16130. '85. (IV) 



Slate. Two apecimens from Connecticut (dressed). 



A. E. Verrill, New Haven, Conn. 16131. '85. (XV) 



Nest and Eggs (4) of Yellow-throat GeotMy-pis tricJias, from Ilchester, Md. 

 Dr. L. Stejneger, U. S. National Museum. 16132. '85. (V, B) 



Fishes. Three alcoholic specimens of "Shiners," a small-scaled group, belonging 

 to the genus Notropis. 

 T. Berwick Legare, Camden, S. C. 16133. '85. (VII) 



Nest and Eggs (4) of Summer Eed-bird, Piranga cestiva, from. Ilchester, Md. 

 C. W. Beckham, U. S. National Museum. 16134. '85. (V, A) 



Fossil Fish, from Wyoming. 



Fred. C. Green, Milwaukee, Wis. 16135. '85. (VII) 



Ferns, Neuropteris. Three specimens from Grundy County, Illinois. 

 Fred. C. Green, Milwaukee, Wis. 16135. '85. (XII, B) 



Arrow-heads (6), celt and grooved axe from Wayne County, North Carolina, and 

 arrow-head from Ontonagon County, Michigan. 

 Fred. C. Green, Milwaukee, Wis. 16135. '85. (Ill) 

 Fossils. 



NIAGARA group. 



Orihoceras annulatum (?), Sowerby (1); Illcenus insignis, Hall (4) ; Spluerexoolms Eom- 

 inger, Hall (1) ; Calymene Niagrensis (from Ohio?), (1). 



devonian group. 



Sponge? (1); Orthis impressa, Hall (5); Atrypa reticularis, Linnosus (6); Clionetes 

 deflecta (?), Hall (1); Spirifera mesostrialis, Hall (15); Ortlioccras sp. ? (1); Gom- 

 pkoceras hreviposticwni, Whitfield (1); Gomplioceras fusiforme, Whitfield (2); Goin- 

 plioceras sjj. ? (1) ; Cytoceras, sp. ? (2) ; Fish plate (1). 



Fred. C. Green, Milwaukee, Wis. 16135. '85. (XII, A) 



Minerals. Millerite, with calcite (2), from cement quarry. Marcasite, calcite 

 crystals, and massive quartz, showing two cleavage planes, from Buncombe 

 County, North Carolina. Garnet crystals (partly altered), from Pigeon Eiver 

 Valley, North Carolina. Chlorite and quartz, from Ontonagon County, Michi- 

 gan. 

 Fred. C. Green, Milwaukee, Wis. 16136. '85. (XIV) 



The "Ayrshire Life-Car." With this were also received a copper man-of-war 

 (model), dies upon which the life-car model was made, and dii>loma from the In- 

 ternational Shipwreck Society of France. (For descriptive note of inventions of 

 Joseph Francis see Part I, pp. 39, 40.) 

 Joseph Francis, New York. 16136. '85. (I) 



Spear- head from Logan County; celts (2) from De Witt County; and a grooved 

 axe from Macon County. 

 Bert Stewart, Decatur, 111. 16137. '85. (Ill) 



Flint Flakes (3), arrow aud siiear heads (9), a discoidal stone, and wntor-worn 

 pebbles, (',]) from Barber County, and a pestle from Blouufc County. 

 Frank Burns, Blountsville, Blount County, Ala. 16138. '85. (Ill) 



