740 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Beckwith, Gkorge H. (Charlestown, West Virgiuia), sent chert uodules containing 

 seams, for examination and report. 20709. 



Bkckwith, Paul H. (U. S. National Museum), presented electrotypes of ancient and 

 modern coins (20070), postage-stamps from various localities and old coins of the 

 United States (20332), deposited various military medals and decorations (20379, 

 20461), and gave postage-stamps and military decorations in exchange, (19716, 

 20304.) 



Beecher, C. E. (Albany, New York), presented a fossil, Acidaspis hamata Conrad, 

 from the Lower Helderburg formation (Upper Silurian), Clarksville, New York. 

 19823. 



Beers, Anthony (Oxmoor, Alabama), sent insect for name. 19560. 



Bell, Carey (Utica, Ohio), presented prehistoric stone implements, twenty-five 

 specimens. 20413. 



Bell, James (Gainesville, Florida), presented a Diamond Rattlesnake, Crotalus ada- 

 manteus. 20102. 



Bell, William (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), presented a daguerreotype gilding 

 stand. 21770. 



Bement, C. S. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), presented garnet from Pennsylvania, 

 cassiterite from England, jiyrite crj^stals from Italy, and a large microlite crystal 

 from Virginia. 2U066. 



Benedict, Dr. A. L. (Buffalo, New York), presented prehistoric stone implements, 

 thirty specimens, from Buffalo, New York, and Fort Erie, Canada. 20366. 



Benet, Brig.-Gen. S. V., U. S. Army. (See under War Department, 20209.) 



Benners, G. B. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), presented two bird skins, Mgilitis semi- 

 palmata, from Corpus Christi, Texas. 19732. 



Bennett, L. J. (Buffalo, New York), presented fossil crustaceans, including ten gen- 

 era, ten species, from the water-lime formation (Upper Silurian) near Buffalo, 

 New York. A very important accession, containing many beautiful specimens. 

 19949. 



Bensal, Capt. R. A. (Newport, Oregon), presented chalcedony pebbles, containing a 

 liquid, from Oregon. (Through Hon. Binger Hermann, M. C.) 26004. 



Benson, Lieut. H. C, U. S. Army (Fort Huachuca, Arizona), presented bird skins, 

 a valuable and interesting collection, containing a fine adult specimen of Trogon. 

 amMguus, a series of Corvus cryptoleucus and Falco fusco-coerulescens (19363); nests 

 of Psaltriparus plumheits, Campylorhynchus hrunneicapillus, and one unidentified 

 (19363) ; eggs of Buteo sivainsoni, Callipepla squamata, Columba fasciata, and eggs 

 with nest of Vireo huttoni stephensi (19352, 19488) (see Proceedings U. S. Nat. Mu- 

 seum, 1887, pp. 551, 556, 557) ; also reptiles from Arizona, including Crotalus ada- 

 manteus, Pifijophis, and Crotaphytiis (19452). 



Bergen Museum (Bergen, Norway) sent seventy-five specimens of bird skins in ex- 

 change. 20468. 



Berger, William H. (U. S. National Museum), presented copper cents of the United 

 States, dated 1798, 1805, and 1807. 20218. 



Berry, Hon. James H. (United States Senate), sent ore for examination and report. 

 19419. 



Bessac, F. T. (Natchez, Mississippi), presented paper nioney of the Confederate 

 States 20226. 



Bessels, Dr. Emil (Washington, District of Columbia), deposited plants from Spitz- 

 bergen, a valuable collection, containing authentic specimens from eminent au- 

 thorities, most of them being new to the collection. 20121. 



Betty, Dr. E. G. (Cincinnati, Ohio), presented a silver twenty-five cent i>iece of the 

 United States, dated 1802. 19689. 



Beverly, J. B. (The Plains, Virginia), sent skeleton of American Crossbill, Loxia 

 ctirvirostra americava, for examination and report. 20190. 



BiDWELL, Mrs. C. A. (Clip, Yuma County, Arizona), sent minerals for examination 

 and report. 20489. 



