750 KEPOUT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Ellis J. Fkank (U. S. Fisli Comiuissiou), sent liviug specimeus of Opossum, Gray 



Fox, BaiTcd Owl, and Kaccoou. 19866. 

 Ellis, L. H: (Wilmington, Ohio), presented insects. 20522. 

 Ellsworth, E. W. (East Windsor Hill, Connecticut), presented samples of chipped 



window- glass. 20179. 

 Ely, Tiiobias N. (See nnder Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 20561.) 

 Emmons, S. F, (See under Interior, Department of the, U. S. Geological Survey, 



20047, 20156.) 

 Emoxs, C. T. (Columbia, Pennsylvania), presented a fragment of a clay vessel rep- 

 resenting a bird's head, from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; also a soap-stone 

 vessel representing a human face, from Dauphin County, Pennsjlvania (20482); 

 and sent fourteen arrowheads, hammer-stone, two grooved axes, celt, pestle, two 

 notched sinkers, stone bead, bone perforator, jaw-bone of a deer, elk's tooth, bear's 

 tooth, brass pendant, iron hatchet, etc., in exchange (19820). 

 English, G. L., & Co. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), sent smoky quartz crystals and 



a crocidolite quartz paper-weight. 20815. 

 Erdtmann, W. & H. (New York City),i>resented lithographs of paper currency of 



various countries, from the ''Graphische Kiinste." 20237. 

 ESTES, E. D. (Corning, Arkansas), presented specimens of i)^)m.s/es titijiis. 19366. 

 EusTis, Mrs. J. B. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented two living speci- 

 mens of Barred Owl. 20778. 

 EVEKETT, Mrs. J. H. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented pearls from com- 

 mon oyster. 20476. 

 Faetz, Mrs. A. M. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented anaiuiature watch 

 brought from Austria twenty-five years ago, and supposed to be a hundred years 

 old ; also a scarf-pin from Italy, brought to America fifty years ago. 19547. 

 Fairbanks, E. & T., & Co. (St. Johnsbury, Vermont), presented a pair of prescrip- 

 tion scales. 20738. 

 Falconer, J. M. (Brooklyn, New York), presented two Baxter oil-prints. 20666. 

 Faris, Lafayette (Washington, District of Columbia), presented prehistoric stone 



implements, nine specimeus, from Highland County, Ohio. 19771. 

 Farrer, Henry (New York City), presented nine etchings by the donor (20284); also 



illustrated catalogue of the N. E. Etching Club Exhibition, 1888 (20590). 

 Fauciier, G. L. (West Winsted, Connecticut), presented prehistoric stone imple- 

 ments. 19852. . 

 FiLLEBROWN, F. E. (Bostou, Massachusetts), presented eight proofs of wood engrav- 

 ings by the donor. 20829. 

 Fischer, Dr. Henri A. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a cut ame- 

 thyst, from the Hartz Mountains, Germany. 20404. 

 Fish Commission, United States, transmitted through Col. Marshall McDonald, 

 Commissioner — 



Birds' nests and bii'ds' eggs: Qtiiscalns qiiisvula, Q. major, Merula migratoria, 

 Molothrus ater, Dendroica wstiva, Agclaiits pliocniceus, Setophaga riificilla, Seiurus 

 aurocainllns, Melospiza fasciata, Spizella sociaJis, Tireo noccboraceiisis, V. oliva- 

 ceiis, Compsothlypls aniericana, CHvicola riparia, Chelidou eriithrogasler, Cerijle 

 alcyon, Sterna doagcdU, S. paradiscca, and S. hinmdo, (Through Vinal N. 

 Edwards, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts.) 19426. 

 Bones of Great Auk, Alca impeunis. These represent several hundred individuals, 

 and ten or twelve complete skeletons can be constructed from them. The 

 Great Auk became extinct about fifty years ago. This collection of its bones 

 is the largest in the world. Seventy-two skeletons and alcoholic specimens 

 of birds, mostly sea fowl, and many embryos of the same. Birds' eggs: Slerva 

 paradlswa (also seven nests), Uria iroile, Alca torda, Sula hassaiia, Fratercnia 

 arcfica, liissa tridacti/Ia, and Oceanodroma lencorlwa. 

 A large collection of bird skins. Fishes: O.'unenis mordax, Cteiiohilrrns adspersiis, 

 Pkuronectcs americanns, Cottas 18 spinosKS, C. scorpius, SalveUnas fouluialis, 



