780 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



State, Department of, presented bunting flags of various nations. 19818. 

 (See also under Shah of Persia, 20378 ; Australian Museum, 20773.) 



Stavanger Museum (Stavanger, Norway), sent a collection of bird skins, including 

 twenty specimens, in exchange. 194.58. 



Stearns, Dr. R. E. C. (U. S. Nation.il Museum), presented a specimen of the Horned 

 Lizard, Phrynosoma coronaium, from San Diego, Cal. (19887); four opium-iiipe 

 bowls, two water-holders, and pencil-holder used in writing, and a chunk of 

 sandal- wood chipped and burned in religious services by the Chinese (19941); 

 marine shells, twenty-four specimens, from California; Tertiary fossils; four 

 specimens of Nassa fossala Gld., from Santa Barbara, California; ores, rocks, and 

 minerals, seventy specimens, mostly chromite, from California (2026U) ; a book- 

 knife made of " mother-of-pearl" shell, Maleagrina margaritifera (20582); fossil 

 brachiopods, TerebratuJa harlani Mort., from the green sand marl of New Jersey ; 

 algse, from Kodiak, Alaska, and egg cases of skate, Cestracion franeisci, from San 

 Diego, California (20697); and a collection often hundred and ten shells, chiefly 

 from California, eastern America, and the Indo-Pacific region (20720). 



Steele, Robert L. (Rockingham, North Carolina), sent a boat-shaped object and a 

 jasper bead for examination and report. 2C359, 



Steelmann, Capt. Thomas (Somers Point, New Jersey), presented fishes from the 

 vicinity of Somers Point. 19857. 



Steinmetz, Carl (Helena, Montana) presented a living specimen of the Prairie Dog, 

 Cynomys columbianus. 19870. 



Steinmeyer, Dr. F. A. (Bonaparte, Iowa), presented prehistoric stone implements, 

 one of the paleolithic type, from near Bonaparte. 206*4. 



Stephens, F. (San Bernardino, California), sent a collection of mammal skins, together 

 with a nest and four eggs of Polioptila californiGa. (For description of nest and 

 eggs of Polioptila californica, see " Proc. U. S. National Museum," vol. x, pp. .549 

 and 550). (19381. ) Also sent a collection of mammal skins including : Leptis trow- 

 bridgei, Nelomia mexicana, Spermophilns tereticaudus, Dipodomys deserti, Peroqualeus 

 fasciatus. (Purchased.) (19462.) 



Stephenson. Chauncey (West Worthington, Massachusetts) sent a specimen of mica 

 for examination and report. 19764. 



Stkuart, Edwin S. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) presented a copy of the "Journal of 

 the Franklin Institute" containing illustrations of some early forms of rails. 

 20820. 



Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) presented photograph 

 of the "Stevens" engine, also three photographic copies of tinted drawings of 

 the engine (through W. H. Bristol) (20797), also drawings and description of a 

 steam boiler designed, built, and used by Col. John Stevens in 1826 (through 

 President Henry Morton) (20162); deposited a tubular boiler used in "John 

 Stevens' steam-boat; " and sold to the Museum a duplicate of the propeller of 

 this boat (through President Henry Morton). (20760.) 



Stevens, Hon. Robert (U. S. consul, Victoria, British Columbia), sent two Chinese 

 coins found in a Chinese junk in the Sea of Japan, for examination and report. 

 19888. 



Stevenson, J. A. (Akron, Ohio), presented a collection of prehistoric stone imple- 

 ments containing three hundred and fifty-five specimens, many of them paleo- 

 lithic, from Summit County, Ohio, and from the vicinity of Port Royal, Juniata 

 County, Pa. 20371. 



Stevenson, J. A. D. (Statesville, North Carolina), presented prehistoric stone im- 

 plements, twelve of them paleolithic. 20183, 20479. 



Stevenson, Col. James (U. S. Geological Survey), presented specimens of geyserite, 

 calcareous tufa, and pyrite. 20416. 

 (See also under J. C. Vilas, 19882.) 



