784 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Tkocad^ro Museum (Paris, Prance), tbrougli Dr. E. Hamy, director, presented 

 full costume of a Roman soldier. A lay tigure for this costume was prepared by 

 M. H6bert,"of the Trocadero Museum, by permissiou of the director. This was 

 purchased by the U. S. National Museum. 19985. 



Tromsoe, M. FoSTic (Spitzbergen, Norway), sent two eggs of Gavia aiha, from Spitz- 

 bergen, (Described in "The Auk," 1888, vol. v, No. 2, p. 202). 20136. 



True, F. W. (U. S. National Museum), presented a Rat, Mus decumanus, with abnor- 

 mal dentition. 19482. 



True, Mrs. F. W. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented silver and copper 

 coins of Roumania, Rome, Prussia, Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Austria, and 

 Luxembourg. 19740. 



Tucker, Milton T. (Fairfax Court House, Virginia), sent sulphide of copper and 

 iron, chalcopyrite with decomposition products, principally carbonate of cop- 

 per in a siliceous gangue (19769), also black sand (19924), for examination and 

 report. 



Tullberg. Dr. TycHO (University of Upsala, Upsala, Sweden), presented skull and 

 horns of European Elk. 19454. 



Turner, Charles J. (Brunswick, Missouri), sent stone imj)lements for examina- 

 tion and report. 20660. 



Turner, Dr. G. K. (Morristown, Tennessee), sent insect for name. 20510. 



Turner, J. S. (Ashland, Alabama), sent ore for examination and report. 20527. 



Turner, L. M. (See under P. H. Skidmore, 19493.) 



Turner, W. C. (Hood's Landing, Roane County, Texas), sent a specimen of galena, 

 from Texas, for examination and report. 19480. 



Tweed, J. W. (Ripley, Brown County, Ohio), presented prehistoric stone imple- 

 ments (19696, 19801, 20629) and fossil shells, Cincinnati Lower Silurian (20629); 

 and sent prehistoric stone implements in exchange (19499, 19587), and for exam- 

 ination and report (19587). 



Tyree, J. S. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a specimen of Eacles 

 imperialis. 19416. 



Uber, C. Edgar (Falls Church, Virginia), presented four living specimens of the 

 Screech-owl, Megascope asio, 20635. 



Underwood, L. M. (Syracuse, New York), presented Arachnida and Myriapoda 

 from Georgia, Virginia, and New York. 19526, 19.')33, 19542, 19571. 



Upham, E. p. (U. S. National Museum), presented prehistoric stone implements, 

 fifty-five specimens, from the vicinity of Piney Branch, District of Columbia. 

 19491. 



Utah Salt Company (Ogden, Utah) sent samples of salt for examination and re- 

 port. 19814. 



Vail, Stephen (Morristown, New Jersey), presented a piece of the telegraph wire 

 over which the first telegraph message was transmitted. The message, "A pa- 

 tient waiter is no loser," was sent by Alfred Vail at one end of the 3-mile wire, 

 stretched around the walls of a room in the Speedwell Iron Works, at Morris- 

 town, New Jersey, to S. B. Morse at the other end, January 6, 1838. 20318. 



Vance, John. (See under W. H. Pratt, 20288.) 



Van Doren, W. T. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a wooden pipe 

 used by the Cherokee Indians, and pipe pouch and catlinite pipe, from the 

 Ogallala Sioux (19745) ; and sent in exchange a head-dress and pair of leggings 

 worn by Sioux Indians ; quartz and spinel with calcite ; a fragment of a calami- 

 tian stem ; and a concretion from Indian Territory (19423). 



Van Elten, K. (New York City), presented pencil drawings and etchings by the 

 donor. 20282. 



Veach, N. T. (Rushville, Illinois), sent two hematite celts; for examination and 

 report. 19770, 



