786 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Washington, L. B. (See under George P. O'Toole, 19929.) 



Watkins, G. W. (Moriah, New York), seut a specimen of bituminous sbale for ex- 

 amiuation aucl report. 20599. 



Watkins, J. E. (U. S. National Museum), presented fractional currency, three cents, 

 and postal note, one cent, 1683, United States (20222) : also autograph letter from 

 Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, dated September 1, 1879 (20386). 



Watson, Sereno (Cambridge, Massachusetts), presented ferns from Costa Eica. 

 19868. 



Way, Nathaniel (Accotink, Virginia), presented prehistoric stone implements, twen- 

 ty-nine specimens, twenty of them paleolithic. 19862, 20185, 20507. 



Weaver, C. A., & Co. (New York City), sent a specimen of Centropomus undecimalis, 

 from Georgia, for examination and report. 19977. 



Webb, J. C. (See under Pennsylvania Railroad, 20824.) 



Webb, John S. (Locust Level, North Carolina), presented a Chameleon, Anolis princi- 

 palis. 20806. 



Webster, George A. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), presented a celt gouge, from Gurnee, 

 Illinois. 19473. 



Webster, Mrs. M. H. (Georgetown, District of Columbia), sent in exchange a Cocka- 

 too Parrakeet, NympMcusnovcB-hollandice. 19682. 



Weeden, W. C. (XL S. National Museum), deposited living specimens of Black Fan- 

 tail Pigeons, and common pigeons. 20444. 



Weeks, J. D. (See under Robert Hadfield, 19905.) 



Wehri.e, R. W. (Blairsville, Pennsylvania), sent insect for name. 19409. 



Welling, Dr. James C. (Columbian University, Washington, District of Columbia), 

 deposited an eider-down rug from Sweden. 20402. 



Wells, L. B. (Helena, Montana), presented abnormal elk antlers. 19877. 



Wekderman, C. (Calera, Alabama), sent a specimen of rock for examination and 

 report. 19483. 



Weeth, J. W. (Stockton, Virginia), sent shale colored by iron oxide, and avein rock 

 composed essentially of quartz, feldspar, white mica, and black tourmaline ; also 

 a few decomposed garnets, for examination and report. 20536. 



Wesleyan University, Museum of (Middletown, Connecticut), sent in exchange 

 shells, four hundred and sixty species — pulmonates, bivalves, and marine gas- 

 teropods. 19680. 



Westgate, William Walter (Houston, Texas), sent shells for examination and 

 report. 20122. 



Wetherell, Frank E. (Oskaloosa, Iowa), presented a cast of a stone pipe. Origi- 

 nal found in Mahaska County, Iowa. 20699. 



Whitcomb, O. (Leavenworth, Kansas), sent ore for examination and report. 20107. 



White, Dr. C. A. (U. S. Geological Survey), presented gypsum from Texas. 20038. 



White, C. S. (Romney, West Virginia), through Hon. W. L. Wilson, House of Rep- 

 resentatives, sent a specimen of galena in limestone, for examination and re- 

 port. 19938. 



White, G. W. (Webster, Mississippi), sent a specimen of siliceous sandstone for 

 examination and report. 19.525. 



White, Prof. I. C. (Morgantown, West Virginia), sent an insect, Gryllotalpa horealis, 

 for examination and report. 19566. 



Whitehead, W. T. (Norfolk, Virginia), presented a Lump fish, Cyclopterm himpus. 

 20433. 



Whiteside, J. M. (Keysville, Charlotte County, Virginia), presented Coleoptora and 



B-jmeno^tera—Dynastes iityus and nest of Vespa maculata. 19899. 

 Whitlach, Jacob (Bannon, West Virginia), through Hon. N. Goff, sent a specimen 

 of iron pyrite containing a little copper, for examination and report. 20426. 



Whitman, W. J. (Etheridge, South Carolina), sent pharyngeals of Carp, and por- 

 tion of spine of pectoral fin of Cat-fish, for examination and report. 20644. 



