606 KEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Bog Manganese. 



C. G. Viele, Garrett, North Carolina. 17859. '86. (xvi) 

 Internode of Catamites or Equisetum (fragment). 



H. Shriver, Wytheville, Virginia. 17860. '86. (xiv) 

 Epidote and Quartz (fragment). ' 



H. Shriver, Wytheville, Virginia. 17860. '86. (xvi) 

 Chipped Flints (95 specimens) ; for examination. 



H. Shriver, Wytheville, Virginia. 17860. '86. (in) 

 Conglomerate Rock, for examination. 



William Rawe, Judsonia, White County, Arkansas. 17861. '86. (xvi) 

 Photograph of Owl captured near Somerset, Pennsylvania. 



W. H. Welfley, Somerset, Pennsylvania. 17862. '86. (V, a) 

 Western Savanna Sparrows, Ammodramus sandwichensis alaudinm (6); and Hybrid 

 Flickers, Colaptes auratus and Colaptes mexicanus. 



W. Otto Emerson, Haywards, California. 17863. '86. (v, a) 

 Nests, and Eggs of Black-throated Bunting, Spiza americana, Gm. 



D. L. Beckham, Bardstown, Kentucky. 17864. '86 (v, b) 



Steel Sleeper, with a short piece of 90-pound rail, etc., the standard iron road 

 superstructure on the London and Northwestern Railway. 



J. E. Watkins, Camden, New Jersey. 17865. '87. (i) 

 Teapoys (2) of Cashmir lacquer, from Lahore, Cashmir, India. 



Mrs. Helen Tompkins, Calcutta, India. 17866. '86. (n, a) 

 Pipe and Case, from Lapland. Brass portion of English make; pipe probably 

 Dutch. 



Dr. Emil Bessels, Smithsonian Institution. 17867. '86. (ii, a) 

 Picture representing the pursing of mackerel with large purse seines. 



American Net and Twine Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 17868. '86. (i) 

 Imitation Turquoise (four specimens). 



Israel Farjeon, New York City. (Received in 1880.) 17869. '86. (xvi) 

 Black Tern, Hydrochelidon nigra ; for examination. 



J. W. Bowman, Aleman, New Mexico. 17870. '86. (xn) 

 Galena and White Marble, containing a silicate of lime ; for examination. 



Hicks and Sitgreaves, Bristol, Tennessee. 17871. '86. (xvin) 

 Sucker-fish, JEcheneis remora ; for examination. 



J. M. C. Eaton, Irvington, New Jersey. 17872. '86. (vn) 

 Flat- head Minnow, Pimephales promelas ; for examination. 



M. M. Bostwick, Iowa City, Iowa. 17873. '86, (vn) 

 Loggerhead Turtles (three specimens). (Purchased.) 



Fred S. Allen, Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts. 17874. '86. (vi) 

 Leather Jacket, Oligoplites saurus. 



James M. Southwick, Providence, Rhode Island. 17875. '86. (vn) 

 Monkey, Cynopithecus niger. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. (Through Arthur E. Brown, Esq.). 

 17876. '86. (IV) 

 Decomposed Schistose Rock ; for examination. 



Charles Spurlock, Dardanelle, Arkansas. 17877. '86. (xvin) 

 Shark's Teeth (fossil). 



G. V. Young, Aberdeen, Mississippi. 17878. '86. (vn) 

 Fossil Shells, apparently belonging to the Veneridce. 



G. V. Young, Aberdeen Mississippi. 17878. '86. (ix) 

 Fossil Wood, probably dicotyledonous ; from blue rock bluffs on Matubbie Creek. 



G. V. Young, Aberdeen, Mississippi. 17878. '86. (xiv) 

 Sandstone Concretion; for examination. 



James M. Dougherty, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 17879. '86. (XVII) 

 Woodchuck, Arctomys monax. 



J, C, Wilson, Sligo, Maryland. 17880, '86. (xn) 



