LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 609 



September. 

 Pipe, found near Piqua (cast). 



C. T. Williams, Piqna, Miami County, Ohio. 17921. '86. (in) 

 Vases (from the Manufacture Nationale de Sevres) : 



Form of vase " Stephanus," after an architect of that name ; decorated in the 

 style of vases made hy Ducerceau, epoch of Louis XIV ; medallions of " The Four 

 Seasons," modeled hy Dorat ; gray ground. 



Form of vase "Stephanus," after an architect of that name; Limoges style; 

 blue ground; enameled with a circle of Cupids ('or children) by Seiffert. 



Form of vase, "Boizot," after a sculptor of that name ; gray ground decorated 

 with modelings in clay, and gilded. 



Form of vase, ' ' Mycenae," Grecian ; speckled blue-greeu ground ; figures mod- 

 eled in clay by Gobert. 



Form of vase, "Parent," called after a decorator of that naiue in the last 

 century; Saxon style ; flowers by Cabau ; medallions by Paillet. 



Form of vase, "The Gourd of Asti; " salmon ground; figures "The Vintage," 

 modeled by Archelais. 



Form of vase, "Fizeu ;" engraved with flower-garlands in white and gold. 

 Form of vases (pair), old Chinese; decorated with the nasturtium vine, in blue 

 on white ground, gilt. 

 Tapestries: 



From the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins: Six pieces of tapestry, the work 

 of the first hundred exercises of the scholars. One piece of tapestry made by 

 one of the scholars. One bench (?), ground color yellow, decorated with various 

 symbols. 



From the Manufacture Nationale de Beauvais : One picture consisting of several 

 pieces of tapestry, the work of the first exercises of the scholars. One piece of 

 tapestry, prize study on a flat block of marble. 



Ministers de l'Lnstruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts. (Through M. E. 

 Tourquet.) 17922. '86. (i) 

 Bird-skins, 24 specimens, 20 species, including : 



Icterus spxirius. . Chlorophonia occipitalis. 



Hyphanthornis sp. Buteo albicaudatus. 



Podiceps calif ornicus. Fulica americana. 



Scops sp. Planesticus migratorius. 



Butorides virescens. Centurus aurifrons. 



Colaptes auratus mexicanw. Spizella pallida. 



Harporliynchus curviroslris. Collurio excubitorides. 



Charadrius vociferus. Molothrus ater. 



Anthus ludovicianus. Sayornis nigricans. 



Sialia azurea. Empidonax obscurus. 



Prof. Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 17923. ; 8G. (v, a) 

 Shells, Tryonia and Valvata. 



Prof. Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 17923. '86. (ix) 

 Fishes, Cyprinodonts, Ammocccfes (probably uudescribed), Characoclon atripinnis, C. 

 variatus, and Limnurgus variegatus. 

 Prof. Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 17923. '86. (vn) 

 Plants. 



Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 17923. '86. (xiv) 

 Reptiles, Carapace of Eutcenia sp., Eumeces callicepkalum, E. lynxe, Triton cristatus 

 (France), Scaphiopus ctugesi, Hyla eximia, EuUenia flavilabris, Hyla arcnicolor. 

 Prof. Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 17923. '86. (vi) 

 Insects, Argas megnini Dug., Erebus odora, Libcllula rouge, Phancroptera sp., Thas- 

 mids, etc. 

 Prof. Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico, 17923. '86. (x) 

 H. Mis. 600, pt. 2 — -30 



