626 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Dried Fish, Potamocottus, sp., Coregonus williamsoni, Thymallus tricolor, var. montanus 

 (3 specimens) ; from Gallatin River, Gallatin County, Montana. 

 Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (vn) 

 Eemine, Puiorius erminea; Mink, Putorius vison, and Spermopkile, Spermophilus 

 richardsoni (three skins and three stomachs); from Gallatin Valley, Montana. 

 Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (iv) 

 Silver Ore, from Lexington Mine, Butte, Montana. 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (xvm) 

 Rocks, from Montana. 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (xvn) 

 Wood Oral, from near Gallatin City, Montana. 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (xv) 

 Minerals: Wood opal (18 specimens). 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (xvi) 

 Duck, Erismaiura rubida (skin), from Gallatin County, Montana. 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (v, a) 

 Rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus, and Horned Toads (2), Phrynosoma modestum; from 

 Gallatin County, Montana. 

 Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (vi) 

 Spider Crab, Lithode&jnaia, from Marblehead, Massachusetts. 



Schooner "Dixie," Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Through W. A. Wilcox.) 

 18167. '86. (xi) 

 Silver Medal struck in 1757 to commemorate the victories of Frederick the Great 

 of Prussia over the French, Austrians, Russians, and Swedes during that year. 

 John H. Owen, Hallowell, Maine. 1«168. '86. (i) 

 Set Type melted together by heat, fished from the ocean in 1885, 500 feet off Virginia 

 Beach. 



Paul Beckwith, Washington, District of Columbia. 18169. '86. (i) 

 Lake Carp, Carpiodes tliompsoni ; for examination. 



George Decker, Bay City, Michigan. 18170. '86. (vn) 

 Basket made by Choctaw Indians. 



A. S. Gatschet, Alexandria, Louisiana. 18171. '86. (n, a) 

 Bunch of Leaves left by a freshet. 



Mrs. Lisle Lester, Stamford, Connecticut. 18172. '86. (x) 

 Little Grebe, Podiceps nigricans (1 specimen), from Japan. 



Dr. L. Stejneger, U. S. National Museum. 18173. '86. (v, a) 

 Bone Fish-hooks and six stone instruments, from the Trenton gravels. Collected 

 by Dr. C. C. Abbott. 



Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Through Prof. F. W. Put- 

 nam). 18174. '86. (in) 

 Snake, Eutwnia sirtalis ornatus. 



Dr. H. J. Bigelow, Boston, Massachusetts. 18175. '86. (vi) 

 Barn Owl, Strix pratincola ; for examination. 



Dr. Frederick Taylor, Hillsborough, Loudoun County, Virginia. 18176. 

 '86. (v,a) 

 Nest and five eggs of Perisoreus ooscurus, from Beavertou, Oregon; and one egg of 

 Scops asio maxwellce, from Colorado. 

 A. W. Anthony, North Denver, Colorado. 18177. '86. (v, b) 

 Dried Fish, Argyropelecus olferai. 



W. A. Wilcox, Gloucester, Massachusette. 18178. '86. (vn) 

 Copper Coin, Hebrew quadrans or "widow's mite-" — value, about i cent. (Cast.) 

 For examination. 



W. D. Robertson, Lincoln, Nebraska. 18179. '86. (i) 

 Old Squaw Duck, HareJda glacialis ; Eider Duck, Somateriamollissima; Loon, Colym- 

 bus torqnatm ; Red-Necked Loon, Colymbus scpientrionalis. (Seven skeletons.) 

 I. M. Jackson, Plymouth, Massachusetts. 18180. '86. (xn) 



