638 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Birds' Eggs, for identification — Continued. 

 Catbird, Galeoscoptes carolinensis. White-bellied nut-hatch, Sitta carolinensis. 



Songjsparrow, Melospiza fasciata. Bluebird, Sialia sialis. 



Field sparrow, Spizella pusilla. Hairy woodpecker, Pious villosus. 



Red-eyed vireo, Fireosylvia olivacea. Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla. 



Scarlet tanager, Pyrang:i rubra. Blue-gray gnat-catcher, Polioptila cicrulea. 



Pewee bird, Sayornis fuscus. Wilson's thrush, Turdus fuscescens. 



Golden-crowned thrush, Shims auricapil- Whip-poor-will, Caprvmulgus rociferus. 



Ins. Acadian fly-catcher, Empidonax acadicus. 



King-bird, Tyrannus carolinensis. Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea. 



Bank swallow, Cotile riparia.' Wood pewee, Contopus virens. 



Worm-eating warbler, Selminthothems Night hawk, Chordeiles popeiue. 



vermivorus. Chipping sparrow, Spizella domestica. 



Mocking-bird, Mimus polyglottus. Blue grosbeak, Guiraca ccerulea. 



Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula. Summer yellow bird, Dendrceca a'stiva. 



Downy woodpecker, Picas pubescens. Black-capped chickadee, Pants atrica2)il- 



Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius. lus. 



Frof. George F.Atkinson, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 18361. '86. (v,b) 

 Llama, Auclienia llama. 



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

 18362. '86. (iv) 

 Common Sea Hekring, "White bait," Clupea harengus L.; for examination. 



John W. Tallman, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. 18363. '86. (vn) 

 Fishing Catamaran, full-rigged, native made, from Pernambuco, Brazil, 1883. 

 (Exchange.) 

 E. B. Webster, paymaster, U. S. Navy. 18364. '86. (n, a) 

 Birds: Pyrrliula vulgaris, Accentor modularis, Erithacus rubecula, Paras aier, P. coeru- 

 leus, P. caudatus, P. major, Linaria chloris, Fringilla montifringilla, Emberiza citri- 

 nclla, Sturnus vulgaris, Garruus glandarius, Luscinia philomela, Sylvia cinerea, 

 Muscicapa griseola, Corvus monedula. (Exchange.) 

 Dr. W. K. Parker, London, England. 18365. '86. (xn) 

 Fossils, probably from the latest Cretaceous or Laramie Group. 



C. R. Beiderman, Fort Stanton, New Mexico. 18366. '86. (xiii, b) 

 Siliceous Limestone, fine grained, resembling lithographic stone, from waters of 

 Fall Creek, San Saba County, Texas; for examination. 

 A. R. Roessler, Liberty Hill, Texas. 18367. '86. (xvn) 

 Minerals (16 specimens). (Exchange.) 



Theo. A. Kendall, Reading, Pennsylvania. 18368. '86. (xvi) 

 Fishes: Phycisregius, Decapterusmacarellus, Clupea aestivalis, Anguilla rostrata, Fundu- 

 lus pisculentus, Gadus tomcod, Brevoortia tyrannus, Stolephorus perfasciatus. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. (Through Vinal N. Edwards.) 18369. '86. (vn) 

 Marine Invertebrates, mostly parasitic copepods and worms. 



U. S. Fish Commission. (Through Vinal N. Edwards.) 1831-9. '86. (xi) 

 Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis. 



Louis Sciimid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 18370. '86. (v, a) 

 Young Deer, 3£ months old ; fawn of deer ; also Hystrix cristaia. 



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

 18371. '86. (iv) 

 Calcite ; for examination. 



Ambrose Conant, Big Run, Athens County, Ohio. 18372. '86. (xvi) 

 ANNELID JAWS, found in Cincinnati rock, Lower Silurian, 6 species: ArabelUtes quad- 

 rains, A. spicatus, A. cornutus, A. lunatus, A. fastigiatiis, A. cervicornus. (Ex- 

 change.) 

 Charles Schuchert, Newport, Kentucky. 18373. '86. (xiii, a) 

 Wood Opal, asbestus, and manganese-oxide -dendrite. 



Miss Mary II. Bennett, San Bernardino, California. 18374. '86. (xvi) 



