662 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Nest of Pipilo eryfhrophihalmus alleni, from St. Helena Island, South Carolina. New 

 to Museum collection. 

 Will*am Brewster, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 18663. '87. (v, b) 

 Pig Iron ; for examination. 



Dr. G. A. Swann, Decatur, Texas. 18664. '87. (xvin) 

 Crab, Callianassa Stimpsoni ; for examination. 



George A. Lewis, Wickford, Eliode Island. 18665. '87. (xi) 

 Birds: Towhee, Pipilo erythroplithalmus; Rusty Blackbird, Scolecophagus caroliniis; 

 Tufted Titmouse, Pants bicolor; Fox-colored Sparrow, Paserella iliaca; and Song 

 Sparrow, Melospiza fasciata; for examination. 

 L. O. Pindar, Hickman, Kentucky. 18666. '87. (xn) 

 Vesuvianite with calcite and quartz ; altered meteoric iron (returned), and sodalite 

 (9 specimens) ; for examination. 

 George F. Ktjnz, Hoboken, New Jersey. 18667. '87. (xvi) 

 Mineral; for examination. 



Mrs. John Giles, Lowell, Michigan. 18668. '87. (xvi) 

 'Arctic Cotton" used by Eskimo for making lamp-wicks. 



Capt. J. O. Spicer, Groton, Connecticut. 18669. '87. (n, a) 

 Copper Coins, copper one-mill, 1866; copper one-cent, 1880; brass one-cash (2) 

 Emperor Kang Hsi, 1661-1722 ; brass one-cash, Emperor Shun Chih, 1644-1661. 

 J. V. Leech, U. S. National Museum. 18670. '87. (i) 

 Common Seal, Phoca vitulina. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. (Through Vinal N. Ed- 

 wards.) 18671. '87. (iv) 

 Whitefish, Coregonus clupeiformis. 



Frank N. Clark, Northville, Michigan. 18672. '87. (to) 

 Gray Eagle, Halicetus leucocephalus, from Fauquier County, Virginia. 

 P. Ord, Washington, District of Columbia. 18673. '87. (xn) 

 Evening Grosbeak, Hesperipliona vespertina. 



Edward A. Colby, Chicago, Illinois. 18674. '87. (v, a) 

 Manganese Ore and iron ore (hematite). 



B. A. Helton, Hazel Spring, Virginia. 18675. '87. (xvi) 

 Damourite pseudomorph after chiastolite, from Rochester, New Hampshire. 



John I. Legro, New Britain, Connecticut. 18676. '87. (xvi) 

 Fish, Ophichthys retropinnis; from Pensacola, Florida. 



C. H. Eigenmann, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 18677. '87. 

 (VII) 



Insects : Pachylomerus earahivorus Atk., nest and specimen ; MyrmeTciaphUa foliata 

 Atk., and Nidivalvata marxii Atk. 

 Prof. George F. Atkinson, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 18678. '87. (x) 

 Medal Molds (42), plaster casts of medals (5), metal casts of medals (71), metal 

 coin molds (300), original medals (3), and 2 certificates of membership of Joseph 

 Saxton in Franklin Institute and American Philosophical Society of Philadel- 

 phia. (Deposited.) 

 J. S. Pendleton, Washington, District of Columbia. 18679. '87. (i) 

 Parasites, Limotlirips sp., found on Richardia cethiopica; for examination. 



James N. Bishop, Plainville, Connecticut. 18680. '87. (x) 

 Garnet Pebbles (8), and garnet in quartzose schist; from Atlantic City, Wyoming. 



Col. J. Stevenson, Bureau of Ethnology. 1868L. '87. (xvi) 

 Bug, Convilinus, probably an immature sanguisir'ga; for examination. 



Dr. John H. Lacy, Clifton, Arizona. 18682. '87. (x) 

 Red Squirrel, from Africa (?). 



Charles B. Cory, Boston, Massachusetts. 18683. '87. (iv) 

 Black-eooted Pknguin, Spheniscus demersus (skeleton). 



Dr. J. W. Spengel, Bremen, Germany. (Purchased.) 18684. '87. (xn) 



