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Dory (model), used in the vicinity of Martha's Vineyard for setting drag seines; 

 built in 1875. 



Charles Gifford, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. (Through Capt. J. W. 

 Collins.) 18745. '87. (i) 

 Galvanized Fish Hooks (4). 



Capt. J. W. Collins, Washington, District of Columbia, 18746. '87. (i) 

 Fragment of Somerset, British man-of-war, wrecked on Peaked Hill Bar in 1778. 



Capt. John Q. Getchell, Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Through Capt. J. W. 

 Collins.) 18747. '87. (i) 

 Grivet Monkey, Cercopithecux sabceus. 



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

 18748. '87. (IV) 

 Brick from wall of China. 



General A. C. Jones, U. S. consul, Chin-Kiang, China. 18749. '87. (i) 

 "Nape Bone Hook," used in the preparation of boneless cod. 



Capt. George Merchant, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 18750. '87. (i) 

 Guinea Pig, Cavia aperea. 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 18751. '87. (xv) 

 Mole Cricket, belonging to the order Orthoptera ; for examination. 



Dr. D. M. Bute, Burgaw, North Carolina. 18752. '87. (x) 

 Fossil Oyster, Ostrea sellceformis. 



John D. Bartlett, Washington, District of Columbia. 18753. '87. (ix) 

 Mahogany Case, containing three guns. (Lent.) 



Joseph S. Pendleton, Washington, District of Columbia. 18754. '87. (ii, a) 

 Tertiary Fossils. (Exchange.) 



S. H. Drew, Wanganui, New Zealand. 18755. '87. (x) 

 Obsidian Flakes (43), chert flakes (32), bone and shell-fish hook, cast of jade orna- 

 ment, and eleven fragments of Moa bones. (Exchange.) 



S. H. Drew, Wanganui, New Zealand. 18755. '87. (in.) 

 Globe-fish, Tetrodon richei. (Exchange.) 



S. H. Drew, Wanganui, New Zealand. 18755. '87. (vn) 

 Copper Spear-head. (Purchased.) 



W. W. Adams, Mapleton, Cayuga County, New York. 18756. '87. (in) 

 Young Deer, Cariacus sp. ; from British Honduras (?). 



W. A. Conklin, Central Park Menagerie, New York. 18757. '87. (iv) 

 Tasmanian Wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus ; Wombat, Phascolomys wombat (two spe- 

 cimens), and " Tasmanian Devil," Dasyurus ursinus (two specimens). 



Ballarat Fish Acclimatization Society, Victoria, Tasmania. (Through 

 New South Wales Zoological Society.) 18758. '87. (iv) 

 Birds' Eggs,* Sitta pygmcea (4 sets, 25 eggs); Corvus cryptoleucus (2 sets, 8 eggs) ; Co- 

 lumba fasciata (3 sets, 5 eggs) ; Aplielocoma sieberi'i arizonce (1 set, 5 eggs) ; Tyrannus 

 vociferans (1 set, 3 eggs) ; Urubitinga anthracina (1 egg). 



Lieut. Harry C. Benson, U. S. Army, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. 18759. '87 

 (v, B) 

 Ore ; for examination. 



C. J. Brown, Elmira, New York. 18760. '87. (xvi) 

 Flake Core, from Montgomery County, North Carolina. 



William H. Smeaton, New York City. 18761. '87. (in) 

 Hematite Iron Ore ; for examination. 



L. H. Lezeost, Evanston, Wyoming. 18762. '87. (xvi) 

 Metallic Particles containing iron, silica, and carbon, strongly magnetic ; for 

 examination. 



Dr. G. A. Swann, Decatur, Texas. 18763. '87. (xvi) 

 Birds (five specimens). 



Dr. L. Stejneger, U. S. National Museum. 18764. '87. (v, a) 



See Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. 10, p. 551. 



