680 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Seeds. 



John H. Lemon, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. 19013. '87. (xv) 

 Fossils : Favosites emmonsii Rominger, F. hemisplierica Troost, and Michelina favosi- 

 toidea Billings (107 specimens). 

 John H. Lemon, New Albany, Indiana. 19013. '87. (xiii, a) 

 Eggs (3) of Megascops asio. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. Army, Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 19014. '87. 

 (V,B) 

 Shells: Helix fidelis, H. conspecta, H. vancouverensis, H. columbiana, Bulinus fabrieius 

 (2), Melania sp. (9 specimens). 

 Aurelius Todd, Elk Head, Oregon. 19015. '87. (ix) 

 Mammals: Haplodon rufus, Neotoma fuscipes, Sciuropterus volucella, Scapanus town- 

 sendi, and Arvicola loivnsendi (skins). 

 Aurelius Todd, Elk Head, Oregon. 19015. '87. (iv) 



COLEOPTERA. 



Aurelius Todd, Elk Head, Oregon. 19015. '87. (x) 

 Burbot, Lota lota maculosa; for examination. 



Capt. Henry Romeyn, U. S. Army, Fort Keogh, Montana. 19016. '87. (vn) 

 Red-breasted Mergakser, Merganser scrrator. 



Dr. A. K. Fisher, Department of Agriculture. 19017. '87. (v, a) 

 Pawnee Head-dress ; said to ba the last in the Pawnee tribe. 



Nelson Rice, Pawnee Indian Agency, Indian Territory. 19018. '87. (n, a) 

 EGGS of Aphelocoma sieberii arizoncs and 6 eggs of Psaltriparus plumbeus. 



Lieut. Harry C. Benson, U. S. Army, Fort Huacliuca, Arizona. 19019. '87. 



(V,B) 



Bird -skins. 



William Lloyd, Paint Rock, Texas. 19020. '87. (v, a) 

 Ore, for analysis. 



M. L. Crawford, Salado, Bell County, Texas. 19021. '87. (xviii) 

 Limonite, rich in iron ; for examination. 



Lewis McKenzie, Alexandria, Virginia. 19022. '87. (xviii) 

 Quartz and chloritic material, quartzose conglomerate containing iron ; for exami- 

 nation. 

 William F. Carlisle, Washington, District of Columbia. 19023. '87. (xviii) 

 Anchor-stone; for examination. (Returned.) 



R. H. Day, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 19024. '87. (in) 

 Archaeological Objects brought from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) by U. S. S. Mohican 

 &ud U. S. S. Galena: 



No. 1. Stone image, weighing about 3 tons, and about 8 feet in height by 4 in 

 widtb, showing head, shoulders, and bust, but only outlines of arms, the latter 

 not distinct from -the body, but a slightly raised surface carved straight down 

 the side, with the forearms placed across the stomach at right angles, fingers 

 touching and slightly interlaced. Below this point the general shape of the 

 monolit i is square. 



No. 2. Block of red tufa or calcareous rock, porous and brittle, slightly oval- 

 shaped, square on top, with slightly convex base. Supposed to be a crown for 

 image. * 



No. 3. Imago (head and shoulders) composed of or cut from substance resem- 

 bling sandstone, measuring about 26 inches across shoulders and about 40 in 

 . height. Mouth small, lips very thin, nose and ears well defined and abnormally 

 large. Eyes are simply deep recesses. 



Nos. 4 and 5. Stone slabs, with hieroglyphics in reddish- brown and white color 

 traced upon them. Average thickness, about 3 inches ; length and width, about 

 4 feet by 2. 



Nos. 6, 7, and 8. Stone slabs similar to but smaller than the above, and hiero- 

 glyphics more indistinct. 



