LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 683 



Owl, Bubo virginianus. (Exchange.) 



C. A. Steuart, Washington, District of Columbia. 19045. '87. (v, a) 

 Bird-skins, from Chihuahua, Mexico. (Returned.) 



William Brewster, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 19046. '87. (v, a) 

 Letter written by General Santa Anna to Dr. M. M. De Meza, his private secretary, 

 dated at Nassau, February 23, 1874. 



Dr. M. M. De Meza, Washington, District of Columbia. 19047. '87. (i) 

 Preliminary Studies and sketches by the Japanese artists Einsai, Tenshiu, Shim- 

 kiyo, and others. 



G. Goward, Washington, District of Columbia. 19048. '87. (n, a) 

 Tusk op Mammoth, Elephas primigenius ; for examination. 



J. W. Posey, Sweet Water, Texas. 19049. '87. (iv) 

 Rocks collected by E. E. Howell in 1874. 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. 19050. '87. 



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Rag Rug, made of pieces, some of which are one hundred years old. 



Mrs. May E. Hughes, Washington, District of Columbia. 19051. '87. (n, a) 

 Indian Blanket, worn by the Indians of southeast Alaska; made from the hair of 

 the mountain-goat and worked up with cedar bark. It is usually hung up in the 

 chief's house as a badge of wealth and rank, and is generally burned with him 

 on his funeral pyre unless his body is buried, when it is hung on his tomb. (De- 

 posited.) 



Mrs. George M. Robeson, Washington, District of Columbia. 19052. '87. (u, a) 

 Rabbit. 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 19053. '87. (iv) 

 Copper Coin, one centavo of Chili, 1835, 



N. Burnham, Washington, District of Columbia. 19054. '87. (l) 

 Silver Coin, two annas, India. 



T. R. B. Edwards, Boston, Massachusetts. 19055. '87. (i) 

 Micaceous Specular Iron Ore; for examination. 



M. M. Moore, Mount Jackson, Virginia. 19056. '87. (xvin) 

 Manganese Ore ; for examination. 



James W. Rogan, Rogersville, Tennessee. 19057. '87. (xvin) 

 Stone Relics. (Returned.) 



G. W. Clemens, Midway, Boone County, Missouri. 19058. '87. (in) 

 Fowl, Gallus ferrugineus domesticus. 



Dr. R. H. Evans, Washington, District of Columbia. 19059. '87. (v, a) 

 Fowl, Gallus ferrugineus domesticus (skeleton). 



Dr. R. H. Evans, Washington, District of Columbia. 19059. '87. (xn) 

 Quartz and Calcite, containing the red oxide of iron (hematite) ; for examination. 



J. Meigs, Washington, District of Columbia. 19060. '87. (xvin) 

 Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo latissimus ; for examination. 



G. Curtis Bishop, New London, Connecticut. 19061 '87. (v, a) 

 Rabbit, Lepus cuniculus. 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 19062. '87. (iv) 

 Minerals: Chlorastrolite and thomsonite pebbles, from Lake Superior. 



Mrs.S.B. Conger, Detroit, Michigan. 19063. '87. (xvi) 

 Chalcedony found around a rope in a salt and gas well. 



J. R. Proctor, Brandenburgh, Kentucky. 19064. '87. (xvi) 

 Ancient Pottery Lamp and Polynesian cocoanut drinking vessel. 



William Green, Washington, District of Columbia. 19065. '87. (n, a) 

 Ore; for analysis. 



A. H. Webb, Hazel Springs, Virginia. 19066. '87. (xvin) 

 Hornblende Rock ; for examination. 



John Duke, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah. 19067. '87. (xvi) 



