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Venezuela, tent from i .... 68 



Venus mercenaria 306 



Verde Kiver, decoy deer's head from 57" 



Vermont, specimens received from _. 52 



Verrill, Prof. A. E ...130,131 



co-operation of 31 



in charge of biological laboratory at Wood's Holl 133 



notice of papers by 592 



Vertebrate fossils, O. C. Marsh, honorary curator of department of &■ 



Vetpertilio longicrus, description of 92 



Virginia, American bison in 378 



collections received from .^. 52 



Visitors to Museum from 1881 to 1887, table showing number of 31 



in 1886-'87, number of 30 



Vulpesfulvu* mounted in Museum workshop 39' 



Wakashan Indians 169' 



Walcott, C. D., acknowledgment of services of 59' 



fossils collected by 58, 140 



honorary curator of Paleozoic fossils 22, 139 



notice of papers by 593 



obtains slabs of Potsdam quartz 50* 



presents slabs of quartzito 152 



transfers Taconic fossils collected in New York 50' 



Walker, Commodore John G., assists in obtaining collections from Easter Isl- 

 and 15 



Walker, Richard M., presents insects 120 



Wallace, Dr. Alfred R., archaeological specimens sent to 85 



Wampam-peege v .. . 305- 



Wantpom .... 305- 



Wampon 305- 



Wampum 305,313 



peage.. ., 308 



use of 304 



Wapiti antlers presented 89» 



Ward and Howell present specimens of meteoric iron from India 54 



send meteoric iron from Tennessee in exchange 52 



slab of meteoric iron.... 45- 



slices of meteoric iron 49 



specimens of almandite 46' 



War Department, accessions received through 56- 



acknowledgment of co-operation of 60 



Ward, H. H., skeleton of monk seal purchased 90 1 



Ward, Lester F., acknowledgment of services of 59* 



honorary curator of botany 23, 147 



fossil plants 145- 



notice of papers by 593 



Washburne, F. L., sends fishes 108 



Washington, specimens received from 53 



Water temperatures of Atlantic coast, report upon'the 21 



tubes 337 



Watkins, J. E., curator of section of transportation 10,79 



Watson, J. K., earthen relics obtained through 78 



Webb, J. G., sends blackfish - 48 



Webster, E. H., sends model of catamaran 69- 



Webster, F. S., birds in exchange from 99> 



H. Mis. 600, pt. 2 49 



