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Garnet found in the bed of a small stream in the vicinity of Fnngchow, Shantung 

 Province, China. 

 Dr. J. L. Holmes (through O.T.Mason). 16368. '85. (xvi) 

 TOURMALINE (3 specimens), from Minas Geraes, Brazil ; model of a diamond crystal ; 

 crystals of feldspar (3) : pseudomorph after leucite, from Magnet Cove, Arkansas. 

 George F. Kunz, Hoboken, New Jersey. 16369. '85. (xvi) 

 Cancrinite, eheolite, sodalite (109 specimens), from Litchfield, Maine. (Exchange.) 



Mrs. A. C. Merchant, South Litchfield, Maine. 16370. '85. (xvi) 

 Scotch Snuff used for " dipping" in the Southern States, said to contain a mild al- 

 kali, intended to counteract the acid secretions of the mouth. (Purchased.) 



Ivery, Owen & Co., Lynchburgh, Virginia (through W. F. Page). 16371. 

 '85. (ii, a) 

 Lizard and small snake, from Point Reyes, California. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Sing Sing, New York. 16372. '85. (vi) 

 FlSH. Foetal viviparous perch, Embiotocoid, from Point Reyes, California. 



Dr. C. Hart Merkiam, Sing Sing, New York. 16372. '85. (vn) 

 Cuban Parrot, Chrysotis leucocephala, in the flesh. 



W. C. Weeden, U. S. National Museum. 16373. '85. (v, a) 

 Pipe made of mottled stone. (Exchange.) 



D. S. Carvin, Lyons, Ohio. 16374. '85. (in) 

 Whitney's Pigmy Owl, Micrathene whitncyi, from Tucson, Arizona. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia (through Arthur Edwin Brown, Esq.), 

 16375. '85. (v, a) 

 Brown-headed Nuthatch, Silta pusilla .(3 specimens), and Western Sandpiper, 

 Ereunetes occidentalis (3 specimens). 



H. M. Smith, U. S. National Museum. 16376. '85. (v,a) 

 Nest and Eggs of Traill's and Acadian Flycatchers, Empidonax traillii and E. acadicus. 



Dr. J. C. Merrill, U. S. Army, Columbus Barracks, Ohio. 16377. '85. (v, b) 

 Eggs of Franklin's Gull, Larus franldinii (3 sets). (Exchange.) 



J. W. Preston, Baxter, Iowa. 16378. '85. (v, b) 

 Shale found in conglomerate and millstone grit, for examination. 



Newton Dunyon, Tooele City, Utah. 16379. '85. (xvn) 

 Arrowheads (10), scrapers (2), and leaf-shaped implements (2). 



K. Q. Smith, Angusta, Kentucky. 16380. '85. (m) 

 Insect. 16381. '85. (x) 



Photographs (10 small plates) of Hint implements found at Hakodate, island of Jesso. 



E. Amsden, Yokohama, Japan. 16382. '85. (in) 

 Bats. 



IT. L. Preston, 2 College avenue, Rochester, New York. 16383. '85. (i v) 

 Green Heron, Butorides virescens (skin), from District of Columbia. 



Clarence Burke, 710 H street, Washington. 16384. '85. (v, a) 

 Cuban Parrots, Chri/eotis leucocephala (4 specimens), in the flesh. 



W. C. Weeden, U. S. National Mnsenm. 16385. '85. ( v, a) 



Insects, Erastrla caadefacla (1 specimen), Pyralidce (2 specimens), and Tineidce (1 

 specimen). 



Howard Shriver, Wytheviile, Virginia. 16386. '85. (x) 

 Red Bat, Atalapha noveboracensis, in the flesh. 



C. A. Steuart, Smithsonian Institution. 16387. '85. (iv) 

 Plumbago and products from the graphite works, Bloomingdale, New Jersey. 



Bloomingdale Graphite Company, Bloomingdale, Now Jersey. L6388. '85. 



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