716 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Seals, Phoca grcenlandica (2 skins). 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Locust Grove, New York. 16417. '85. (iv) 

 Birds, Turdus pallasi, Vlreo olivaccus, Myiarchus crinitus, Empidonaxflavivcnlris, Con- 

 topusvirens, Spliyropicus varius (7 specimens), from New Hampshire. 



W. H. Fox, Washington, District of Columbia. 16418. '85. (v, a) 

 Impure Quartz, containing pyrite and sphalerite. 



D. W. M. Wright, Holly Brook, Bland County, Virginia. 16419. '85. (xvi) 

 Insects, Macro-lepidoptera (20 species), collected in California by Mr. Charles Fnchs, 

 of San Francisco. 



John B. Smith, U. S. National Museum. 16420. '85. (x) 

 Copper Ornament, from a mound in Greenup County, Ky. 



W. Kinney, Scioto County, Ohio. 16421. '85. (in) 

 Pisolite and Oolite, and concretionary forms of calcite. 



A. B. Quinan, Dillon, Montaua. 16422. '85. (xvi) 

 Rocks. (Exchange.) 



II. M. Malling, Portland, Maine. 16423. '85. (xvii) 

 Fossil Plants, from the coal-measures of Indiana, and casts of plants in coal. 



Fletcher M. Noe, 130 East New York street, Indianapolis, Indiana. (Sent to 

 Professor Lesquereaux.) 16424. '85. (xiv) 

 Chalcocite, boruite, quartz, chalcopyrite, calcite, clay, copal and strontianite (45 

 specimens). 



Government of Costa Rica (through L, C. Quintero, United States vice-con- 

 sul). 16425. '85. (xvi) 

 Rattlesnake, Crotalus confluent us (skin, without head), from Colorado. 



Miss Dottie Blackburn (through Col. J. Stevenson). 16126. '85. (vi) 

 Diabase, from Lewiston, Maine. 



George P. Merrill, U. S. National Museum. 16427. '85. (xvn) 

 Limestone Conglomerate, from West Virginia. 



Frank Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio. 16428. '85. (xvm) 

 Ear op Rabbit, Lcpus sp., with three abnormal horny growths upon it. 



G. Hillje, Schulenburgh, Texas. 16429. '85, (iv) 

 Ceremonial Object of stone nearly rectangular, from Madison County, Indiana, 

 and ceremonial weapon resembling a double axe, from Jefferson County, Indiana. 



George Spangler, Madison, Indiana. 16430. '85. (in) 

 Black Tourmaline, from Ashe County, North Carolina. 



Donor unknown. 16431. '85. (xvi) 



Vanadate of Lead, from Zacatecas, Mexico. 



Dr. H. G. Torrey, U. S. Mint, New York. 16432. '85. (xvm) 



Auriferous Calcite. 



Col. George L. Shoup, Salmon City, Idaho. 16433. '85. (xvm) 



Crystalline lens of a Cephalopod, from Peru. 



George F. Kunz, New York, New York. 16434. '85. (ix) 



Fish, Ptcroplirynoidcs Itislrio, from the Gulf of Mexico. 



Rev. Dr. Hinsdale, Biloxi, Mississippi. 16435. '85. (vii) 



Siliceous Concretion. 



C. C. Hoffmeister, Mossy Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee. 16436. '85. 

 (XVII) 



Bird-skins (29 species, 30 specimens). 



Capt. Charles E. Bendire, U. S. Army, Fort Custer, Montana. 16437. '85. 

 (v,a) 



