LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 745 



Baritr (2 specimens), from Dttfton, England. (Exchange.) 



JOSKPH Willcox, Media, Pennsylvania. 169:52. 'd(>. (XVI ) 



Wood. Section of a pile from a wharf at Cape Henry, Virginia, completely riddled 

 by the boring of the ship- worm, Teredo navalis. 

 A. B. Johnson, Light-House Board. 1(3933. '85. (ix) 



Crystals (3), from deposit near Moriah, Essex County, New York. 



George W. Watkins, Moriah, New York. 16934. '85. (xvi) 



Dried Potato. 



C. 0. Stillwell, Rome, Georgia. 16935. '85. (i) 



Mammals : Neotama floridana, Thomomys talpoides umbrinus, Arvicola riparius, Perog- 

 nathus penicillatus, Hesperomys leucopus, and Tamias asialicus, between toicmsendi 

 and quadrivlttatus. 

 Frank E. Blaisdell, Poway, San Diego County, California. 16936. '85. (iv) 



Loco Weed, Astragalus Bigelowi Gray, probably from Texas. 



Dr. W. Thornton Parker, Newport. Rhode Island. 16937. '85. (xv) 



Granite (2 specimens), and one each of hornblende and red clay. 

 Larkin King, San Saba, Texas. 16938. '85. (xvi) 



Hornblende gneiss, containing epidote; for examination and report. 



Charles Miller, jr., P.O. Box 95, Sanborn, New York. 16939. '85. (xvn) 

 Slate (2 specimens) and impure limonite; for examination and report. 



C. P. McGimsey, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. 16940. '85. (xvi) 



Bracelets, of turtle-shell, made at Nassau, N. P., Bahamas, West Indies. 



Mrs. Epes Sargent, 338 Pennsylvania aveuue, Washington, District of Co- 

 lumbia. 16941. '85. (i) 



Brick. Piece of a brick from an old well at Fort Ticonderoga, Lake Champlaim 

 New York, used during the Revolutionary war. 



Mrs. Epes Sargent, 338 Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, District of Co- 

 lumbia. 16941. '85. (i) 



Brown Iron Ore ; for examination and report. 



C. D. Galvin, New York City. 16942. '85. (xvi) 

 Musical Instrument. Chinese sanheen, in exchange for carvings and baskets of 

 North American Indians. 

 J. H. Renshaw, U. S. Geological Survey. 16943. '85. (n, a) 

 Galena, Sulphide of lead, for examination and report. 



Oliver Rase, Ivanpah, San Bernardino, California. 16944. '85. (xvi) 

 Chamois Horn. Material furnished by the Museum and mounted by Mr. Kalden- 

 berg as a paper-knife. 



F. J. Kaldenberg, 124 Fulton street, New York. 16945. '85. (i) 

 Flint Implements. Collection of 109 specimens on nine tablets, including arrow- 

 heads, spear-heads, and darts; from Flint Ridge, Muskingum County, Ohio. 

 This collection is made up from findings in the western part of the county. The 

 flint and quartz work of which they are made is found in the above neighbor- 

 hood in a ridge or row of hills, known in the locality as Flint Ridge. As this 

 peculiar rock formation is the only one of the kind in this section, it must have 

 furnished the supply of material for the manufacture of these darts and spear- 

 heads for a large scope of country. 

 T. F. Spangler, Jamesville, Ohio. 16946. '85 (in) 

 Shells (71 species), types of paper on Alaskan shells, and 30 species of marine shells 

 from Norway. 

 Dr. A. Krause, Berlin, Prussia. (Through William H. ball.) 16947. >P5. (ix) 



