LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 759 



Louisiana Heron, Ardea tricolor rufioollia. (Exchange.) 



Dr. B. II. Warrbn, West Chester, Pennsylvania. 17149. '86. (v, a) 



Skull and BOXES of Pulorius erersmanni, from Lower Volga ; a "street dog" from 

 .Jaffa; skeleton of German Dachshund, apparently thoroughbred, from Berlin. 

 (Excbauge.) 

 Prof. Dr. A. Nehring, Berlin, Germany. 17150. '8G. (iv) 



Minerals. (13 specimens.) 



Prof. U. Cakmichael, Brunswick, Maine. 17151. '86. (xvi) 

 SODALI'IE in eheolite-syenite, from Litchfield, Maine. 



H. K. MORRELL, Gardiner, Maine. 17152. '86. (xvi) 

 Invertebrate Fossils. (Exchange.) 



George F.Matthews, St. John, New Brunswick. 1715:5. '86. (xiii,a) 

 Minerals. (Exchange.) 



James Matters, Saint Peter's, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 17154. '86. 

 (xvi) 

 Microscopic slide, showing a scale of a white perch, Roocus americanus Gm. 



Rev. J. L. Zabriskte, Nyack, New York. 17155. '86. (xxi) 

 Bat, Atalapha cinerea. 



G. Noble, Savannah, Georgia. 17156. '86. (iv) 

 Indian Arrow-points, made of obsidian. 



A. F. Davidson, Croston, Marion County, Oregon. 17157. '86. (in) 

 Lead and Silver Ore. 



Guymard Silver Lead Company, Gnymard, Orange County, New Jersey. 

 17158. '86. (XVIII) 

 Minerals, with washed gravel, from the diamond fields of Africa. 



George D. Stonestreet, Birmingham, Alabama. 17159. '86. (xvi) 

 Bird-skins (24), including a tine series of Leucosticte austraUs and L. tcphrocotis. 



Denis Gale, Gold Hill, Colorado. 17160. '86. (v,a) 



Insect, Perla, sp. 



Denis Gale, Gold Hill, Colorado. 17160. '86. (x) 



Birds'-nests and Eggs. 



Denis Gale, Gold Hill, Colorado. 17160. '86. (v, b) 

 Historical Relics : One indenture of H. R. Schoolcraft and Francis Picquette. 

 March 18, 1833; appointment of H. R. Schoolcraft as captain in the Michigan 

 milita by Lewis Cass, Governor of Michigan, dated June 30, 1833; fashion 

 plate, spring and summer 1851, published by F. Mahan, with portraits of Heury 

 Clay, M. Fillmore, J. C. Calhoun, M. A. Root, Jenny Lind, and P. T. Barnum. 

 (Deposited.) 

 William J. Riiees, Smithsonian Institution. 17161. '86. (i) 

 Hog Deer, Ce.rvus poreinus, in the flesh. 



Central Park Menagerie (through W. A. Conklin, Esq., New York City). 

 17162. '68. (iv) 

 Historical Relics : Fac-similie of General Washington's account of expenses dur- 

 ing the Revolutionary War ; also fac-similie of a communication to General 

 Forbes proposing a plan of battle for the expedition against Fort Dnquesne (now 

 Pittsburgh), in 1758. (Deposited.) 

 Wm. J. Green, IT. S. National Museum. 17163. J m. (1) 

 Sand Shark, •Carcharkts UttoralU, Mitch., from Fortress Monroe, Virginia. 



D. W. Grinder, Washington, District of Columbia. 17164. '86. (vn) 

 Jamaica Fishes, 35 species (82 specimens). 



Public Museum of Jamaica, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica. 17165. 

 '86. (xii) 



