770 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Devonian Fossils (GO specimens). 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. (Through 

 CD. Walcott.) 17283. ? 8G. (xm, a) 

 Carboniferous Fossils, from Eastern Tennessee (83 specimens). 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. .(Through 

 CD. Walcott.) 17284. '8b. (xiii, a) 

 Bird Skins (26 specimens), from South America. (Exchange.) 



H. K. Coale, Chicago, Illinois. 17285. '86. v, a) 

 Fossils: Devonian, Silurian, and Ordoviciau (3,500 specimens), from Indiana and 

 Kentucky. 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. 17286. '86. 

 (xiii, a) 

 Eggs of mud minnow, Umhra limi. 



W. P. Seal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17287. '86. (xxi) 

 Fossil Plants (7 specimens), from the southern slope of Cumberland Mountain. 



CD. Walcott, U.S. Geological Survey. 17288. '86. (xv) 

 Fossil Plants (6 specimens), from near Wales, Utah. 



Dr. C A. White, U.S. Geological Survey. 17289. '86. (xiv) 

 Monkey, Cercoccbus albigena, from the Congo region, Africa. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Through 

 Arthur Edwin Brown, Esq.) 17290. '86. (iv) 

 Bird Skins, 51 species (524 specimens), from the Bahamas.* 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, District of Columbia. 17291. '86. (v, a). 

 Nests of Tardus musieJhms, Mimus polyglottoa, Cistothorus palustria, Geothlypis trichas, 

 Virco olivaceus, Mclospiza fasciata, Spizella socialis, Setopliaga ruticilla, Contopus 

 virens, and Spimts tristis. 



C R. Radcliffe, New York City. 17292. '86. (v, b) 

 Photograph of a tooth of mammoth, Elephas sp., found one mile from Arlington, 

 Oregon, at an altitude of six o»r eight hundred feet, in clay about twelve feet deep. 



James W. Smith, Alkali, Oregon. 17293. '86. (xn) 

 Stalagmites (2 specimens). 



Alexander R. Shepherd, Batopilas, Mexico. 17294. '86. (xvn) 

 Fungus, a curious specimen. 



Alexander R. Shepherd. Batopilas, Mexico. 17294. '86. (xv) 

 Antique Pottery, minute but interesting specimens. 



Rev. David F. Watkins, Guadalajara, Mexico. 17295. } S6. (n, b) 

 Picture of a menhaden steamer, and one purse-net. 



Daniel F. Church, Tiverton, Rhode Island. 17296. '86. (i) 

 Indian Stone Axes, from Connecticut and Pennsylvania. (Exchange.) 



A. F. Wooster, Norfolk, Connecticut. 17297. '86. (in) 

 Wool raised in Australia. 



G. W. Griffin, U. S. Consul, Sydney, Australia. (Through Department of 

 State.) 17298. '86. (i) 

 Meteoric Iron, from Tennessee. 



Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17299. '86. 



(XVI) 



Spinning- Wheel, from Ohio. 



Charles Beck, Washington, District of Columbia. 17300. '86. (i) 

 Nest of Golden-winged Warbler, Helminthophaga chrysoptcra Linn., from Petersburg,. 

 Virginia. 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. (Through 

 Charles W. Richmond.) 17301. 'S6. (v, b) 



* See report of Department of Birds, p. 156. 



