LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 775 



Hatchet, brought from Scotland in 1685 ; piece of ancient linen ; a ".sampler"; six 

 tidies, linen thread, and live pairs of stockings. (Deposited.) 



Mrs. Margaret Bishop, Attica, Now York. (Through A.J. Lorish). 17358. 

 '86. (i) 

 Algerian Marble (5 slabs). A valuable addition to the collection, both on account 

 of their beauty and from the fact that they were taken from the old Romau 

 quarries in Algeria, which have for many years been lost sight of, but which 

 have recently been re-opened by a Belgian company. 

 E. Fritsch, New York City. 17359. '86. (xvm) 

 Colored Prints of Lady and George Washington, published over one hundred years 

 ago, by J. Testi, London. 

 C. R. Whedon, New Haven, Connecticut. 17360. '86. (i) 

 Galvanoplastic Copies of fossil Amphibians, Stegocepliali. 



Dr. Ant. Fritsch, Prague, Bohemia, Austria. 17361. ^6. (xn) 

 Bird Skins. A collection of 101 species (148 specimens), containing Relinaia swainsoni 

 and Ornithion ridgwayi, the latter being previously not represented in the collec- 

 tion. 

 Charles K. Worthen, Warsaw, Illinois. 17362. '86. (v, a) 

 Bengal Tiger, Fells tigris, in the flesh. 



P. T. Barnum and Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17363. (iv) 

 Pipe made of laurel root, cane stem, by a mountaineer of Cumberland Gap, in the 

 summer of 1875. 

 John Murdoch, U. S. National Museum. 17364. '86. (n, a) 



Carboniferous Fossils (107 specimens). 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. 17365. '86. 



(XIII, a) 



Carboniferous Fossils, from New Jersey. (318 specimens, collection of the 40th 

 Parallel Survey. ) 

 U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. 17366. '86. 



(XIII) 



Sealing Wax. A collection of various kinds, to replace accession 15463, which was 

 injured by heat. 

 Dennison Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17367. 

 '86. (i) 

 Microscopic Slides of British sponge,* including many types of Bowerbank (268 

 specimens). (Exchange.) 

 Rev. A. M. Norman, Durham, England. 17368. '86. (xi) 

 Bay Lynx, Lynx rufus (skull), from near Fort Verde, Arizona. 



B. J. D. Irwin, U. S. Army. 17369. '86. (xn) 

 Skinning Knives (12), found near Lumberton, New Jersey. 



W. H. H. Chambers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17370. '86. (in) 

 Tench, Tinea vulgaris, from the Potomac River. 



Gwynn Harris, Washington, District of Columbia. 17371. '86. (vii) 

 Common Mackerel, Scomber scombrus, from Chesapeake Bay. near the month of tho 

 Potomac River. 



W. Yeatman, Keeper, Point Lookout light-bouse, Maryland. 17372. '86. (vn) 

 Red Poll, Acanthis linaria (3 specimens), from Canada; and Phyllopseustes borealis, 

 from Burma h. 

 W. E. Brooks, Milton, Ontario. 17373. '86. (v,a) 

 Stone Sinker, smooth, oblong, with a groove around one end. 



T. W. Castleman, Saint Joseph, Louisiana. 17374. '86. (in) 



* See report of the Department of Marine Invertebrates, p. 20O. 



