780 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Table Utensils. Fork, spoon, and chopsticks of buffalo horn. 



William H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey. 17430. '86. (if, a; 

 Fish. Micropterus dolomiei nv.d Ambloplites rupealru, from Fairmoiint, West Virginia. 

 U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, District of Columbia. 17431. '80. (vn) 

 Quill Pen, used by General La Fayette at the Masonic lodge, Fredericksburgh, Vir- 

 ginia, during his visit to the United States in 1824 as the " guest of the nation." 

 (Deposited.) 



Mrs. R. B. Shackelford, Washington, District of Columbia. 17432. '86. (i) 

 Tin Candle Molds, employed in domestic industry in America prior to 1860, and 

 still somewhat in use in the rural districts. 



Mrs. G. Brown Goode, Washington, District of Columbia. 17433. '86. (n, a) 



Rocks, from Pennsylvania. 



Henry J. Biddle. 17434. '86. (xvn) 

 Gold Medal, presented to Professor Baird by the Department of Fish Culture of 

 the Lower Seine, France. (Deposited.) 



Professor Spencer F. Baird, Washington, District of Columbia. 17435. '86 (i 

 Drawing of a species of Cobilis, by a Chinese artist, Ningpo, 1859. 



Dr. D. B.McCartee, Washington, District of Columbia. 17436. } 86. (vn) 

 Snail Shell, Helix horlensis L. Imported. The locality is new for this species. 



J H. Morrison, Lexington, Virginia. 17437. '86. (ix) 

 Terrapin, Cinesternum pennsylvanicum, from Hatteras, North Carolina. 



F. W. True, U.S. National Museum. 17438. '86. (v) 



Reptiles. Gerrhonotus caruleus, and Pityophis sp., from Butte County, California. 



H.W.Turner, San Francisco, California. 17439. '86. (vi) 

 Pearl taken from Venus mercenaria. 



G. W Woltz, U. S. National Museum. 17440. '86. (ix) 

 Opera Hat, Chapeau-claque, Berlin, Germany, 1880. 



G. Brown Goode, U.S. National Museum. 17441. '86. (n, a) 

 Damascus Sword and eight ivory-and-gold-mounted knives of Arab manufacture, 

 from Muscat. Presented to Commodore Shufeldt by the Sultan of Zanzibar. 

 Commodore R. W- Shufeldt, U.S. Navy, Washington, District of Columbia. 

 17442. '86. (i) 

 Milk Sugar (3 samples), from Germany and Switzerland. 



Department of State, Washington, District of Columbia. 17443. '86. (i) 

 Baird's Dolphin, Dclphinus ielphia (skull), from Monterey, California; whalebone of 

 California Gray Whale; lihachiariectcs glaucus, from San Luis Obispo. 

 C. H. Townsend, U. S. Fish Commission. 17444. '86. (xii) 

 Porpoise, Tursiops tursio (skulls), from North Carolina. 



Wilmington Oil and Leather Works, Wilmington, North Carolina. 17445. 

 '86. (xii ; 

 Oil of Peppermint, "White Crystal," and one bottle of Pipmenthol. 



W. S. Thompson, Washington. 17446. '86. (i) 

 Trenton Fossils (2,183 specimens) from Nevada. 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. 17447. '86. 



(XIII, a) 



Devonian Invertebrate Fossils (213 specimens). 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. 17448. '86. 

 (xiii, a) 



Peruvian Needles (2), from Florida. 



Henry Weidenbach, Washington, District of Columbia. 17449. '86. (n, a) 



