782 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Prayer-book, used by the army and navy of the Confederate States, printed at 

 Richmond, 1865. 

 Dr. R. A. Brock, Richmond, Virginia. 17461. '86. (i) 

 Stone Carving, of Egyptian searabieus, obtained at Thebes, 1864 ; also a piece of 

 wall-paper one hundred and twenty-five years old. 



William H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey. 17462. '86. (n, a) 

 Steel Engraving. Original steel-plate engraving of Trumbull's Washington, taken 

 from Yale College portrait, 1 steel-roll, 1 steel plate, " the transfer." (Deposited). 

 Ten proofs taken from the above plates, four proofs of the American eagle, show- 

 ing four stages of the engraver's work, and one sheet of gelatine tracing-paper. 

 (Presented). 

 Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D. C. 17463. '86. (i) 

 Key to the old War Department Building. 



Mrs. Alice Camp, Washington, D. C. 17464. '86. (i) 

 Bird Skins. Four species, among them Brachyramphus pcrdix Pall, hitherto con- 

 founded with B. marmoratus, from Kamtschatka. (Exchange.) 

 Dr. L. Stejneger. U. S. National Museum. 17465. } 86. (v, a) 

 Oil from the stomach of Eulamiamilberti, taken off Cape Hattera3. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 17466. '86. (O 

 Papal Military Medal, bronze, 1849. 



George H. Boehmer, Smithsonian Institution. 17467. '85. (i) 

 Insect, Telea polyphemus, for examination. 



M. Loomis, Terra Alta, Preston County, West Virginia. 17468. '86. (x) 

 Drugs, from New Grenada ; for examination. 



Frederick Stearns & Co., Detroit, Michigan. 17469. '86. (i) 

 Red-bellied Terrapin, Chelopwinsculptus. 



George H. Tolbert, Battery Station, Havre do Grace, Maryland. 17470. 

 '86. (vi) 

 Indian Implement, Cast of. An alligator-shaped object of white jaspery flint. 



C. Armstrong, Carrollton, 111. 17471. '86. (in) 

 Snow-shoes, used in the Adirondack Mountains. (Deposited.) 



Capt. Charles E. Bendire, U. S. A., U. S. National Museum. 17472. '86. 



(II, A.) 



Chinese Stockings (one pair). 



Miss Dollie Leech, Washington, D. C. 17473. '86. (ii, a) 



Fossils, including representations of 44 species of well-preserved fossils. 



H. C. Powers, Beloit, Wis. 17474. } 86. (xm, a) 

 Owl, Bubo virginianm, a very fine specimen in unusually dark plumage. 



A. F. Wooster, Norfolk, Connecticut. 17475. '86. (v, a) 

 Garnet, of the variety colophouite, an interesting occurrence. 



Otto E. Reimer, Santiago de Cuba. (Through Department of State.) 17476. 

 '86. (xvi) 

 Shaly Rock, for examination. 



Dr. W. S. Overton, Stony Creek, Virginia. 17477. '86. (xvn) 



Minerals. 



George P Merrill, U. S. National Museum. 17478. '86. (xvi) 



Tourmaline in Quartz. 



Prof. Thomas Robinson, Howard University, Washington, District of Colum- 

 . bia. 17479. '86. (xvi) 



