600 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Red Elder, Sambucus pubcns, from Forest, Ontario; for name. 



L. H. Smith, Forest, Ontario. 17759. '86. (xv) 

 Herb, apparently Lithospermum multiflorum; for name. 



W. R. Brown, Sanders, Fresno County, California. 17760. '86. (i) 

 Fossil Shells, from the Pebas Group in the valley of the Amazon. 



Dr. O. Bottger, Frankfort-am-Main, Germany. 17761. '86. (xiii, B) 

 Archaeological Objects : Hammer-stone, 14 chips and flakes, 7 rude implements, 4 

 leaf-shaped implements, 6 spear-heads 55 arrow-heads, rude chipped ax, grooved 

 ax, 2 fragments of pierced tablets, 3 fragments of pot-stone bowls, 5 fragments of 

 split bones, 70 fragments of pottery, 14 Unio and oyster shells, presented. Also 

 26 rude implements and 107 arrow-heads, in exchange. 

 O. N. Bryan, Marshall Hall, Maryland. 17762. '86. (in) 

 Chloritic Material, decomposed ; for examination. 



Hon. W. C. Whitthorne, United States Senate. 17763. '86. (xvm) 

 Fossil Cephalopod, Belemnitella quadrata (4 specimens), from Germany. 



Prof. C. Schluter, Bonn on Rhine, Germany. (Through Dr. C. A. White.) 

 17764. >86. (xiii, b) 

 Invertebrate Fossils, Cyclostoma antiquus (7), Cyclosloma tricarinata (7), Cyrtna 

 livata (2). 

 Prof. F. Sandberger, Wurzburg, Bavaria. 17765. '86. (xiii, b) 

 Leads. 



A. Eilers, Colorado Smelting Company, South Pueblo, Colorado. 17766. '86. 

 (xviii) 

 Wood of Abies Douglassi, bored by Scolytus unispinosw; from Sylvania, California. 

 Collected by L. E. Ricksecker. 

 J. B. Smith, U. S. National Museum. 17767. '86. (x) 

 Plant, Hibiscus moschatus, L. ; for examination. 



Harvey C. Medford, Tupelo, Mississippi. 17768. '86. (xv) 

 Decomposed Tourmaline from New York; for examination. 



George W. Watkins, Moriah, New York. 17769. (xviii) 

 ROOT (Rhizome) ; for examination. 



P. E. Dupuy, Richmond, Virginia. 17770. '86. (i) 

 Ferruginous Concretion, from near Havre-de-Grace, Maryland. 



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

 JMcGee.) 17771. '86. (xvn) 

 Tetradymite. 



Bush and Meyers, Sheridan, Montana. 17772. '86. (xviii) 

 Plant, Hypericum galioides, Lam. ; for examination. 



J. C. McGaha, Cedar Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina. 17773. 

 '86. (xv) 

 Head of Virginia Deer, Cariacus virginianus (mounted). 



H. H. Miner, Saranac Lake, New York. 17774. '86. (iv) 

 Pilot-Boat (model). Schooner-rigged pilot-boat Glyn, of Brunswick, Georgia. 

 Designed by G. L. Daboll and built by Robert Palmer &, Sons, Noank, in 1884. 

 The top of model represents deck line, above which was a bulwark 20 inches 

 high, including the rail. Keel, 12 inches deep forward and 24 inches deep aft. 

 Length over all, 78 feet ; on water-line, 68 feet ; top of keel to top of deck, 9 feet 

 4 inches ; beam, 20 feet. A marked characteristic is the strong rake of the stem, 

 and the considerable flare of the bow above water. 

 G. L. Daboll, Noank, Connecticut. 17775. ^SQ. (i) 

 Fresh-water Shells. 



H. G. Hodge, York, Clark County, Illinois. 17776. '86. (ix) 

 SCOURING Rush, Equisetum hyemale, and Xelumbium luteum. 



H. G. Hodge, York, Clark County, Illinois. 17776. '86. (xv) 



