602 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Coke : 



Geological Survey of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. (Through Prof. 

 J. B. Proctor.) 17780. '86. (xvm) 

 Geometric Compass, from China. 



Dr. D. B. McCartee, Washington, District of Columbia. 17781. '86. (n, a) 

 "The New England Nut Courant," No. 80, 1723. Printed and sold by Benjamin 

 Franklin. 



Thomas A. Rich, Boston, Massachusetts. 17782. '86. (i) 

 Receipted Bill, dated October 15, 1864— a relic of the Confederacy. 



E. R. Todd, U. S. National Museum. 17783. '86. (i) 

 Pyrrhotite, containing nickel ; for examination. 



A. H. Crowkhite and George B. Henderson, Denver, Colorado. 17784. '86. 



(XVI) 



Kaolin ; for examination. 



A. J. Barnett & Bro., Leakey, Texas. 17785. '88. (xvi) 

 Plant, large-leaved form of Lilium canadensis, L. (?) ; for name. 



W. H. Adams, Elmore, Illinois. 17786. '86. (xv) 

 Lead Buckles, made in the factory of Harrison Bros. & Co. 



Harrison Brothers & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 17787. '86. (xvin) 

 Limestone, supposed by sender to contain silver or zinc ; for examination. 



S. Fletcher, Phebe, Tennessee. 17788. '86. (xvin) 

 Photogravures to accompany the metallurgical collection from the Works of the 

 Colorado Smelting Company. 

 Colorado Smelting Company, South Pueblo, Colorado. 17789. '86. (xvin) 

 Ores, consisting chiefly of magnetic oxide of iron, from Arizona ; for examination. 



J. D. Emmersley, Dos Cabezos, Arizona. 17790. '86. (xvin) 

 Fossil Shells (68 species). (Exchange.) 



Prof. M. Neumeyer, Vienna, Austria. 17791, '86. (xin, b) 

 Rhizomes of Nuphar pumilum (?) and Nymphcea alba var. Candida, from Prussia. 



Prof. D. R. Caspary, Konigsberg, Prussia, 17792. '86. (Sent to the carp ponds.) 

 Fossils, Dictyophyton tuberosum, Zaphrentis solida, Chonophyllum, Chaitetes lycoperdon, 

 Monticulipora, Productus cora, Zaphrentis. (Sixteen specimens.) 

 W. R. Leighton, Creston, Iowa. 17793. '86. (xm, a) 

 Cotton, handspun yarn, quilt, purple dye, and shell-fish from which the dye is made; 

 from the Indians of Acapulco. 



John A. Sutter, U. S. consul, Acapulco, Mexico. (Through Quartermaster's 

 Department, U.S. A.). 17794. '86. (i) 

 Pearls (998), taken from the following species of Californian mollusks : Tivela cras- 

 satelloides, Chione fluctifraga, Vomer mercenaria, Haliotis splendens, Haliotis Cra- 

 chordii, Haliotis rubescens. 

 C. R. Orcutt, San Diego, California. 17795. '86. (ix) 

 Mocking Bird, Mimus polyglottos (skeleton), from Virginia. 



W. C. Weeden, U. S. National Museum. 17796. '86. (xn) 

 Piece of Wreck from George's Banks, supposed to be a part of the quarter-rail of 

 an old fishing vessel, brought up by a hand-line fish-hook, lat. 41° 55', long. 66° 5C. 

 P. A. Merchant, Schooner Ethel, Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Through W. A. 

 Wilcox.) 17797. '86. (i) 

 Oil Portrait of Sin-Sin, painted in Shanghai, China. Also carved frame, made in 

 Ningpo. 

 Dr. D. B. McCartee, Washington, District of Columbia. 17798. '86. (n, a) 

 Common Atlantic Salmon, Salmo wilmotii, and California trout, Salmo irideus. 



Dr. Francis Day, Cheltenham, England. 17799. '86. (vu) 

 Ethnological Objects : Model of child's sledge ; snow-knife made of wood from Dr. 

 Kane's ship; Dr. Boas' seal-skin parka, from Cumberland Gulf. Also Venetian 

 pitcher, and wine goblet of the seventeenth century. (Exchange.) 

 Dr. Emil Bessels, Washington, District of Columbia. 17800. '86. (n, a; 



