608 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Old Blanket. 



Donor not known. 17900. '86. (ii,a) 

 Galena (sulphide of lead); 2 specimens. 



M. T. Newson, Brookhaven, Mississippi. 17901. '86. (xvni) 

 Magnetite ; octrahedral crystals with a little quartz ; limestone containing a large 

 variety of sulphides of copper, lead, zinc, and iron; for examination. 



Harry D. Musser, Roherstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 17902. 

 '86. (xvin) 

 Menhaden, Brevoortia tyrannus. 



J. T. Church, Tiverton, Rhode Island. 17903. '86. (vn) 

 Silver Ores, from the " Silver King" and "Goodenough" mines in Pinal County, 

 Arizona. 



C. P. Culver, Washington, District of Columbia. 17904. '86. (xvm) 

 Myriopoda,* 27 species, from Bloomington, Indiana, andPensacola, Florida; for name. 

 C. H. Bollman, Indiana University, Bloomingtou, Indiana. 17905. '86. (x) 

 Hen's Egg; malformation. 



A. G. Hatfield, Washington, District of Columbia. 17906. '86. (v, b) 

 Herb,* Solidago californica, Nutt., a plant possessing aromatic, stimulant, and dia- 

 phoretic properties. 



W. R. Brown, Sanders, Fresno County, California. 17907. '86. (i) 

 Archaeological Objects: Human skulls and bones, 2 clay bowls, shell and glass 

 beads, iron knife-blade, and piece of baked clay ; from a grave. Also 2 stone imple- 

 ments, flint implements, shells and fragment of pottery (222 specimens); from 

 bank of Coosa River, Cherokee County, Alabama. 



Henry J. Biddle and I. C. Russell, Centre, Cherokee County, Alabama. 

 17908. '86. (in) 

 Sail-fish, Histiophorus sp. (skull), and Tunny or Horse Mackerel, Orcynus thynnus; 

 from Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 17909. '86. (vn) 

 (Accession 17910 canceled.) 

 Ore; for examination. 



Dr. J. A. Sewell, Rockwood, Tennessee. 17911. '86. (xvm) 

 Insect, Prionotus cristatus; for examination. 



Frank S. Gold, Rest, Virginia. 17912. '86. (x) 

 China Plate belonging to the set of George Washington. Blue and white china 

 with insignia of " Society of Cincinnati." 

 Judge Joseph Holt, Washington, District of Columbia. 17913. '86. (i) 

 American Hercules Beetle, Dynastes tityus ; for name. 



Miss Estelle Burthe, Liberty, Virginia. 17914. '86. (x) 

 t Trematode, taken from the white of a freshly laid egg ; for examination. 



C. H. Slayton, Berlin, Wisconsin. 17915. '86. (xi) 

 Limonite ; for examination. 



Dr. C. S. Cooper, Roanoke, Virginia. 17916. '86. (xvi) 

 Insect, Mantis Carolina. 



George M. Fortune, Argonia, Sumner County, Kansas. 17917. '86. (x) 

 Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla, and Nighthawk, Chordeiles virginiana (3 skeletons). 



R. Ridgway, U. S. National Museum. 17918. '86.' (xn) 

 Tiger Cub, Felis tigris. 



W. A. Conklin, Esq., Central Park Menagerie, New York City, New York. 

 17919. '86. (iv) 

 Almiqui, Solenodon cubanus ( cT , 9 , and juv.). Living and alcoholic specimens. (Pur- 

 chased.) 



John Gundlach, Santiago, Cuba. 17920. '86. (iv) 



* See Proceedings U. S. National Museum, vol. 10, pp. 323 and 328. 

 t This specimen is the subject of a paper by Dr. Edwin Linton, in vol. 10 ? Proceed- 

 ings of th3 U. S. National Museum, pp. 367-369, 



