616 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Ornamental Stones, cut and polished, including onyx, sardonyx, agate-jasper, 

 plasma, amethyst charms, smoke-quartz charm, chalcedony, jasper, chalcedony 

 (artificially colored), jasper (artificially colored), carnelian, caruelian agate, moss 

 agate, clouded agate, banded agate, heliotrope (bloodstone), rock crystal scarf- 

 pin, and rock crystal letter seal (154 specimens in all). (Purchased.) 

 W. J. Knowlton, Boston, Massachusetts. 17974. '86. (xvi) 

 Confederate Notes, etc., post-office draft for $21.25, four twenty-dollar notes, Nos. 

 25712-15, and one hundred ten-cent postage stamps. 



M. W. Robinson, Asheville, North Carolina. 17975. '86. (l) 

 Deer's Head (skin and horns), used as a decoy by " Eskelteche," an Apache Indian ; 

 found in a cave on the East Fork of the Verde. 



Dr. James Reagles, U. S. Army. (Through Dv. John S. Billings, U. S. A.) 

 17976. ; 86. (ii, a) 

 Camphene Chandelier, illustrating a method of illumination prior to the use of gas. 



J. McNamara, Lynchburgh, Virginia. 17977. y S6. (n, a) 

 "King of the Herring," Chimcera (skeleton). 



Thomas Thompson, master of schooner M. A. Barton. (Through W. A. Wil- 

 cox.) 17978. '86. (xn) 

 Field Mice, Hesperomys leucopus sonoriensis and Ochetodon mexicanus. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. Army, Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 17979. '86. 



(IV) 



Manatee, Trichecus inunguis (?). (Casts of two skulls.) (Purchased.) 



Dr. J. W. Spengel, Bremen, Germany. 17980. f 86. (xn) 

 Birds (skins and skeletons). 



U. S. Fish Commission, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 17981. '86. (v,A& xn) 

 Stone Chair, found in mountain near Hillsborough, Virginia. (Model.) 



Samuel B. Hoopman, Purcellville, Virginia. 17982. '86. (I) 

 Arrow-head. 



A. R. Roessler, Liberty Hill, Texas. 17983. '86. (in) 

 Minerals; for examination. 



A. R. Roessler, Liberty Hill, Texas. 17983. '86. (xvi) 

 Birds. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 17984. '86. (v, a) 

 Birds, Laughing Gull, Larus atricilla (1), and Purple Sandpiper, Tringa maritima 

 (2) ; from near Rockland, Maine. 



E. C. Greenwood, Ipswich, Maine. 17985. '86. (v,a) 

 Ethnological Objects, knives, spears, shields, war-horns, etc.; from the Congo 

 River region, near Stanley Falls. 



Lieut. E. H. Taunt, U. S. Navy. 17986. '86. (ii,a) 

 Sucking-Fish (Remora), Echeneis naucratus. 



E. R. Norny, Odessa, Delaware. 17987. '86. (vn) 

 Old Iron Flue in south tower of Smithsonian Institution (piece). 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia. 17988. '86. (i) 

 Minerals. 



Dr. O. J. Shepardson, Chester, Massachusetts. 17989. '86. (xvi) 

 Crystallized Diaspore (one specimen). (Exchange.) 



H. H. Macia, Chester, Massachusetts. 17990. '86. (xvi) 

 Minerals. (Exchange.) 



Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts. 17991. '86. (xvi) 

 Minerals. 



E. M. Bailey, Andover, Maine. 17992. '86. (xvi) 

 Minerals, from Maine, Massachusetts, and Maryland. 



U. S. Geological Survey (through Prof. F. W. Clarke). 17993. 7 8Q. (xvn) 

 Cerargyrite, from Lake Valley, New Mexico, and a polished agate. 



Dr. F. W. Taylor, Washington, District of Columbia. 17994. '86. (xvi) 



