618 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Fossil Coral, Lithostrotion mamillare. 



J. W. Bowman, Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. 18012. '80. (xm, a) 

 Hog-nosed Snake (or Spreading Adder), Heterodon platyrhinus, from Mount Vernon, 

 Virginia. 



J. H. Kuehling, Washington, District of Columbia. 18013. '86. (vi) 

 Hair-worms, Gordius sp. ; for identification. 



Dr. M. N. Van Fleet, Weed, Lincoln County, New Mexico. 180,14. '80. (xi) 

 Fresh-water Mussels (1 box) and Goniobasis virginica, from Potomac River. 



Frank Burns, U. 8. Geological Survey. 18015. '86. (ix) 

 Shells, Helix Downicana and Zonites cuspidotus (2 specimens each). 



Miss A. E. Law, Concord, Tennessee. 1&016. '86. (ix) 

 Meteoric Iron, from Jefferson County, Tennessee. 



Ira Sayles, U. S. Geological Survey. 18017. ^ (xvi) 

 Almandite, coated with chlorite (2 crystals); from Salida, Colorado. (Exchange.) 



Ward and Howell, Rochester, New York. 18018. 't6. (xvi) 

 Minerals. (24 specimens). 



W. C. Poteat, Wake Forest, North Carolina. 18019. '86. (xvi) 

 Shells, Physa heterotropha (2 specimens). 



W. C. Poteat, Wake Forest, North Carolina. 18019. '86. (ix) 

 Fish, Potamocottus gulosus (3 specimens) ; San Geronimo Creek, California. 



Charles A. Allen, Nicasio, California, 18020. '86. (vn) 

 Birds. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 18021. ^ii. (v, a) 

 Stalactites and Stalagmites; for examination. 



C. A. Whittemore, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 18022. '86. (xvn) 

 Bot-Fly, CEstrus sp. 



W. W. Anderson, Stateburgh, South Carolina. 18023. '86. (x) 

 European Bullfinch, Pyrrhula vulgaris, and Weaver Bird, or "African Finch," Hunia 

 undulala. 



W. C. Weeden, U. S. National Museum. 18024. '86. (xn) 

 Confederate Bond Certificate for one hundred dollars, and a copy of the last 

 wall-paper edition of the Daily Citizen of Vicksburg, printed two days before the 

 capture of the city. 



Walter Hough, U. S. National Museum. 18025. J 86. (i) 

 Fashion Plates and Confederate invoices. Almanac printed at Philadelphia in 

 1796. 



W t illiam L. Page, Lynchburgh, Virginia. 18026. J 86. (i) 

 Wild-cat Skin (black). 



F. L. Tappan, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 18027. '86. (i) 

 Harpoon-Head; native hammered copper and whalebone; from Takoo Indians, 

 Takoo River, southeastern Alaska. 



Edwin B. Webster, paymaster, U. S. Navy. 18028. 7 86. (n, a) 

 Cutting Tool, remarkable for an unusual notch. 



Dr. H. H. Thorp, Liberty Hill, Texas. 18029. '86. (in) 

 Votive Offering (silver amalgam), made by miners near Cuzco, to place in cathe- 

 dral. Made by pressing the pasty metal into shape and then roasting out the 

 mercury. 



S. L. M. Barlow, Madison avenue, New York. 18030. '86. (n, a) 

 Toad-Fish, Batrachus tau. 



H. P. Hoare, Soldiers' Home, Hampton, Virginia, 18031. '86. (vn) 

 Minerals ; for examination. 



Stephen D. Lacy, Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. 18032. '86. (xvi) 



