626 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Dried Fish, Potamocottus, sp., Coregonus iviUiamsoni, Thymallus tricolor, var. montanus 

 (3 specimens); from Gallatin River, Gallatin County, Montana. 

 Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (vil) 

 Ermine, Putorius erminea; Mink, Putorius vison, and Spermophile, S})ermophilus 

 ricliardsoni (three skins and three stomachs); from Gallatin Valley, Montana. 

 Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey, 18166. '86. (iv) 

 Silver Ore, from Lexington Mine, Butte, Montana. 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (xvm) 

 Rocks, from Montana. 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. >86. (xvn) 

 Wood Opal, from near Gallatin City, Montana. 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (xv) 

 Minerals: Wood opal (18 specimens). 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (xvi) 

 Duck, Erismaiura rubida (skin), from Gallatin County, Montana. 



Dr. A. C. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (v,a) 

 Rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus, and Horned Toads (2), Phrynosoma modestum; from 

 Gallatin County, Montana. 

 Dr. A. 0. Peale, U. S. Geological Survey. 18166. '86. (vi) 

 Spider Crab, Lithode&jnaia, from Marblehead, Massachusetts. 



Schooner "Dixie," Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Through W. A. Wilcox.) 

 18167. '86. (xi) 

 Silver Medal struck in 1757 to commemorate the victories of Frederick the Great 

 of Prussia over the French, Austrians, Russians, and Swedes during that year. 

 John H. Owen, Hallowell, Maine. 1«168. '86. (i) 

 Set Type melted together by heat, fished from the ocean in 1885, 500 feet off Virginia 

 Beach. 



Paul Beckwith, Washington, District of Columbia. 18169. '86. (i) 

 Lake Carp, Caiyiodes thomptsoni ; for examination. 



George Decker, Bay City, Michigan. 18170. '86. (vn) 

 Basket made by Choctaw Indians. 



A. S. Gatschet, Alexandria, Louisiana. 18171. '86. (n, a) 

 Bunch of Leaves left by a freshet. 



Mrs. Lisle Lester, Stamford, Connecticut. 18172. '86. (x) 

 Little Grere, Podiceps nigricans (I specimen), from Japan. 



Dr. L. Stejneger, U. S. National Museum. 18173. '86. (v, a) 

 Bone Fish-hooks and six stone instruments, from the Trenton gravels. Collected 

 by Dr. C. C. Abbott. 



Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Through Prof. F. W. Put- 

 nam). 18174. '86. (in) 

 Snake, Eutwnia sirtalis ornatus. 



Dr. H. J. Bigelow, Boston, Massachusetts. 18175. '86. (vi) 

 Barn Owl, Strix jiratincola ; for examination. 



Dr. Frederick Taylor, Hillsborough, Loudoun County, Virginia. 18176. 

 '86. (v,a) 

 Nest and five eggs of Perisoreus obscurus, from Beavertou, Oregon ; and one egg of 

 Scops asio maxwellce, from Colorado. 

 A. VV. Anthony, North Denver, Colorado. 18177. '86. (v, b) 

 Dried Fish, Argyropelecus olfersi. 



W. A. Wilcox, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 18178. '86. (vn) 

 Copper Coin, Hebrew quadrans or " widow's mite" — value, about % cent. (Cast.) 

 For examination. 



W. D. Robertson, Lincoln, Nebraska, 18179. '86. (i) 

 Old Squaw Duck, Harehla glacialis ; Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima ; Loon, Cohjm- 

 bus torquatus ; Red-Necked Loon, Colymbus septentrionalis. (Seven skeletons.) 

 I. M. Jackson, Plymouth, Massachusetts. 18180. '86. (xn) 



