636 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Fishes: Alepocepkalus bairdii, and Pteraciis carolinus, the second specimen in Ameri- 

 can collections. 



Alfred Johnson, Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Through W. A. Wilcox.) 

 18330. '86. (vn) 

 Clark's Trout, Salmo purpuratus. 



W. C. Harris, New York City. 18331. '86. (vn) 

 International Postage-Stamp Album, by J. W. Scott; quarto, bound in full mo- 

 rocco ; seventh edition. 



Scott Stamp and Coin Company, New York City. 18332. '86. (i) 

 Snails: Helix {Meso don) thyroides, Say; H. (Mesodon) thyroides, toothed variety; H. 

 (Polygyra) Texasiana, Mor. ; H. (Dorcasia) Berlandieriana Mor. ; Physa gyrina, Say; 

 Bulimus dealbatus, Say, and Helicina tropica, Pfr. ; for examination. 



W. W. Westgate, Houston, Texas. 18333. '86. (ix) 

 Short-eared Owls, Asio accipitrinus (3). 



James P. Stabler, Sandy Spring, Maryland. 18334. ^6. (v, a) 

 Brown Iron Ore (Limonite) ; for examination. 



W. P. Canaday, Sergeant-at-Arms, U. S. Senate. 18335. '86. (xvi) 

 Marine Invertebrates (small collection). 



U. S. Fish Commission. 18336. '86. (xi) 

 Eggs and Milt of Gadus morrhua and Poll'achius virens; eggs of Brospiius and of Phy- 

 cis. One specimen of Maurolicus and two of Sebastophus. 



U. S. Fish Commission. 18336. '86. (vn) 

 Copper Ore. 



T. O. Taylor, Hickory Grove, Prince William County, Virginia. 18337. J 8ij. 

 (xviii) 

 Postage-Stamps, a sheet of 15 Confederate States 10-cent stamps. 



W. F. Page, U. S. Fish Commission. 18338. '85. (i) 

 Roman Copper Coins (4). 



Copeland Jones, Washington, District of Columbia. 18339. '86. (i; 

 Carboniferous Fossils. 



J. B. Stockton. Toronto, Kansas. 18340. '86. (xm, a) 

 Leperditia (small bivalve Crustacea). Cincinnati formation (Ordovician). 



T. C Chamberlin, Beloit, Wisconsin. 18341. '86. (xih, a) 

 Battle Flag, surgeon's uniform coat, fatigue and dress vest, flannel shirt, sash 

 cord, sword, belt, camp pillow, bayonet, camp kettle, with blade of knife, box 

 of cartridges, surgeon's bandages. 



Dr. I. E. Nagle, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. 18342. f 86. (i) 

 Canary Birds. 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 18343. '86. (v, a) 

 Rabbit, Lepus cuniculus, albino. 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 18343. '86. (iv) 

 Swallow, Chelidon gutturalis, from Hong-Kong. 



P. L. Jouy, Washington, District of Columbia. 18344. '86. (v, a) 

 Limestone containing iron pyrites ; for examination. 



B. C. Yates, Weatherford, Texas. 18345. '86. (xvi) 

 Photographic Negatives (23), taken in Alaska and elsewhere. 



A. P. Niblack, Ensign, U. S. Navy, Mare Island, California. 18346. '86. (i) 

 Contents of the stomach of a cod. 



B. McGrath, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 18347. '86. (— ) 



Basket made of bark and twigs of Wisteria vine ; from province of Shin-shin, Japan. 

 Also photograph of a Phallic temple, Japan. 

 P. L. Jouy, Washington, District of Columbia. 18348. '86. (n, a) 

 Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, in remarkable abnormal (yellow) plumage; from* 

 Riverview, Maryland. 

 Fred. Zeller, Washington, District of Columbia. 18349. '86. (v, a) 



