638 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Birds' Eggs, for identification — Continued. • 



Catbird, Galeoscoples carolinensis. White-bellied nut-hatch, Si tta carolinensis. 



Song sparrow, Melospiza fasciata. Bluebird, Sialia sialis. 



Field sparrow, Spizella pusilla. Hairy woodpecker, Pious villosus. 



Red-eyed vireo, Vireosylvia olivacea. Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla. 



Scarlet tanager, Pyrangci rubra. Blue-gray gnat-catcher, Poliopiila ccerulea. 



Pe wee bird, Sayornis fuscus. Wilson's thrush, Turdus fuscescens. 



Golden-crowned thrush, Siurus auricapil- Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus. 



lus. Acadian fly-catcher, Empidonax acadicus. 



King-bird, Tyrannus carolinensis. Indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea. 



Bank swallow, Cotile riparia. Wood pewee, Contopus virens. 



Worm-eating warbler, Helminthotherus Night hawk, Chordeiles popeiue. 



vermivorus. Chipping sparrow, Spizella domestica. 



Mocking-bird, Mimus polyglottus. Blue grosbeak, Guiraca ccerulea. 



Baltimore oriole, Icterus galbula. Summer yellow bird, Dendrocca cesliva. 



Downy woodpecker, Picus pubescens. Black-capped chickadee, Parus atricajril- 



Orchard oriole, Icterus spurius. Jus. 



Fro f. George F.Atkinson, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 18361. '86. (v, b) 

 Llama, Auchenia llama. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. (Through Arthur E. Brown, Esq.) 

 18362. '86. (iv) 

 Common Sea Herring, u White bait," Clupea liarcngus L.; for examination. 



John W. Tallman, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. 18363. ^G. (vii) 

 Fishing Catamaran, full-rigged, native made, from Pernambuco, Brazil, 1863. 

 (Exchange.) 

 E. B. Webster, paymaster, U. S. Navy. 18364. '86. (n, a) 

 Birds: Pyrrhula vulgaris, Accentor modularis, Erithacus rubecula, Parus ater, P. ceeru- 

 leus, P. caudatus, P. major, Linaria chloris, FringiUa montifringilla, Emberiza citri- 

 nella, Siurnus vulgaris, GamCus glandarius, Luscinia philomela, Sylvia cinerea, 

 Muscicapa griseola, Corvus monedula. (Exchange.) 



Dr. W. K. Parker, London, England. 18365. '86. (xn) 

 Fossils, probably from the latest Cretaceous or Laramie Group. 



C. R. Beiderman, Fort Stanton, New Mexico. 18366. '86. (xiii,b) 

 Siliceous Limestone, fine grained, resembling lithographic stone, from waters of 

 Fall Creek, San Saba County, Texas'; for examination. 



A. R. Roessler, Liberty Hill, Texas. 18367. '86. (xvn) 

 Minerals (16 specimens). (Exchange.) 



Theo. A. Kendall, Reading, Pennsylvania. 18368. '86. (xvi) 

 Fishes: Phycisregius, Decapterus macarellus, Clupea aestivalis, Anguilla rostrata, Eundu- 

 lus pisculenius, Gadus tomcod, Brevoortia tyrannus, Stolephorus perfasciatus. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. (Through Viual N. Edwards.) 18369. '86. (vn) 

 Marine Invertebrates, mostly parasitic copepods and worms. 



U. S. Fish Commission. (Through Vinal N. Edwards.) 183t9. '86. (xi) 

 Cardinal, CardinaUs cardinalis. 



Louis Sciimid &, Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 18370. '86. (v, a) 

 Young Deer, 3£ months old; fawn of deer; also Hystrix cristata. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. (Through Arthur E. Brown, Esq.) 

 18371. '86. (iv) 

 Calcite; for examination. 



Ambrose Conant, Big Run, Athens County, Ohio. 18372. '86. (xvi) 

 Annelid Jaws, found in Cincinnati rock, Lower Silurian, 6 species: Arabellites quad- 

 ratus, A. sjiicatus, A. cornutus, A. lunatus, A. fastigiatus, A. cervicomus. (Ex- 

 change.) 



Charles Schuciiert, Newport, Kentucky. 18373. '86. (xill, a) 

 Wood Oral, asbestus, and manganese-oxide dendrite. 



Miss Mary H. Bennett, San Bernardino, California. 18374. '86. (xvi) 



