662 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Kkst of Pipilo erythrophthalmu8 alien i, from St. Helena Island, South Carolina. New 

 to Museum collection. 

 William Brewster, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 18663. '87. (v, b) 

 Pig Iron ; for examination. 



Dr. G. A. SWANN, Decatur, Texas. 18664. '87. (xvm) 

 Crab, Callianassa Stimpsoni', for examination. 



George A. Lewis, Wickford, Rhode Island. 18665. '87. (xi) 

 Birds: Towhee, Pipilo cnjthroplit.hal.mus; Rusty Blackbird, Scolecophagus carolinus; 

 Tufted Titmouse, Partes bicolor; Fox-colored Sparrow, Paserella iliaca; and Song 

 Sparrow, Melospiza fasciata; for examination. 

 L. O. Pindar, Hickman, Kentucky. 18666. '87. (xn) 

 Vesuvianite with calcite and quartz; altered meteoric iron (returned), and sodalite 

 (9 specimens) ; for examination. 

 George F. Kunz, Hoboken, New Jersey. 18667. '87. (xvi) 

 Mineral; for examination. 



Mrs. John Giles, Lowell, Michigan. 18668. '87. (xvi) 

 "Arctic Cotton" used by Eskimo for making lamp-wicks. 



Capt. J. O. Spicer, Groton, Connecticut. 18669. '87 v (n, a) 

 Copper Coins, copper one-mill, 1866 ; copper one-cent, 1880 ; brass one-cash (2) 

 Emperor Kang Hsi, 1661-1722 ; brass one-cash, Emperor Shun Chih, 1644-1661. 

 J. V. Leech, U. S. National Museum. 18670. '87. (i) 

 Common Seal, Phoca vitulina. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. (Through Vinal N. Ed- 

 wards.) 18671. '87. (iv) 

 Wiiitefish, Coregonus clupeiformis. 



Frank N. Clark, Northville, Michigan. 18672. '87. (vn) 

 Gray Eagle, Haliatus leucocephalus, from Fauquier County, Virginia. 

 P. Ord, Washington, District of Columbia. 18673. '87. (xn) 

 Evening Grosbeak, Hesperijrfwna vespertina. 



Edward A. Colby, Chicago, Illinois. 18674. '87. (v, a) 

 Manganese Ore and iron ore (hematite). 



B. A. Helton, Hazel Spring, Virginia. 18675. '87. (xvi) 

 Damourite pseudomorph after chiastolite, from Rochester, New Hampshire. 



John I. Legro, New Britain, Connecticut. 18676. '87. (xvi) 

 Fish, Gphichlhys retropinnls; from Pen sacola, Florida. 



C. H. Eigenmann, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. 18677. W. 



(VII) 



Insects: Pachylomerns car dbivorus Atk., nest and specimen; MyrmekiapMla foliata 

 Atk., and Nidivalvata marxii Atk. 

 Prof. George F. Atkinson, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 18678. '87. (x) 

 Medal Molds (42), plaster casts of medals (5), metal casts of medals (71), metal 

 coin molds (300), original medals (3), and 2 certificates of membership of Joseph 

 Saxton in Franklin Institute and American Philosophical Society of Philadel- 

 phia. (Deposited.) 

 J. S. Pendleton, Washington, District of Columbia. 18G79. '87. (i) 

 Parasites, Limothrips sp., found on Richardia (cthiopica; for examination. 



James N. Bishop, Plainville, Connecticut. 18680. '87. (x) 

 Garnet Pebbles (8), and garnet in quartzose schist; from Atlantic City, Wyoming. 



Col. J. Stevenson, Bureau of Ethnology. 18681. '87. (xvi) 

 BUG, Convilinus, probably an immature sangnisirga; for examination. 



Dr. John H. Lacy, Clifton, Arizona. 18682. '87. (x) 

 Red Squirrel, from Africa (?). 



Charles B. Cory, Boston, Massachusetts. 18683. '87. (iv) 

 Black-footed Penguin, Spheniscus demersus (skeleton). 



Dr. J. W. Spengel, Bremen, Germany. (Purchased.) 18684. '87. (xn) 



