LIST OF ACCESSIONS. 665 



Plants ; from Mexico. A very valuable collection. 



Dr. Edward Palmer, Washington, District of Columbia. 18723. '87. (xv) 



Archaeological Objects : 3 obsidian nuclei, 4 obsidian chips, 2 very large obsidian 



knives, 6 worked obsidian flakes, 20 obsidian arrow-heads, 7 flint arrow-heads, 2 



obsidian ornaments, stone chisel, 2 stone axes, metate, small mortar, rubbing or 



grinding stone, 2 stone carvings, and ornamented clay bead. (47 specimens.) 



Dr. Edward Palmer, Washington, District of Columbia. 18723. '87. (in) 

 Conglomerate of siliceous pebbles with ferrugineous cement; for examination. 



Francis B. Perry, Greenfield Hill, Connecticut. 18724. '87. (xvn) 

 Mexican Plants. 



C. G. Pringle, Charlotte, Vermont. 18725. '87. (xv) 

 Fractional Paper Currency, three-cents, 1863. 



T. B. Howe, Pataskola, Licking County, Ohio. 18726. '87. (i) 

 Iron Pyrites, and Brown Iron Ore; for examination. 



B. A. Helton, Hazel Spring, Virginia. 18727. '87. (xvi) 

 Rock, apparently from a decomposed granite vein, containing a feldspar, mica, and 

 obscure constituent; for examination. 



Hon. T. D. Johnston, House of Representatives. 18728. '87. (xvi) 

 Manganese Ore containing 0.365 per cent, phosphorus; for examination. 



Hon. A. H. Pettibone, House of Representatives. 18729. '87. (xvni) 

 Bird -skins,* from Sonora, Mexico. 



Lieut. H. C. Benson, U. S. Army, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. 18730. '87. (v, v) 

 Eggs (3), of Melospiza fasciata fallax, from Arizona. 



R. G. Wheeler, Alameda, California. 18731. '87. (v, b) 

 Canary, Serinus canariensis. 



William C. Weeden, U. S. National Museum. 18732. '87. (xn) 

 Bird-skins, 7 specimens in exchange, and 28 specimens presented. 



Ernest E. Thompson, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 18733. '87. (v,a) 

 Bronzed Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula ameus, from Prince George's County, Maryland. 



Fred. Zeller, Washington, District of Columbia. 18734. ; 87. (v, a) 

 Clinton and Oriskany Fossils: Scolithus sp.; Spiriferaarenosa, Conrad; S.arreeta, 

 Hall; Orthi8B\). (?); Platijceras mag nificum, Hall; Pterincasp, (?). (22 specimens.) 



U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, District of Columbia. (Through C. 

 D. Walcott.) 18735. '87. (i) 

 Knife found embedded in the flesh of a cod-fish. 



Capt. John Q. Getchell, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 18736. '87. (i) 

 Material taken from flesh of cod-fish. 



Capt. Donald Beaton, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 18737. '87. (i) 

 Canary, Serinus canariensis. 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 18738. '87. (xn) 

 Iron Pyrites; for examination 



H. J. Gram, Moline, Texas. 18739. '87. (xvin) 

 Photographs of the Nuskegak River scenery, and lakes of Alaskan Peninsula 

 (64.) (Purchased.) 



Henry D. Woolfe, San Francisoo. 18740. '87. (n, a) 

 Shrew, Blariua talpoides, in the flesh ; for examination. 



Ambrose Page, Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia. 18741. '87. (iv) 

 Quartz, with sulphide of iron (pyrites) and sulphide of lead (galena) ; for examina- 

 tion. 



A. Barkley, Eastman, Mississippi. 18742. '87. (xvin) 

 Gun flint, illustrating its manufacture at Brandon, England. (Exchange.) 



Edward Lovett, Ou train Road, Croydon, England. 18743. '87. (n, a) 

 Volcanic Dust. 



Henry Zahn, Denver, Colorado. 18744. '87. (xvn) 



* See Proceedings, U. S. National Museum, Vol. 10, p. 148. 



