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Dory (model), used in the vicinity of Martha's Vineyard for setting drag seines; 

 built in 1875. 



Charles Gifford, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. (Through Capt. J. W. 

 Collins.) 18745. '87. (i) 

 Galvanized Fish Hooks (4). 



Capt. J. W. Collins, Washington, District of Columbia, 18746. '87. (i) 

 Fragment of Somerset, British man-of-war, wrecked on Peaked Hill Bar in 177^. 



Capt. John Q. Getchell, Gloucester, Massachusetts. (Through Capt. J. W. 

 Collins.) 18747. '87. (i) 

 Grivet Monkey, Cercopitkccm sab (bus. 



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

 18743. '87. (iv) 

 Brick from wall of China. 



General A. C. Jones, U. S. consul, Chin-Kiang, China. 18749. '87. (i) 

 "Nape Bone Hook," used in the preparation of boneless cod. 



Capt. George Merchant, Gloucester, Massachusetts. 18750. '87. (i) 

 Guinea Pig, Cavia aperea. 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 18751. '87. (xv) 

 Mole Cricket, belonging to the order Orfchoptera; for examination. 



Dr. D. M. BuTE,.Burgaw, North Carolina. 18752. '87. (x) 

 Fossil Oyster, Ostrea sellcuformis. 



John D. Bartlett, Washington, District of Columbia. 18753. '87. (ix) 

 Mahogany Case, containing three guns. (Lent.) 



Joseph S. Pendleton, Washington, District of Columbia. 18754. '87. (n, a) 

 Tertiary Fo.-sils. (Exchange.) 



S. H. Drew, Wanganui, New Zealand. 18755. '87. (x) 

 Obsidian Flakes (43), chert flakes (32), bone and shell-fish hook, cast of jade orua- 

 meut, and eleven fragments of Moa bones. (Exchange.) 



S. H. Drew, Wanganui, New Zealand. 18755. '87. (in) 

 Globe-fish, Tetrodon ricliei. (Exchange.) 



S. H. Drew, Wanganui, New Zealand. 18755. '87. (vn) 

 Copper Spear-head. (Purchased.) 



W. W. Adams, Mapleton, Cayuga County, New York. 1875G. '87. (in) 

 Young Deer, Cariacus sp. ; from British Honduras (?). 



W. A. Conklin, Central Park Menagerie, New York. 18757. '87. (iv) 

 Tasmanian Wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus ; Wombat, Phascolomys wombat (two spe- 

 cimens), and " Tasmanian Devil," Dasyurus ursinns (two specimens). 



Ballarat Fish Acclimatization Society, Victoria, Tasmania. (Through 

 New South Wales Zoological Society.) 18758. '87. (iv) 

 Birds' Eggs,* Sitta pygmcea (4 sets, 25 eggs); Corvus cryptoUucus (2 sets, 8 eggs) ; Co- 

 lumba fasciata (3 sets, 5 eggs) ; Aplielocoma sieber'u arizonw(\ set, 5 eggs) ; Tyrann us 

 vociferans (1 set, 3 eggs) ; Vrubitinga anthracina (1 egg). 



Lieut. Harry C. Benson, U. S. Army, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. 18759. '87 

 (v, b) 

 Ore ; for examination. 



C. J. Brown, Elmira, New York. 18760. '87. (xvi) 

 Flake Core, from Montgomery County, North Carolina. 



William H. Smeaton, New York City. 18761. '87. (in) 

 Hematite Iron Ore; for examination. 



L. H. Lezeost, Evanston, Wyoming. 18762. '87. (xvi) 

 Metallic Particles containing iron, silica, and carbon, strongly magnetic ; for 

 examination. 



Dr. G. A. Swann, Decatur, Texas. 18763. '87. (xvi) 

 Birds (five specimens). 



Dr. L. Stejneger, U. S. National Museum. 18764. '87. (v, a) 



* See Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. 10, p. 551. 



