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Birds from India and western Africa (34 specimens). 



H. K. Coale, Chicago, Illinois. 187G5. '87. (v, a) 

 "Spinner," Attacus cercropia; for examination. 



George T. Bartlett, Wilmington, Delaware. 18766. '87. (x) 

 Wax Impressions of a coin. 



Miss Mary Collins, Dorchester, Massachusetts. 18767. '87. (i) 

 Human Skulls (6), lower jaws (6), upper jaw; from mound and graves in Schuyler 

 and. Kane Counties, Illinois. 



Mrs. Abner Foster, Bardstown, Illinois. 18768. '87. (in) 

 Box made of a portion of the heart of the "Signal Tree" on Allatoona Mountain, 

 Georgia. 



Joseph M. Brown, Atlanta, Georgia. 18769. '87. (i) 

 Rock ; for examination. 



Richard Bennett, Whitcomb, Arkansas. 18770. '87. (xvin) 

 English Engravings (1742-'50): " Voyage to Siara performed by six Jesuits," Lon- 

 don, 1688; and "Vegetable Statics," S. Hales, London, 1731. (Deposited.) 



J. S. Pendleton, Washington, District of Columbia. 18771. '87. (h, a) 

 Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo lorealis (4 specimens). 



Dr. A. K. Fisher, Washington, District of Columbia. 18772. '87. (xii) 

 Stone resembling a calf's head. (Returned.) 



W. G. McAdoo, Knoxville, Tennessee. 18773. '87. 

 Fossils (small collection). 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 18774. '87. 



(XIII, A) 



Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca, and a goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis. 



W. C. Weeden, U. S. National Museum. 18775. '87. (v, a) 

 Pig Iron. 



C. Coffin, Muirkirk, Prince George's County, Maryland. 1877G. '87. (xviii) 

 Ore, from Beaver Head County, Montana. 



Henry Garrett, Dillon, Montana. 18777. '87. (xviii) 

 Lignite and clay; for examination. 



J. II. Mead, Palestine, Texas. 18778. '87. (xviii) 

 Birds (12 specimens). 



Denis Gale, Gold Hill, Colorado. 18779. '87. (v, b) 

 Birds' Eggs: Megascops asio maxwellice (4), Dryobates villosiis harrisii (4), Mimus poly- 

 glottos (4), Sitta carolinensis aculeata (5), and Harporhynchus rufus (5). 



Denis Gale, Gold Hill, Colorado. 18779. '87. (v, b) 

 Bird-skins; for examination. (Returned.) 



George B. Sennett, New York City. 18780. '87. (v, a) 

 Quariz Crystal; for examination. 



James A. Mullin, Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. 18781. '87. (xvi) 

 Potsdam Quartzite, with ripple marks (2 slabs); from Keeseville, New York. 



Charles D. Walcott, U. S. Geological Survey. 18782. '87. (xvii) 

 Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca. 



R. C. Steuart, U. S. National Museum. 18783. '87. (v, a) 

 Pupa of Sphinx Carolina, and pupa of a noctuid, dried and broken. 



Dr. D. M. Buie, Burgaw, North Carolina. 18784. '87. (x) 

 Shells, Paiula cumberlandiana Lea (2 specimens). 



W. P. Ryder, Upper Marlborough, Maryland. (Through W. H. Dall.) 18785. 

 • '87. (ix) 

 "Axolotl", Amblystoma marortium (larva); for examination. 



S. D. Karus, Deuel, Colorado. 18786. '87. (vi) 

 Phyllopod Crustacean, Opus sp.; for examination. 



S. D. Karus, Deuel, Colorado. 18786. '87. (xi) 

 Soil; for examination. 



Dr. D. M. Buie, Burgaw, North Carolina, 18787. '87. (xvii) 



