690 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Badge of the Bloomdale Rifles. 



C. S. Schafer, Bloomdale Rifles, Camp George Washington, District of Colum- 

 bia. 19167*. '87. (I) 

 Alligators (?). 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 19168. '87. (xn) 

 Rabbit, Lepus cuniculus. 



Louis Schmid & Sons, Washington, District of Columbia. 19168. '87. (iv) 

 Nests of Spizella pusilla, Compsoihhjpis americana, and set of 5 eggs of Corvus ossi- 

 fragus. 



R. Ridgway, U. S. National Museum. 19169. '87. (v,b) 

 Bird skins, 16 species (46 specimens); Gainesville, Virgiuia. 



R. Ridgway, U. S. National Museum. 19169. '87. (v,a) 

 Larva of bot-fly, Cuterebra sp. 



Robert A. Mills, Chuluota, Orange County, Florida. 19170. '87. (x) 

 Badge of the Nealy Rifles. 



W. A. Goss, Lewiston, Maine. 19171. '87. (i) 

 Badge of the Molineaux Rifles, Compauy D, Thirty-second Regiment, New York. 



James T. Pusey, Brooklyn, New York. 19172. '87. (i) 

 Badge of the Pennsylvania Guard. 



G. W. DeMott, Chatham, Virginia. 19173. '87. (i) 

 Badge of the Fort Wayne Rifles. 



Lieut. I. W. Leonard, Fort Wayne, Indiana. 19174. '87. (i) 

 Badge of the Indianapolis Light Artillery. 



Samuel B. Robinson, Indianapolis, Indiana. 19175. '87. (i) 

 Badge of the Cayuga Military Academy. 



W. Verbeck, Aurora, New York. 19176. '87. (i) 

 Badge of Monmouth Guards, Company H, Sixth Regiment, Illinois National Guard. 



George C. Rankin, Monmouth, Illinois. 19177. '87. (i) 

 Corals: five species of St if luster, from the Gulf of Mexico. 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 19178. '87. 



(XI) 



Magnetic Iron Ore ; for analysis. 



Moore, Hobson & Conway, Bristol, Tennessee. 19179. '87. (xvin) 

 Medal, commemorating dedication of the Washington Monument. 



Jay K. B. Vose, Washington, District of Columbia. 19180. '87. (i) 

 Meteoric Stone. 



(Donor not known.) 19181. '87. (xvi) 

 Ground Squirrel, Tamias striatus, from Gainesville, Virginia. 



Robert Ridgway, U. S. Natioual Museum. 19182. '87. (iv) 

 Yellow-breasted Chat, Icieria virens. 



Conrad Zeller, Washington, District of Columbia. 19183. '87. (v, a) 



June. 



Beetle, Frionus laticollis; Grasshopper, Acridium americanum. 

 Robert A. Mills, Chuluota, Florida. 19184. '87. (x) 

 Shells (100) from dredgiugs made off the east coast of the southern states and the 

 West Indies. 



Dr. W. H. Rush, U. S. Navy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 19185. '87. (ix) 

 Club with stone head, from New Britain; war ax, from Savage Island; spear with 

 obsidian blade, from Admiralty Island; club, from Tonga Island; double-bladcd 

 paddle and ceremonial ax, carved bird's head and carved paddle, from New Ire- 

 land; paddle, from Navigator's Islands; pillow, from Fiji Islands; and 2 wigs. 

 (Exchange.) 

 Appleton Sturgis, New York City. 19186. '87. (n, a) 



