698 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



Piece of x-Iortar from the old reservoir which supplied the city of Rome with 

 water. 

 Mrs. Sarah D. Davis, Springfield, Massachusetts. 19308. '87. (i) 

 Medallion of Benjamin Franklin, 1777; foreign coins (176); two cuneiform inscrip- 

 tions in baked clay, from Babylon ; volume, " M6"moires de la R6publique Roinaine," 

 and plaster cast of ancient Roman gold plate. 

 Thomas Wilson, Washington, District of Columbia. 19309. '87. (i) 

 United States Marine Drum, found on battle-field at Manassas Junction in 1861. 

 (Returned.) 



Gilbert B. Walden, Washington, District of Columbia. 19310. '87. (i) 

 Badges: Sherman Cadets, of Sherman, Massachusetts; Gate City Guard, Atlanta, 

 Georgia, and ''Welcome to Atlanta" Gate City Guard. 



J. H. Conger, Washington, District of Columbia. 19311. '87. (i) 

 Hair-worm, Gordius sp. ; for examination. 



Dr. E. G. Shortlidge, Wilmington, Delaware. 19312. '87. (xi) 

 Birds' Eggs: Corvus cryptoleucus (160), Buteo swainsoni (44), B.borealis calurus (2), 

 Geococcyx californianus (4), Tyrannus verticalis (8), Lanius excubitorides (8), Am- 

 phispiza bilineata (3), Empidonax sp. (4). 



Lieut. H. C. Bknson, U. S. Army, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. 19313. '87. (v, b) 

 Eggs of Ictinia mississippiensis. 



N. S. Goss, Neosho Falls, Kansas. 19314. '87. (v, b) 

 Bird-skins; for examination. (Returned.) 



Charles B. Cory, Boston, Massachusetts. 19315. '87. (v, a) 

 PiSon Jay, Cyanoccphalus cyanocephalus. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. Army, Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 19316. '87. 

 (v, a) 

 Card of Invitation to ceremonies, and order of proceedings at dedication of Wash- 

 ington Monument, February 21, 1885. (Deposited.) 



Prof. S. F. Baird, Washington, District of Columbia. 19317. '87. (i) 

 Silver and Copper Coins of United States, Canada, Nova Scotia, France. Prussia, 

 Denmark, Great Britain, and one Vermont continental. 

 W. Palmer, Washington, District of Columbia. 19318. '87. (i) 

 Coins, American and foreign (318); two specimens postage-stamp money ; gold badge 

 of the Eclectic College fraternity (Phi Nu Theta), and subscriber's card to Vice- 

 President Hendricks's monument fund. (Deposited.) 

 G. Brown Goode, U. S. National Museum. 19319. '87. (i) 

 Insect, Sphinx 5-maculata, in fragments. 



C. E. Rutherford, Peru, Indiana. 19320. '87. (x) 

 "Rhinoceros" Beetle, Dynastes iityus, female; for examination. 

 Mrs. T. D. Pearson, Saratoga, Tennessee. 19321. '87. (x) 

 Fossil Fish, Clupeoid; from the Green River Falls, Wyoming. 

 W. H. Dall, U. S. National Museum. 19322. '87. (vn) 

 Blue Goose, Chen ccerulescens (2 specimens). 



LudwigKumlein, Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 19323. '87. (V, a) 

 Branch Alewife, Clupea vernalis; from Penobscot River ; for examination. 



J. Frank Ellis, U. S. Fish Commission. 19324. '87. (vn) 

 Bird-skins ; from Hawaiian Islands. 



Valdemar Knudsen, Marion, Massachusetts. 19325. '87. (v, a) 

 Decomposed Diabase ; for examination. 



R. W. Page, Salem, Virginia. 19326. '87. (xvn) 

 Chair once belonging to Thomas Jefferson and made by a carpenter on his planta- 

 tion. (Deposited.) 

 Mrs. Ellen Douglass, St. Louis, Missouri. 19327. '87. (i) 

 Rainbow Trout, Salmo irideus. 



South Side Sportsman Club, Oakdale, New York. 19328. '87. (vn). 



