84 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



The first straight kuife or sickle belonging to the Ogle-Brown reap- 

 ing machine, invented by Mr. Henry Ogle and built by Mr. Thomas 

 Brown and his son at Alnwick, England, about the year 1820, was 

 received from Mr. Thomas S. Brown, of Poughkeepsie. 



The Scientific Publishing Company, through L. Prang & Co., sent 

 two sets of the plates accompanying Mr. G. F. Kunz's work on gems. 



From Capt. F. L. Casey, Army building, New York City, were received 

 types of new species of North American Coleoptera. 



Through the U. S. Geological Survey was received a type specimen 

 of Conocoryphe reticulata Walcott, from the Lower Cambrian of Salem, 

 Washington. The Survey also deposited specimens of calcite and 

 biotite from Port Henry, and magnetite crystals from Mineville. 



North Carolina. — Mr. James Mooney, of the Bureau of Ethnology, 

 contributed a Cherokee mortar and pestle, alcoholic specimens of rep- 

 tiles, alcoholic specimens of insects, associated with the mythology of 

 the Cherokee Indians, and also sent a large stump of a tree with bowl- 

 ders imbedded in it. 



Mr. W. C. Hod gk ins, Assistant Superintendent of the U. S. Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey, presented specimens of Indian bones, pottery, etc., 

 from Peru Landing (formerly Hatche's Point), New River. 



Ohio. — From Mr. John T. Gaddis, of New Washington, was received 

 a perforated, boat-shaped object, of banded slate from Seneca County. 



The Cincinnati Museum Association contributed 50 drawings executed 

 by students in the Art Academy. 



Three hundred and twenty-four archaeological objects obtained from 

 graves in an ancient cemetery and ash-pit near Madisouville, Ohio, 

 were received in exchange, from the Peabody Museum, Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts. These objects were collected by Prof. F. W. Putnam 

 and Dr. C. F. Metz. 



Three specimens of distilled zinc and magnesium, used in connection 

 with a recent determination of the atomic weights of these metals, were 

 received from Mr. W. M. Burton, of the Standard Oil Company, Cleve- 

 land. 



Oregon. — From Mr. Henry Hemphill, of San Diego, California, were 

 received about 200 specimens of marine shells, tertiary fossils, and 

 •fresh-water shells. A portion of these were collected in Lower Cali- 

 fornia. 



Pennsylvania. — Specimens of work executed by the pupils of Penn's 

 Museum and School of Industrial Art were presented through Prof. 

 L. W. Miller. 



From Mr. F. Gutekunst, of Philadelphia, were received two books of 

 specimens of phototypes, with a separate plate and duplicate. 



Specimens of articles manufactured from aluminum were presented 

 by the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, through Mr. A. E. Hunt, pres- 

 ident. 



Dr. Robert H. Lamborn, of New York City, sent specimens of will- 



