764 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



White, Mrs. Harriet A. R. (Buffalo, New York). Specimen of Carolina Parrakeet 

 (Conurus carolinensis). 22266. 



White, John C. (Bisbee, Arizona). Specimens of cuprite, calcite, and azurite alter- 

 ing to malacliito from the "Copper Queen" mine (collected by Dr. W. F. Hille- 

 brand, of the U. S. Geological Survey.) 22598. 



White, J. J. (Palm Beach, Florida). Six species of fresh-water shells, from Crystal 

 Lake, Benzie County, Michigan, and specimen of Planorbis from Lake Worth, 

 Florida. 22665. 



White, Robinson (Washington, District of Columbia). Two specimens of Urocyon 

 virginianus, from Virginia. 22318. 



Whitman, Dr. J. S. (Lyndon, Kansas). Specimen of Blarina cinerea. 23087. 



Widman, 0. (Old Orchard, Maine). Eggs of Progne subis and Passer montanus. 

 22860. 



Wilcox, Glover P. (Fort Niobrara, Nebraska), (through Dr. Timothy E. Wilcox, U. 

 S. Army). Vetebra of mastodon, alcoholic specimens of mammals, specimen of 

 petrified wood, alcoholic specimen of snake, and pieces of bone and quartz. 

 23299. 



Wilcox, Dr. Timothy E. (U. S. Army) (Fort Niobrara, Nebraska). (See under 

 Glover P. Wilcox.) 



Wilde, Commander George F. F. (IT. S. Navy). (See under Navy Department.) 



Willcox, Joseph (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 

 Fresh-water sponge from the Everglades, Florida. 22734. 



Williams, Dr. George H. (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland). Col- 

 lection of rocks representing Pigeon Point contacts and Menominee River and 

 Marquette greenstones from Michigan. 23145. 



Williamson, Mrs. M. Burton (University, California). Specimen of Periploma dis- 

 cus from Monterey Bay, California (exchange) (23135); specimens of shells, from 

 the coast of California (23266). 



Willis, Merritt (West Farms, New York). Prehistoric stone implements from 

 Illinois and Westchester, New York. 22232. 



Willits, Hon. Edwin (Assistant Secretary of Agriculture). (See under Dr. Allen 

 Stuart.) 



Williams, Mr. (Great Falls, Montana). Eggs and nest of Sayornis saya 



Bonap. 22213. 



Wilson, George M. (Mullan, Idaho). Specimen of pyromorphite on limonite from 

 the "Little Giant" mine, Shoshone County. 22463. 



Wilson, Miss Nellie E. (Washington, District of Columbia). Specimens of flint 

 implements, etc., from France and Eugland ; obsidian cores from the Island 

 of Milo, Greece, and a bronze hatchet and fragment of a copper implement from 

 Peru. 22523. 



Wilson, Mrs. Thomas (Washington, District of Columbia). Five specimens of paleo- 

 lithic implements, from Piney Branch. 22279. 



Willson, J. M. (Kissimmee, Florida). Specimen of Katydid (Phylloptera oblongi- 

 folia) remarkable for its red color. 22270. 



Wimeschke, R. (Elkin, North Carolina). Specimen of Lizard. 22322. 



Wimsatt, R. D. and Louis B. Johnson (Washington, District of Columbia). Speci- 

 mens of Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragiis) from Virginia (22879, 22965). 



Windsor, F. R. (Alexandria, Virginia). Specimen of Great Horned Owl (Bubo vir- 

 ginianus) from Fairfax County. 23048. 



Winkler, Dr. C. (Germany), (through Prof. F. W. Clarke, of the U. S. National 

 Museum). A specimen of germanium, a new metal discovered by Dr. Winkler in 

 1886, near Frieberg. # 22990. 



* This specimen was prepared by Dr. Winkler. It is of a grayish- white, lustrous, 

 crystalline, brittle metal, easily pulverized, unchanged in air, and soluble in aqua 

 regia regia ; it also fuses readily. 



