178 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Corals, echinoderms, and Crustacea (dry, and alcoholic). 

 Henry Hemphill, Key West, Fla. 15565. '85. (XI) 



Tarqua Plant. Specimens of leaf, bark, fruit, and juice, from Costa Rica. 

 Frederick Stearns, Detroit, Mich. 15566. '85. (I) 



Danalite, with cryophyllite and Amazon stone in granite. Four specimens. 

 T.T.Bouve, Boston, Mass. 15567. '85. (XIV) 



Gahnite in chalcopyrite, from Rowe, Mass. 



Arnold G. Dana, New Haven, Conn. 15568. '85. (XIV) 



Minerals. A collection of 15 specimens, consisting of aragonite, calcite, calamine, 

 and wulfenite, from Eureka Consolidated Mines, Eureka County, Nevada. 

 J. S. Curtin, U. S. Geological Survey. 15569. '85. (XIV) 



Spodumene (crystal). A large specimen from Blanchville, Conn. 

 Prof. S. J. Brush, New Haven, Conn. 15570. '85. (XIV) 



Columbite (crystal). From Andrews's feldspar quarry. Purchased. 

 G. H. Andrews, Glastonbury, Conn. 15571. '85. (XIV) 



Cancrinite in el^eolite-syenite and sodalite, from Litchfield, Me. 

 T. F. Lamb, Portland, Me. 15572. '85. (XIV) 



Weaver Birds' Nest. 



Rev. C. H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. 15573. '85. (V, A) 



Shells, Helix sp. and CycJostoma sp. Three specimens from Daryiling, foot-hills of 

 the Himalaya Mountains. 

 Rev. C. H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. 15573. '85. (IX) 



Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, from Sikkim, East India. 



Rev. C. H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. 15573. '85. (Xj 



Jewelry,* Table-mats, prayer-wheels, fans, and fly-brushes, from Calcutta, India. 

 Rev. C. H. A. Dall, Calcutta, India. 15573. '85. (II) 



Bird Skins. Sixteen specimens from Ecuador, Guatemala, and Panama. 

 Jose C. Zeledon, San Jose", Costa Rica. 15574. '85, (V, A) 



Cinchona Bark. Two packages. 



Jose C. Zeledon, San Jose", Costa Rica. 15574. '85. (I) 



Mammals. Two Skins, Didelphys quica and Felis onca (black). 



Jose C. Zeledon, San Jose", Costa Rica. 15574. '85. (IV) 



Filanzana, a carrying-chair used in Madagascar. Lieut. Mason A. Shufeldt crossed 

 the island in this chair. (Distance, 1,080 miles. Time, 6 months.) 

 Lieut. Mason A. Shufeldt, U. S. N. 15575. '85. (I) 



Fishes (in alcohol). One hundred and twenty specimens, from Fort Chimo, Ungava 

 Bay, H. B. T. 

 L. M. Turner, U. S. Signal Service. 15576. '85. (VII) 



Reindeer, Bangifer tarandus. Heads, crania, sterna, and fcetus, from Fort Chimo, 

 Ungava Bay, H. B. T. 

 L. M. Turner, U. S. Signal Service. 15576. '85. (IV) 



Fishes, Mallotus villosus, Gasterosteus pungitius, G. Maculeatus, Coregonus quadri- 

 lateralis, and Uranidea richardsoni, <fc, from Fort Chimo, Ungava Bay, H. B. T. 

 L. M. Turner, U. S. Signal Service. 15576. '85. (VII) 



Birds. Seventy-eight specimens in alcohol, from Ungava Bay. 

 L. M. Turner, U. S. Signal Service. 15576. '85. (V, A) 



* See fart JI, p. 67. 



