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PnRYNOSOMA. Four specimens from Fort Chimo. 



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



Limonite and conglomerate limestone, from Virginia. 



Hon. N. Gorr, Jr., United States House of Representatives. 15577. '85. 



(XIV) 



Golden Shiner or Bream, Notemigonus chrysoleucus. Fresh specimen. 

 F. A. Hutty, Grand Haven, Mich. 15578. '85. (VII) 



Fossil Gastropod, Pleurotomaria tabulata, Hall; from Rochester Colliery, Du Bois, 

 Bois, Pa. Found in drift about 300 feet under ground. 

 C. L. Barrett, Clearfield, Pa. 15579. '85. (XII, A) 



Mineral Water, from Springfield Farm, Maryland. 



James H. Hallowell (through Hon. L. E. McComas), Hagerstown, Md. 



15580. '85. (XV) 



Pouched Rat, Geomys tuza (local name, u Salamander"). Living specimens. 

 George C. Rixford, Rixford, Fla. 15581. '85. (IV) 



Mosaic Picture. Roman ? Returned. 



John A. Milligan, Portsmouth, Va. 15582. '85. (I) 



Native Silk Cocoons and Reeled Silk. Showing the cocoons raised in North 

 Carolina and the quality of silk raised therefrom. 

 Virion des Lanriers, New York, N. Y. 15583. '85. (I) 



Birds. About 100 mounted specimens transmitted for determination. Returned. 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York. 15584. '85. (V, A.) 



Fishes, from San Francisco, Cal. ; Key West, Fla. ; Pensacola, Fla. ; and San 

 Cristobal Bay, Lower California ; including Clupea sajpidissima (spent 5)2 feet 

 long, San Francisco ; Narcine umbrosa (type), Acanthocybium solandri, Anthias vi- 

 vanus (type), Prionotus stearnsi (type), Prionotus ophryas (type), Pomacentrm 

 caudalis, Eupiscartes ailanticus, Labrosomus xanti, Gobiesox rhessodon. 

 David S. Jordan, Bloomington, Ind. 15585. '85. (VII) 



Chalcedony on Basalt, from Tunitcha Plateau, Arizona. 



F. S. Dellenbaugh, New York, N. Y. (through Ensign O. G. Dodge, U. S. N.) 



15586. '85. (XIV) 



Minerals. Eighty-one specimens from Virginia and District of Columbia. 

 Ernest Howard, U. S. Geological Survey. 15587. '85. (XIV) 



Golden-crested Kinglet, Eegulus satrapa (skin), from Lookout Mountain, Tenn. 

 W. H. Fox, Washington, D. C. 15588. '85. (V, A) 



Portrait of General Jackson. Supposed to have been painted by Earle. Depos- 

 ited. 

 E. R. McKean (care of G. L. McKean, Washington, D. C). 15589. '85. (I) 



Proustite, argentite, and calcite (crystals) ; also native silver in quartz and calcite 

 rock ; from Batopilas mine, Mexico. Exchanged for a Pueblo pot. 



Miss Mason; 15590. '85. (XIV) 



Deep- Sea Sounding Apparatus. Thirty-three pieces. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 15591. '85. (I) 



Metallurgical Charts. (1) Statistical chart of the work accomplished by the 

 Pennsylvania Diamond Drill Company ; (2) a chart of coal measures of the Phil- 

 adelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, with section as cut by the Dia- 

 mond drill. 



15592. '85. (XVI) 



