180 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Bird Skins, one hundred and eight specimens, 37 species. 



Dr. B. H. Warren, West Chester, Pa. 15593. '85. (V, A) 



Coal. Samples from Texas. 



Thomas Forster, Hoxio, Palo Pinto County, Tex. 15594. '85. (XIV) 



Insects and Comb. Two specimens found destroying the coinh. 

 Dr. Daniel Berry, Carmi, 111. 15595. '85. (X) 



Fossils, from Minnesota. 



W. A. Finkelnburg, Winona, Minn. 15596. '85. (XII, A) 



Portfolio of Photographic Illustrations. "Les Habitants de Surinam." One vol- 

 ume. 

 Prince Roland Bonaparte, Paris, France. ' 15597. '85. (II) 



Fossil Wood. Specimen found in the new reservoir shaft, near the Howard Uni- 

 versity, Washington, D. C. 



Henry P. Graves, Washington, D.C. 15598. '85. (XIII, A) 



American Woods. Polished sections. 



R. B. Hough, Lowville, N. Y. 15599. '85. (XIII, B) 



Meteorites (stone and iron). From Wachita County, Texas, Tazewell, Tenn., and 

 Iowa County, Iowa. 

 Prof. C. W. Shepard, Charleston, S. C. For exchange. 15G00. '85. (XIV) 



Soda-Lime Borate (hydrous). 



B. A. Hamilton, Ivanpah, San Bernardino County, Cal. 15601. '85. (XIV) 



Prong-horned Antelope, Antilocapra americana. Eight skins from Arizona. 

 E. W. Nelson, Springerville, Ariz. 15602. '85. (IV) 



Ores. A collection to illustrate the smelting of the oxidized copper ores of Bishee, 

 Ariz., including some very beautiful specimens of cuprite, malachite, and azurite. 

 Copper Queen Mining Company, Bisbee, Ariz. 15603. '85. (XVI) 



Minerals. One hundred and forty specimens from Madagascar, including ama- 

 zon stone (1) ; native copper, cuprite, and malachite (1) ; corundum crystal (1) 

 amethyst (1); wax opal (1); amazon stone containing garnet and pyrite (1) 

 menaccanite (1); rutile (1); garnet (1),* grains of gold; cornelian agate (1) 

 lazulite(l) ; black tourmaline (1) ; quartz pebbles and fragments. 

 Lieut. M. A. Shufeldt, U. S. N. 15604. '85. (XIV) 



Recent Plants, from Madagascar. 



Lieut. M. A. ShufEldt, U. S. N. 15604. '85. (XIII, B) 



Cotton. Samples from Madagascar. 



Lieut. M. A. Shufeldt, U. S. N. 15604. '85. (I) 



Ethnographical Objects, from Madagascar. 



Lieut. M. A. Shufeldt, U. S. N. 15604. '85. (II) 



Live Peccary, Dycotyles torquatus, from Texas. 



Dr. J. S. Billings, Array Medical Museum, Washington. 15605. '85. (IV) 



Owl, Doves (2), sparrow, fly-catcher, and warbler, from Mexico. 

 Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 15606. '85. (V, A.) 



Land Shells, Bulimus alternatus, Say, from Rio Verde, Oaxaca, Mexico. Three speci 

 mens for determination. 

 Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 15606. '85. (IX) 



TlNJbUD Moth, Tischeria heliopsisella, Chamb. 



Alfred Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico. 15606. '85. (X) 



