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Shells. Collected by Dr. John Gibson, U. S. N. 



Mrs. E. J. Sears, Mount Carinel, 111. 15640. '85. (IX) 



Fan Coral (Gorgonian) and Sea-Urebin. Probably from Florida or West Indies; 

 also small fragments of coral. Collected by Dr. John Gibson, U. S. N. 

 Mrs. E. J. Sears, Mount Carmel, 111. 15640. '85. (XI) 



Rocks. Collected by Dr. John Gibson, U. S. N. 



Mrs. E. J. Sears, Mount Carmel, 111. 15640. '85. (XV) 



Plants and Seeds, collected by Dr. John Gibson, U. S. N. 



Mrs. E. J. Sears, Mount Carmel, 111. 15640. '85. (XIII, A) 



Jawbone of Shark, and two tusks of Walrus, Rosmarus. Collected by Dr. John 

 Gibson, U. S. N. 



Mrs. E. J. Sears, Mount Carmel, 111. 15640. '85. (XII) 



Turtle-Shells Pseudemys elegans (?). Collected by Dr. John Gibson, U. S. N. 

 Mrs. E. J. Sears, Mount Carmel, 111. 15640. '85. (VI) 



Quartz, Selenite, Calcite, &c. Eleven specimens. Collected by Dr. John Gibson, 

 U. S. N. 

 Mrs. E. J. Sears, Mount Carmel, 111. 15640. '85. (XIV) 



Ethnographic Objects collected by Dr. John Gibson, U. S. N. 

 Mrs. E, J. Sears, Mount Carmel, 111. 15640. '85. (II, A) 



Gray Whale, Ehachianectes glaucus (skull). 



C. H. Townsend, San Francisco, Cal. 15641. '85. (IV) 



Paroquet, Polytelis barranbandi, from Australia. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia (through A. E. Brown). 15642. '85. 



(V,A) 



Mocking Bird, Mimus polyglotius, in the flesh. 



Dr. Frank Defour, Riverdale, Md. 15643. '85. (V, A) 



Apatite (yellow and translucent), four fragments from the diamond-fields, Arizona. 

 Victor Mindeleff, U. S. Geological Survey. 15644. '85. (XIV) 



Antiquities, from Egypt and the Holy Land. 



Dr. G. W. Samson, Harlem, N. Y. 15645. '85. (II, A) 



Drum- Fish. Portion of the mouth for examination. Returned. 

 Isaac Bull, Eau Claire, Wis. 15646. '85. (VII) 



Mounted Reptiles. One specimen of Lizard and one of Bufo, from Surinam. 



Albert Koebele, Agricultural Department, Washington. 15647. '85. (VI) 

 Fossil Leaves. Thirty-five specimens of coal and leaves from North Greenland. 



Ensign A. A. Ackerman, U. S. N. 15648. '85. (XIII, A) 



Fossil Coal Plants, Lepidodendron. Two specimens collected by Dr. J. H. Britta 

 in the lower coal measures of Henry County, Missouri. 

 C. G. Broadhead. 15649. '85. (XIII, A) 



Fossil Plant containing Sigillaria, from Missouri. 

 Dr. J. H. Britts. 15650. '85. (XIII, A) 



Fossil Leaf, from Georgetown, Cal. 



William P. Blake, Georgetown, Placer County, Cal. 15651. '85. (XIII, A) 



Fossil Leaves. Ninety-one specimens. 



G. F. Becker, Clear Lake, Cal. 15652. '85. (XIII, A) 



Fossil Ferns (Carboniferous). Thirteen specimens from Eugene, Ind. 

 I. Collett. 15653. '85. (XIII, A) 



