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Fossil Leaves, &c, from Colorado, Iowa, Indian Territory, Alabama, &c. (LO), col- 

 lected by Dr. C. A. White, from 12 miles below Las Animas, Colo. ; Dakota Group, 

 borings (3) from Fort Lyon, Colo., collected by H. Beacb ; calamite (1) from Eu- 

 faula, Indian Territory, collected by H. F. Buckner ; sigill (1) from Alabama, col- 

 lected by Frank Burns; lignite (1) from Cleveland, Iowa, collected by Harry White. 

 Dr. C. A. White, U. S. Geological Survey. 15671. '85. (XIII, A) 



Fossil Plants. Five specimens from Separation, Colo. 



Prof. Lester F. Ward, U. S. Geological Survey. 15672. '85. (XIII, A) 



Fossil Plants. Leaves (10) from Station No. 49, near Mesa Station ; stigmaria (2); 

 wood (1) from Sabine River, Abert, California. 

 William S. Yeates, U. S. National Museum. 15673. '85. (XIII, A) 



Ethnographic Objects,* from Egypt and the Holy Land. 



Dr. George W. Samson, New York City. 15674. '85. (II) 



Felt. A collection showing the varieties manufactured, as follows : Hammerfelt, 

 underfelt, damperfelt, and wedgefelt, for piano mauufacturing purposes ; polish- 

 ing and rubbing felts used by manufacturers of musical instruments, jewelers, 

 watchmakers, brass and glass manufacturers, marble-yards, ivory and celluloid 

 manufacturers, also used by wall-paper hangers, and for stamping and printing 

 purposes. Cloth felts used by piano and organ manufacturers, cornplasterfelt as 

 used by manufacturers, niters for essential oils (chemists and brewers), ladies' felt 

 slippers (seamless) in modern shades, ladies' felt slippers (sewed) with common- 

 sense heels, ladies' sandals, ladies' high-cut lace shoes (without heels) trimmed 

 with plush, ladies' fancy felt slippers in modern shades, trimmed with buckles and 

 French heels, and gents' ordinary felt slippers in black and grey, with plush and 

 without heels. 

 Alfred Dolge, New York City. 15675. '85. (1) 



Plants. 



C. G. Pringle, Charlotte, Vt. 15676. '85. (XIII, B.) (Sent to Department 

 of Agriculture.) 



Indian Weapons. A bow and three poisoned arrows ; from the Botocudo Indians, of 

 the Colonia Leopoldina, province of Bahia, Brazil. 

 Richard Rathbun, Smithsonian Institution. 15677. '85. (II) 



Monkey, Semnopithecus siamensis, in the flesh. 



H. B. Everett, Philadelphia, Pa. 15678. '85. (IV) 



Paint. Water-proof. 



Horace D. Dunn, San Francisco, Cal. 15679. '85. (I) 



Lark, Eremopliila aljpestris, in the flesh, from Medina, Orleans County, N. 

 William Palmer, Smithsonian Institution. 15680. '85. (V, A) 



Screech Owl, Megascops asio, in the flesh. Caught in the upper hall of the Smith- 

 sonian building. 

 Dr. Charles Rau, Smithsonian Institution. 15681. '85. (V, A) 



Earth, from a well in Arredonda, Fla. For examination. 

 George Reese, Arredonda, Fla. 15682. '85. (XV) 



Mineral Salts, including carbonate of lime with common salt and sulphates of cal- 

 cium or sodium, from Utah. 

 S. P. Lasater, Tooele City, Utah. 15683. '85. (XIV) 



Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo borealis, from Illinois. 



J. Schneck, Mount Carmel, 111. 15684. '85. (V, A) 



* See Part II, p. 66. 



