188 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1885. 



Fishes: Microriadus tomcodus, Albula vulpes, Merlucius bilinearis, Brevoortia tyrdnnus, 

 Clupea harengus, Ctenolabrus adspersus, Hugil albula, Caranx Mppu8, Tautogaonilis, 

 Serranus atrarius, Coitus ceneus, Bothvs maculalus, Trachynoius carolinus, and Stro- 

 mateus triacanthus. 



L. B. Thurber, Patcliogue, L. I. 15704. '85. (VII) 



Birds: Lanius borealis, Uriabrunnichi, Asio wilsonianus. 



L. B. Thurber, Patchogue, L. I. 15704. '85. (V, A) 



Squilla (3 specimens) and Crab. 



L. B. Thurber, Patchogue, L. I. 15704. '85. (XI) 



Snow Sediment, from Colorado. 



Alexander McDougal, Gunnison City, Colo. 15705. '85. (XVII) 



Amblystoma (alcoholic), from El Paso, Tex. 



Newton Simmons, U. S. Fish Commission. 15706. '85. (VI) 



Shell Limestone, partly decomposed, from south of Lake City. 

 C. L. Brush, Lake City, Fla. 15707. '85. (XIV) 



Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus (female). Two specimens in the flesh. 



Arthur E. Brown, Zoological Society, Philadelphia, Pa. 15708. '85. (IV) 



Cotton Thread. Three small spools, three-ply, No. 400. 



Willimantic Linen Company, Willimantic, Conn. 15709. '85. (I) 



Fossil Plants. 



L. A. Ward, Point of Rocks, Wyo. 15711. '85. (XIII, A) 



Mollusks, My a arenaria. Living specimens. 



Board of Trade, Portland, Oreg. 15712. '85. (IX) 



Salmo purpuratus (alcoholic). 



M. F. Spencer, Portland, Oreg. 15713. '85. (VII) 



Fossils. Five boxes of specimens. Purchased by U. S. Geological Survey. 

 George Spangler, Madison, Ind. 15714. '85. (XII, A) 



Ceremonial Objects. Two fine specimens. One, prismatic, with a longitudinal 

 perforation, was found on Cooper's Bar, in the Ohio River, 3 miles below Madison. 

 The other, in the shape of a double hatchet, was plowed up on a farm near Big 

 Creek, about 12 miles northwest of Madison. 

 George Spangler, Madison, Ind. 15714. '85. (Ill) 



Chloanthite, native arsenic, native bismuth, ganomontite, helvite, liebigite, euly- 

 tite, kermesite, &c. Principally from Prussia and Austria. For exchange. 

 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15715. '85. (XIV) 



* Stone Implements, &c. 



John J. McLean, Sitka, Alaska. 15716. '85. (II, A) 



Bird Skins. Nineteen specimens from Texas and Bird Rocks (Nova Scotia?). 

 C. J. Maynard, Boston, Mass. 15717. '85. (V, A) 



Bird Skins (dried and alcoholic), from the island of Cozumel, Yucatan, and Key- 

 West, Fla. Collected by James E. Benedict and Thomas Lee, on the U. S. Fish 

 Commission steamer Albatross. 

 U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 15718. '85. (V, A) 



Mammal Skins, Dicotyles torquatus, Nasua narica, Didclphys auriia, from the island of 

 Cozumel, Yucatan. Collected by James E. Benedict and Thomas Lee, on the 

 U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. 

 U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 15718. '85. (IV) 



*For extended list see Part II, p. 64. 



