LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM IN 1885. 195 



African Paroquet, Agapornispullarim, $ ad. 



Dr. W. W. Godding, Superintendent Government Hospital for the Insane, Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. 15807. '85. (V, A) 



Cinchona Weed and Rattlesnake Eantin. 



Dr. W. Lewis, Petersburg, Va. 15808. '85. (I) 



Mica-Schist, containing iron pyrites. Decomposed. 



J. G. Stufflebeam, Delaney, Madison County, Ark. 15809. '85. (XIV) 



Californian Condor, Pseudogryphus calif or nianus. Five specimens in the flesh. 



F. McCormack, Jolon, Cal. 15810. '85. (V, A) 



Shark, Somniosus microcephalus, in the flesh. About 11 feet long. Out of the stomach 

 had been taken 1 peck of herrings and 6 yards of a gill-net. 



A. H. Myers, keeper Quoddy Head life-saving station, Lubec, Me. 15811, 



'85. (VII) 



Shells. Installment of the North European and British collection of the late Dr. 

 J. Gwyn Jeffreys. 



J. Gwyn Jeffreys (through Howel Jeffreys), 61 Bedford Gardens, Ken- 

 sington, London. 15812. >85. (IX) 



Prairie Hen, Tympanuchus pinnatus, in the flesh. 



Alexander Skinner, Washington, D. C. 15813. '85. (V, A) 



Japanese Porcelain. Purple dish, 4| inches square. (Deposited.) 



G. Brown Goode, Washington. 15814. '85. (I) 



Salt. An impure mixture of common salt and sulphate of sodium. 

 E. S. Stover, Albuquerque, N. Mex. 15815. '85. (XIV) 



Muskrat, Fiber zibethicus, from Quantico, Va. 



H. W. Henshaw, U. S. Geological Survey. 15816. >85. (IV) 



Life-Boat Model. Life-boat and life-car combined. 



Fred. S. Allen, Cuttyhunk, Mass. 15817. '85. (I) 



Bird Skin, Thamnophilus radiatus $ juv. ?, from Bahia. 

 H. K. Coale, Chicago, 111. 15818. '85. (V, A) 



Fossils. 



George Spangler, Madison, Ind. Purchased by the U. S. Geological Sur- 

 vey. 15819. '85. (XII, A) 



Casts of Dinocerata, including Dinoceras mirabile, Dinoceras laticeps, Tinoceraa 

 ingens, and Tinoceras longiceps. 

 Prof. O. C. Marsh, New Haven, Conn. 15820. '85. (VIII) 



Wood Rat, Neotoma floridana, var. Mexicana. 



Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A., Fort Wingate^ New Mexico. 15822. '85. (IV) 



Red Fox Scalps. A pair from Illinois. Called by the hunters " wolf" scalps, in 

 order to secure the bounty. 

 J. P. Leach, Rushville, 111. 15823. '85. (IV) 



Winter Wren, Troglodytes hyemalis, and Tufted Titmouse, Lophophanes bicolor. For 

 name. 

 James W. Rogan, Rogersville, Tenn. 15824. '85. (V, A) 



Arrow-heads. From Willamette River, Oregon, and from mound-builders' burial- 

 ground on Fox River, Wisconsin. 

 Theo. H. Wise, Wheaton, 111. 15825. '85. Returned. 



