LIST OF ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM IN 1885. 201 



Lepomis cyanellus (4), from Texas. 



G. H. Ragsdale, Gainesville, Tex. 15899. '85. (VII) 



Birds (59), from Texas. For identification. 



G. H. Ragsdale, Gainesville, Tex. 15899. '85. (V, A) 



Reptiles (15), from Texas; including Caudisona, Cyclopias ccstivus, Coluber, Ophibo- 

 lus, Cnemidophorus, Sceloporus, Hyla, etc. 

 G. H. Ragsdale, Gainesville, Tex. 15899. '85. (VI) 



Bird Skins (5), two from Texas, two from France, and one from New Zealand. 

 For exchange. 

 Thomas McIlwraith, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 15900. '85. (V, A) 



Barium Sulphate, or barytes, from Missouri. Used for adulterating white lead. 

 B. A. Shepley, Des Arc, Iron County, Mo. 15901. '85. (XIV) 



Hornblende. 



George F. Storer, Winnegance, Me. 15902. '85. (XV) 



Disinfectant. Manufactured by the Ravenswood Chemical Company. 



Ravenswood Chemical Company, Long Island City, N. Y. 15903. '85. (I) 



Minerals. Three specimens from Nova Scotia and New Jersey: chalcocite and 

 malachite (1), datolite and pyrolusite. 

 N. H. Darton, New York, N. Y. 15904. '85. (XIV) 



Shells. Installment of the collection of J. Gwyn Jeffreys. 



J. Gwyn Jeffreys (through Ho wel Jeffreys, 61 Bedford Gardens, Kensing- 

 ton, London, England). 15905. '85. (IX) 



Teredo-bored Wood. Piece of main topmast of a fishing-vessel wrecked on Brown's 

 Bank. 

 Capt. S. J. Martin, Gloucester, Mass. 15906. '85. (IX) 



Bird Skins collected by Edward M. Brigham, principally from Para, Brazil, for 

 determination and selection of desiderata. Forty-two specimens, 32 species, 

 have been retained, of which the following are new to the collection : Mon~ 

 am morplieus, Picinsareus cirrlialus Dendromis eytoni, Dendrex etastes sp. nov. ; 

 Nasica longirostris, 2 specs., Pipula cujubi, Icterus cayennensis, GaUula cyaneicolUs, 

 Trogon meridionalis, Pteroglossus inscriptus, 2 specs., $ and £; Brotogerys irrescens, 

 Urochroma purpurata, 2 specs., $ and 9; Caica leucogastra. 

 Prof. D. S. Jordan, Bloomington, Ind. 15907. '85. (V, A) 



Volcanic Dust, from Harlan County, Nebraska. These specimens formed the basis 

 of an article by Mr. George P. Merrill on deposits of volcanic dust and sand in 

 Southwestern Nebraska. (See "Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,"viii, May 23, 1885, pp. 

 99,100.) 

 Henry Zahn, Plattsmouth, Nebr. 15908. '85. (XV) 



White -bellied Nut-hatch, Sitla carolinensis, and Yellow-throated Warbler, Den- 

 droeca dominica. 

 James W. Rogan, Rogersville, Tenn. 15909. '85. (V, A) 



Arrow-heads. 



James W. Rogan, Rogersville, Tenn. 15909. '85. (Ill) 



Stone Implements C2). 



J. M. Spainhour, Lenoir, N. C. 15910. '85. (Ill) 



Fan, of shell and bone of tortoise, from Key West, Fla. 



Joseph W. Collins, U. S. Fish Commission. 15911. '85. (I) 



