202 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, i885. 



Calcareous Sinter. Sample of a deposit from the Quelitas Ranch Springs, Valen- 

 cia County, New Mexico. 

 L. and H. Huning, Las Lunas, N. Mex. 15912. '85. (XIV) 



Land and Marine Shells, from the San Pablo Plantation, at the month of the 

 Saint John's River, Florida. 

 Dr. E. Haworth, Mayport, Duval County, Fla. 15913. '85. (IX) 



Palmetto Crown, from the San Pablo Plantation, at the mouth of the Saint John's 

 River, Florida. 



Dr. E. Haworth, Mayport, Duval County, Fla. 15913. '85. (I) 



Galena, Zinc-blende, Siderite, and Quartz. 



II. P. Stufflebeam, Delaney, Madison County, Ark. 15914. '85. (XIV) 



Wools. Valuable samples from various localities. 



George W. Bond, Boston, Mass. 15915. '85. (I) 



Axis Deer, Cervus axis, in the flesh. 



W. A. Conklin, superintendent Central Park Menagerie, New York. 1591G. 

 '85. (IV) 

 Biotite Mica. 



Micke Hendricksen, Rocky Point, Mont. 15917. '85. (XIV) 



Fishes, collected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 15918.* '85. (VII) 



Marine Invertebrates. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 15918. '85. (XI) 

 Reptiles. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 15918. '85. (VI) 



Insects. About 300 specimens, 50 species. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 15918. '85. (X) 



Geological Specimens, from the West Indies. Collected by Ensign A. A. Acker- 

 man, U. S. N. 

 U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 15918. '85. (XV) 



Quartz (10) and Calcite (1). Collected by Ensign A. A. Ackerman, U. S.N. 

 U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 15918. '85. (XIV) 



Shells, from the West Indies. Collected by Ensign A. A. Ackerman, U. S. N. 

 U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 15918. '85. (IX) 



Fossil Bones and Shark's Teeth. (Latter returned.) 



McDonough Institute, McDonough, Md. 15919. '85. (VIII) 



Mirror Carp, Cyprinus carpio. 



R. J. Donaldson, Georgetown, S. C. 15920. '85. (VII) 



Brown Hawk Owl, Minox scutulata, probably from the East Indies. 

 C. B. Cory, Boston, Mass. 15921. '85. (V, A) 



Fish-Trap, for catching pickerel through the ice. 



Edward A. Gould, Falmouth, Mass. 15922. '85. (I) 



Embryo Fishes (alcoholic). 



Miss Rosa Smith, San Diego, Cal. 15923. '85. (XVII) 



Blackfish, Globiocephalus mclas (skeleton). 



Bailey T. Barco, keeper life saving station No. 3, sixth district, Sand Bridge, 

 Va. 15924. '85. (IV) 



*A11 the collections having this number were made by the naturalists on the Fish 

 Commission steamer Albatross, in the winter of 1884-85. 



