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Shells, from Dr. Isaac Lea. 



Dr. Isaac Lea, Philadelphia, Pa. 15925. '85. (IX) 



Fishes: Oncorhynchus chouicha, Brama raii, Merlucius productus, Clupea mirabilis, Chi- 

 masra colliei, Parophrys vetulus, Clupea sapidissima, Squalus acantkias, Trichodon 

 slclleri, Cottopsis asper, Micrometrus aggregate, Icosteus cenigmaticw, Lumpcnus 

 anguillaris, Osmerus thaleiclithys (alcoholic). 

 Dr. Aug. C. Kinney, Astoria, Oreg. 15926. '85. (VII) 



Sea Elephant, Maerorhinus angustirostris (skull and bones), from South California. 

 Charles H. Townsend, Smithsonian Institution. 15927. '85. (IV) 



Bird Skins (28 specimens, 12 species), from Massachusetts, Maine, and South Caro- 

 lina, including £ and 9 juv. of Helonoca sivainsoni, Bachman's finch, aestivalis 

 hachmanni, and Peuccea. 

 William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 15928. '85. (V, A) 



Lizard, Amblystoma (alcoholic), from Lake County, California. 



II. W. Turner, U. S. Geological Survey. San Francisco, Cal. 15929. '85. (VI) 



Stone Implements and Pottery. One hundred and ninety-eight specimens from 

 stone ruins near Mesa City and Phoenix, Ariz. 



Collection from stone ruins near the Pima Agency : A stone mortar, a small stone 

 carving in the shape of a bird, digging-tools, grooved axes, arrow-shaft straight- 

 eners, an incised stone, and a turquoise pendant; 18 specimens. 



"These ruins," says Mr. Palmer, "consist of small houses, of one or more rooms, 

 and do not form a village, but are scattered. The walls are built in the same 

 manner as the Rio Verde building. Remains of cisterns are still to be seen." 



Collection from adobe ruins, 2£ miles from Mesa City : Chipped quartzite disks, cut- 

 ting-tools, grooved mauls, rubbing-stones, a paint-mortar, stone balls used in 

 games, large stone mortars, and fragments of shell ornaments; 20 specimens. 



Collection from adobe ruins near Phoenix: A clay spindle- whorl, a paddle-shaped 

 wooden implement used in making pottery, and fragments of shell ornaments ; 

 17 specimens. 



Mr. Palmer says: "At a distance the ruins appear like ordinary Indian mounds, 

 and vary from 5 to 20 feet in height. Correctly speaking, the walls are not of 

 adobe, but are made of adobe earth or mud, which is pressed into large wooden 

 boxes, and when it is sufficiently dry, the "box is raised up, moved along, and 

 again filled.* The inner surfaces of the walls are made smooth, and sometimes 

 covered with a whitewash." 

 E. Palmer, National Museum. 15930. '85. (Ill) 



Sponges. Fresh-water specimens from Arizona. 



E. Palmer, National Museum. 15930. '85. (XI) 



Ethnographic Objects, from the Prino Indians, Arizona. 

 E. Palmer, National Museum. 15930. '85. (II) 



Mole, Hesperomys leucopus, from District of Columbia. 



Albert Koebele, Department of Agriculture. 15931. '85. (IV) 



Garfield Plaque, made by Royal Worcester Company, London, England. 

 M.W.Beveridge, Washington, D. C. 15932. '85. (I) 



Sand Pike or Lizard Fish, Sy nodus fattens (alcoholic). 



Vinal N. Edwards, Wood's Holl, Mass. 15933. '85. (VII) 



*A similar account is given by Mr. J. R. Bartlett in his "Personal Narrative." 



(Vol.11, p. 277.) 



