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Indian Pjpk. Two fragments of worked brown sandstone, forming an incomplete 

 pipe with a bear's head ; found near New Lexington. 



Dr. H. D. Moore, New Lexington, Somerset County, Pa. 16106. '83. (Ill) 



Crania, and Bones of Homo sapiens. 



Louis IT. Ayme, Oaxaca, Mexico. 16107. '85. (IV) 



Pottery, from Mexico. 



Louis H. Ayme, Oaxaca, Mexico. 16107. '85. (II, B) 



Archaeological Objects, from Oaxaca. Obsidian flakes and cores ; a hammer-stone,; 

 polished celts, one 11 inches in length; polishing-stones; water-worn pebbles; 

 stones with grooves resembling Polynesian bark-beaters, but used in Mexico as 

 chili-crushers; small stone pendants; a stone slab with notches on one edge; frag- 

 ment of a pestle ; two large stone carvings representing human figures ; part of a 

 stone carving in the shape of a human head with widely-opened mouth; tiger's 

 head of stone (part of a figure); small squatting figures (human), pierced for sus- 

 pension ; a well-polished disk of jadeitc (pendant); fragments of worked alabaster; 

 a piece of stucco ; beads made of entire shells, either pierced with a hole or trun- 

 cated at the apex ; a large pierced shell (Sirombus); a shell bead ; a shell disk with 

 central hole; fragments of shells, and a large number of calcareous pebbles — 212 

 specimens. 

 Louis H. Ayme, Oaxaca, Mexico. 16107. '85. (Ill) 



Sea-Urchins and Corals, Metalla pectoralis (2), and several young specimens of the 

 Fan Coral, Gorgonia Jiabellum. 



B. H. Van Vleck, Boston, Mass. 16108. '85. (XI) 



Living Turtles, Pseudemys rugosa (3), P. troosti, P. mobiliensis (2), from Mobile Bay. 

 G. Kohn, New Orleans, La. 16109. '85. (VI) 



Bird Skins. Seventy-five specimens (22 species), containing series of Parus septentri- 

 onalis, Leucosticte tephrocotis (11), Otocoris arenicola (6), Colaptes mexicanus, Scops 

 asio maxwellice (3), Bubo virginianus subarciicus (5), Centrocercus urophasianus 

 (12), Pediocwtes phasianellus campestris (8). Of these the Scojis, Bubo, and Centro- 

 cercus are particularly interesting and valuable. 

 Capt. Charles Bendire, U. S. A., Port Custer, Mont. 16110. '85. (V, A) 

 Carbonate of Copper, an eruptive rock (trap ?) and white crystals (barite). 

 Charles J. Perkins, Daggett, Cal. 16111. '85. (XIV) 



Scalps of Vulpes fulvus, from Illinois. 



J. P. Leach, Rushville, 111. 16112. '85. (IV) 



Quartzite Rock, white mineral, chrome iron ore, and impure black mineral. 

 Mrs. E. W. P. Guye, Seattle, Wash. 16113. '85. (XIV) 



Fishes. Lepomis megalotis, Achirus broivnii. Head of Alutera schecpffi, (alcoholic). 

 T. S. Doron, Montgomery, Ala. 16114. '85. (VII) 



Reptile. Spilotes. 



T. S. Doron, Montgomery, Ala. 16114. '85. (VI) 



Copper Spear-head, with broad straight base; found in the drift of the valley of 

 the Norwalk River. This specimen is of great interest, showing not only the 

 lamination produced by heating a piece of native copper, but also, on one side, 

 the ridges and other projections which have wrongly been considered as resulting 

 from the process of smelting. Property of Fred. Betts, Norwalk, Conn. Depos- 

 ited. 

 D. N. Couch, Norwalk, Conn. 16115. '85. (Ill) 



Cuttle-fish, Octopus sp. (alcoholic). Two specimens. 



C. C. Nutting, Carlinville, 111. 16116. '85. (IX) 



