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Cinders from tlio furnaces of the Reading Bolt and Nut Works. 



Reading Bolt and Nut Works (through J. H. Sternbergii, Reading, Pa). 

 16182. '85. (XVI) * 

 Parakeet, Psitteutcles chlorolepidotus, and Red-bellied Weaver Bird, Estrclda astrild, 

 in the flesh. 

 Zoological Society of Philadelphia. 16183. '85. (V, A) 

 Snake, from Japan, in the flesh. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. 18183. '85. (VI) 

 Crystalline Alloys. A very interesting collection of newly-discovered alloys of 

 gold,j silver, and platinum with copper and bismuth, described by Mr. Richard 

 Pearce, of Denver, at the meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers 

 in February, 1885. 



American Institute of Mining Engineers (through R. W. Raymond, sec- 

 retary, 13 Burling Slip, New York City). 16184. '85. (XVI) 

 Casts of Antiquities from Mexico and Yucatan . 



No. 1. Aztec calendar stone. No. 2. Teoyoamiqni, or Goddess of Death. No. 3. 

 Mictlanteuhtli. No. 4. Cuauhxicalli of Tizoc. No. 5. Chac-Mool. No. 6. Commem 

 orative stone. No. 7. The Mexican cycle. No. 8. Gigantic head. No. 9. Monolith 

 of Tenango. No. 10. Goddess of Water. No. 11. Cross of Palenque. No. 12. Yoke 

 of Orizaba. No. 13. Cihuacoatl. No. 14. Yohualteuhtli. No. 15. Bas-relief from Pa- 

 lenque. No. 16. Palenque divinity. Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20. Mythological animals. No. 

 21. Red-painted idol. No. 22. Statue of a humpback. No. 23. Statue. No. 24. Fu- 

 neral urn. Nos. 25, 26. Funeral urns. No. 27. Great vase or tub. No. 28. Bas-relief. 

 No. 29. Aztec nun. No. 30. Chapolin, or grasshopper. No. 31. Statuette. No. 32. 

 Face of Chinese type. No. 33. Obsidian vase. No. 34. Vases. 



Deposited by Eufemio Abadiano, City of Mexico, Mexico. 16185. '85. (Ill) 

 Fossils. Forty-five specimens from the Utica slate at Ottawa, Canada. 



Henry Ami, Ottawa, Canada, and C. D. Walcott, U. S. Geological Survey. 

 16186. '85. (XII, A) 

 Fossils. Eight specimens of Productus semireticulatus, Martin. Carboniferous lime 

 stone formation, from Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 

 Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A., Fort Wingate, New Mexico. 16187. '85. (XII, A) 

 Lignum- ViTiE Blocks for pulleys ; showing process of manufacture from the rough 

 state to the finished wheel. 



Royal Gardens, Kew, England (through Prof. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer). 

 16188. '85. (I?) 

 Insects, from China. 



Royal Gardens, Kew, England (through Prof. W. T. Tiiiselton-Dyer). 

 16188. '85. (X) 

 Basket. 



Royal Gardens, Kew, England (through Prof. W. T. Thiselton-Dykk). 

 16188. '85. (II, A) 

 Bark Fibers, etc. 



Royal Gardens, Kew, England (through Prof. W. T. Tiiiselton-Dyer). 

 16188. '85. (I) 

 White Wax ; also candles made from the same. 



Royal Gardens, Kew, England. 16188. '85. (I) 

 Ores and Ore Products. An extensive series of ores from many localities, together 

 with a series of products illustrating the extraction of silver and copper from 

 these ores; also, incidentally and partially, the extraction of gold. The whole 

 forms a very systematic and complete representation of the Ziervogel process as 

 carried on at works having command of a large variety of ores. 



Boston and Colorado Smelting Company (through R. Pearce. superin 

 tendont, Argo, Colo). 16189. '85. (XVI) 



