Oct.  1898. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
301 
STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY,  Chicago. 
2  specimens  of  machine  and  elaine  oils. 
312  specimens  of  candles. 
225  spun  brass  candle-holders. 
264  paraffine  candles. 
8  fine  white  candles. 
STILES,  V.  H.,  595  East  65th  street,  Chicago. 
1  granite  pebble,  enclosed  in  magnesian  limestone  (cotton  rock),  from  the 
Ozark,  near  contact  of  sub-carboniferous— Bolivar,  Mo. 
STILLWELL,  L.  W.,  Deadwood,  South  Dakota. 
10  specimens  of  minerals  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Strophomena  (exchange). 
STRONG,  HENRY,  278  West  Madison  street,  Ch  cago. 
Trap  showing  fissure  produced  by  weathering. 
SYEGE,  A.  E.  J.,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
1  meteorite — Estherville,  Emmet  county,  Iowa. 
WARD,  HENRY  A.,  620  Division  street,  Chicago. 
1  specimen  of  Arlington  (Minn.)  meteorite,  weight  70  grammes  (exchange). 
WEARE,  W.  W.,  Old  Colony  building,  Chicago. 
1  specimen  of  jade — St.  Michaels,  Alaska. 
WILLISTON,  PROF.  S.  W.,  Lawrence,  Kan. 
Figures  of  Kansas  Mosasaurs. 
WOLFE,  J.  S.,  Cedar  Rapids,  Neb. 
1  specimen  of  Brachiopod  in  Sub-carboniferous  limestone — 2  miles  north 
of  Weaubleau,  Mo. 
DEPARTMENT  OF  ORNITHOLOGY. 
(ACCESSIONS  ARE  BY  GIFT  UNLESS  OTHERWISE  DESIGNATED.) 
BRANDLER,  CHARLES,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
1  mounted  short-eared  owl,  Asio  accipitrinus. 
2  mounted  long-billed  marsh  wrens,  with  nest. 
9  wading  birds— Mud  Lake,  Chicago. 
BRYAN,  WILLIAM  A.,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
1  short-eared  owl,  Asio  accipitrinus  (in  flesh). 
1  brant  (blue  goose) — Rock  River  Falls,  Ind. 
1  buffle-head  duck— Jackson  Park,  Chicago. 
DARRAGH  DR.  THOMAS,  ion  Tacoma  building,  Chicago. 
1  mounted  domestic  pigeon — Chicago. 
FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM. 
Collected  by  William  A.  Bryan  : 
3  American  herring  gulls — Jackson  Park,  Chicago. 
27  bird  skins,  Passerim — 83rd  street,  Chicago. 
Collected  by  S.  E.  Meek  : 
1  mocking-bird — Tampa,  Fla. 
1  Cape  May  warbler — Tampa,  Fla. 
Purchases  : 
1  scaup  duck  (purchased  from  J.  N.  Adams,  Chicago). 
2  green-wing  teal  ducks  (purchased  from  B.  Aron  &  Son,  Chicago). 
1  American  golden-eye  duck — Illinois  (purchased  from  George  Benze- 
ville  &  Co.,  Chicago). 
6  bird  skins  (purchased  from  the  Chicago  market,  Chicago). 
1  blue  goose,  1  canvas-back  duck  (purchased  from  A.  M.  Mullin,  Chicago). 
1  gadwall  duck — New  Boston,  111.  (purchased  from  Stiffey  Brothers, 
Chicago). 
GAUMER,  GEORGE  F.,  Izamal,  Yucatan. 
9  bird  skins,  1  bird  egg — Yucatan. 
