Brewer, James D. See under Washington, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries.

Brinsmade, C. E.

British Museum.

One bottle of coleoptera from Fort Sully, Dak.
See under London.

Brown, M. R., U. S. Revenue Marine. One specimen of Dana's coral (Astrangia Dana) from Lewes Beach, Pa.

Brown University. See under Providence.

Bruhin, Thos. A. Specimens of supposed new species of Vaccinium. Bruner, C. C. One specimen of hair-worm (Gordius aquaticus) from Oktibbeha, Miss.

Brush, Prof. G. J. A collection of minerals.

Bryan, O. N. One specimen of fossil Arca from Prince George Co., Md. Buell, Sarah A. A specimen of asbestus from Maryland.

Buenos Ayres; Museo Publico de B. A., Prof. H. Burmeister. A collection of bird-skins from South America; skull and skin of seal (Otaria leonina) from Patagonia.

Buie, D. M. Indian skull and ethnological specimens from Wilmington, N. C., (on deposit.)

Burmeister, Prof. H. See under Buenos Ayres.

Byers, William N. One specimen of muscovite from Colorado.
Canfield, K. One specimen of selenite from Kansas.

Carpenter, Capt. W. L. Specimens of reptiles' and birds' eggs from
Omaha, Nebr. See, also, under Washington, Department of State,
Northern Boundary Survey.

Carroll, Michael. Prepared specimens of the gullets and skin of unborn cub of the harp-seal from Bonavista, Newfoundland. Charleston, S. C.; Mus. of the Med. Col., Dr. G. E. Manigault.

Mounted

skeletons of sheepshead, (Stenotomus argyrops,) and drum, (Pogonias chromis ;) fossils from the phosphate-beds of South Carolina. Chandler, L. H. A living alligator, (Alligator mississipiensis,) young, from Florida.

Chase, A. W. Ethnological specimens from shell-heaps in Oregon; drawings by a "medicine-man " of the Ta-ta-tin tribe, Crescent City, Oreg.

Cheever, D. A. A bottle of orthoptera from Colorado.

Chicago, Academy of Natural Sciences; Dr. J. W. Velie. Two mounted skins of birds.

Christiania, Norway; Zoological Museum; Prof. G. O. Sars. A collec tion of shells from Norway.

Clarke, Prof. F. W. Specimens of cyprinodonts from Massachusetts. Clarke, N. W. See under Washington, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries.

Clitz, Gen. H. B., U. S. A. A shoulder-blade of buffalo, with Indian paintings.

Cock, George. One specimen of aquacreptite from Chester Co., Pa.
Cockerill, J. H. Two minerals.

Coffin, Charles C. Specimens of iron-ore, with fossil ferns, from Muirkirk, Prince George Co., Md.

Coleman, J. T. Four salmon-skins from Ishpenning, Mich.

Collins, W. H. A mounted specimen of king-eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) from Detroit, Mich.

Commagére, Frank Y. Ethnological specimens and tooth of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) from Greenland.

Cooper, George P. Specimens of insects.

Cooper, W. A. A collection of birds' eggs and nests from Santa Cruz, Cal.

Copenhagen; Museum of Zoology. A model of Danish fish-weir.

Cornwall, Prof. H. B. See under Princeton, Museum of the College of New Jersey.

Couch, Gen. D. N. The Berlandier Collection of minerals from Mexico, eleven boxes.

Coues, Dr. Elliott, U. S. A. See under Washington, Department of State, Northern Boundary Survey.

Coulon, Dr. Louis. Specimens of ancient pottery from Central Europe; a collection of alcoholic mammals.

Cowen, Gen. B. R., Assistant Secretary of the Interior. An Indian pipe of peace smoked at the great council of the Grand River agency by the Umpapa Sioux.

Creveling, J. P. Specimens of California salmon (Salmo quinnat) one year old from the Susquehanna River.

Cushing, Frank H. A collection of bone implements from an Indian grave near Medina, N. Y.

Dall, William H., Coast Survey, U. S. A.

Thirty-seven boxes and kegs of general zoological and ethnological collections from Alaska and California.

Davenport, Iowa; Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. A collection of Indian crania from mounds in Iowa.

Davidson, Mr. Specimens of magnetite and of ornamental woods from Salem, Oreg.

Daris, D. W. Specimen of a root encircling a water-pipe, from Washington, D. C.

Derer, J. T. Specimens of minerals from Georgia.

Dickinson, E. Thirteen eggs of the marbled godwit, (Limosa fedoa.)
Dickie, J. A. Specimen of mineral from Independence, Va.
Douglas, Harry. Two steel-tipped Indian arrows from Kansas.
Douglas, James, jr. Plaster-casts of stone hammers from Campaña
Serena, Coquimbo, Chili.

Dow, Capt. J. M. A living specimen of burrowing owl (Spheotyto cunicularia, var. floridanus) from the Gulf Stream, 200 miles from the coast of Georgia; a collection of fishes from Panama; two packages of Central American minerals.

Dowell, B. F. Specimens of fossil wood from Oregon.

Dury, Charles. Nests of worm-eating warbler (Helminthophaga vermivorus) and Carolina wren, (Thryothorus ludovicianus.)

Dutton, Thomas H. Specimens of quartz arrow-heads from Uniontown, D. C.

Edmunds, Colonel.

Specimens of bowlder rocks from White Top Moun

tain, Grayson Co., Va.

Edwards, Vinal N. See under Washington, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries.

Elliott, Henry W., Special Agent Treasury Department U. S. Eight boxes of general zoological and ethnological collections from the North Pacific; skins of sea-otter, (Enhydra marina,) and skulls of Walrus, (Rosmarus obesus,) from Alaska; one tank of alcoholic specimens from the Aleutian Islands; augite crystals from Saint George Island, Alaska. Endlich, Dr. Frederic M. A collection of minerals from Saxony. See

also under Washington, Interior Department, U. S. Geological Survey. Farrell, Norman. A skull of large turtle from the Oclocknee River, Florida.

Fay, Joseph S. A specimen of oyster (Ostræa virginiana) from Wood's Hole, Mass.

Ferguson, Maj. T. B., Maryland Commissioner of Fisheries. Two living specimens of black bass, (Micropterus salmoides.)

Field, S. T. Specimen of fish (Gila, sp.) and fossil fish from Green River, Wyoming.

Finck, Hugo.

An alcoholic specimen of frog (Rhinostomus dorsalis) from a lagoon near Cordova, Mexico.

Fish, W. S. Asbestos paper and cloth from Scotland.

Fisher, Davenport. A collection of minerals from Ackworth, N. H.
Fitzhugh, D. F.

Specimens of fishes from Bay City, Mich.
Fletcher, W. W. Specimens of white-fish (Coregonus, sp.) from New
Hampshire.

Fly, Major. Specimens of silver-ores from Chihuahua.

Forsyth, W. A. Manganese-ores from West Virginia.

Fossick, T. L. & Co. Specimen of polished marble from Ingleton, Ala. Fraine, Thomas W. Mounted specimens of birds from Rochester, N. Y. Gabb, Prof. William M. Two stone idols from Santo Domingo; eight boxes of general zoological and ethnological collections from the Talamanca expedition, Costa Rica.

Gass, A. M. Specimens of vegetable gum and galls from Campo, Sau Diego Co., Cal.

Gidney, Love and Burton, (through U. S. Department of Agriculture.) Specimens of minerals from Cleveland Co., N. C.

Golden, H. W., through C. G. Atkins. Specimens of Osmerus, sp., from Belgrade, Me.

Goldsmith, Dr. Middleton, Vermont Commissioner of Fisheries. Collec tions of fishes and crustaceans from Central Germany and from the river Seine.

Goode, G. Brown. Specimens of menhaden (Brevoortia menhaden) and parasites (Cymothoa prægustator) from the Potomac River; a collec tion of fishes from the lower Saint John's River, Florida. See, also, under Middletown; Museum of Wesleyan University; and Washington, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries.

Gordon, Hon. John B. One specimen of coal from Alabama.

Griggs. Hon. A. S. Specimens of minerals from Washington Territory.
Griswold, C. D. See under Washington, U. S. Commission of Fish and
Fisheries.

Hague, Henry. Aboriginal musical instruments from Guatemala.
Hailes, J. Bones and pottery from an Indian mound in Tennessee.
Hardenburgh, L. R., U. S. Surveyor-General for California. Specimens
of borax from California; minerals from California.

Hardestie, W. L., Hudson Bay Company. Skins and skeletons of male and female musk-oxen (Ovibos moschatus) from the Barren Grounds of Arctic America.

Harmer, Miss Helen A. An Indian pipe from Keshena, Wis.
Harris, D. W. Specimen of stag-horn beetle from Louisiana.

Hart, Dr. Charles A., U. S. A. Specimens of Montana grayling, (Thymallus montanensis, n. sp. Milner.)

Hart, James M. Specimens of brown coal from Oswego, N. Y.
Harting, Dr. J. E. Skins of grallae from various localities.

Harvey, F. S. Four specimens of oölite from Des Moines, Iowa; specimens of roots (Psoralea esculenta) used as food by the Indians, from vicinity of Humboldt, Iowa.

Harvey Rev. M. Arm of squid (Architeuthis monachus) from Newfoundland; series of mounted skins of Newfoundland seals.

Haskins, Anderson. One malformed hen's egg from Washington, D. C. 1 Hayden, Dr. F. V. See under Washington, Interior Department.

Hayes, Dr. W. W. Two stone implements from San Luis Obispo, Cal. Haynes, Benjamin. Minerals from Bergen Hill, N. J.

Heidelberg University Museum, Professor Pagenstecher. Skins of mammals from Europe; skeleton, fossil, of Halitherium Schinzi.

Hemphill, Henry. A collection of insects, marine invertebrates, &c., from San Diego, Cal.

Henshaw, H. W. See under Washington, War Department; Surveys west
of the one hundredth meridian.

Hereford, Dr. Thomas P. An aboriginal stone pipe from Coalburg,
W. Va.

Herron, J. P. A specimen of muscovite from Atlanta, Ga.

Hessel, Dr. Rudolph. Specimens of the cocoons of the common leech (Hirudo medicinalis) from Germany.

Hill, George W. Indian stone implements from Ashland, Ohio.

Hill, J. B. A living specimen of alligator, (Alligator mississippiensis,) young, from Florida.

Hitchcock, G. N. A skin of bullock's oriole (Tcterus Bullocki) from San Diego, Cal.; eggs of unknown bird.

Holst, Christian, Secretary of the Royal University of Norway. Specimens of chalk fossils from Gotland Island, South Sweden.

Hoope & Coit, Port Monmouth Fishery, New York. Sample boxes of shadines (Brevoorta menhaden) in oil.

Homer, Charles F. Indian stone implements, &c., from Phoenix, Ariz. Hubbard, Lieut. E. B., U. S. Artillery. Specimens of cloth from Montezuma Wells, Ariz.

Hutchins, W. D. Specimens of minerals from Lexington, Ind.

Hyer, J. D. Specimens of darter (Pileoma caprodes) from the Potomac River.

Jackson, E. E.

One living specimen of soft-shell turtle (Platypeltis ferox) from the Congaree River, South Carolina.

Jennings, S. K. Fossil shark's teeth and sea urchin spines from Rienzi, Miss.

Jenkins, J. H. Specimens of azurite from Arizona; agates from Lake Superior, (on deposit ;) a collection of Indian stone implements from Central Pennsylvania, (on deposit.)

Jenks, Prof. J. W. P. See under Providence, Museum of Brown University.

Jenkins, Admiral Thornton N., U. S. N. Specimens of bricks from the great wall of China.

Jones, John P. A slab with Indian carvings from Keytesville, Mo. Jones, Dr. William H., U. S. N. See under Washington, Navy Depart

ment.

Jordan, Dr. Franklin. A specimen of Voluta junona and mineral from Jacksonville, Fla.

Jouy, P. Louis. Skin of Arkansas fly-catcher (Tyrannus verticalis) from Maryland.

Kapena, Governor. One wooden pipe from the Sandwich Islands.

Kellogg, Dr. A., through U. S. Coast Survey Office. A collection of mosses and lichens from Alaska.

Keenan, J. R.

Mississippi State currency, one one-dollar bill. Kelly, D. M. Specimens of clay from Little Wolf, Minn.

Kenny, William H. A living snake (Boa, sp.) from Brazil.

Kercheval, A. W. One specimen of specular hematite from West Virginia.

Kerrick, L. H. One skin of black-footed weasel (Putorius nigripes) from Western Kansas.

Ketcham, Dr. Ovaries and stomach of black bass (Micropterus salmoides) taken in the Potomac River.

Kinney, Thomas W. A cast of an Indian carving from Ohio.

Krider, John. Specimens of shot.

La Munyon, J. W. One skin of black-footed weasel (Putorius nigripes)