APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL 



MUSEUM IN 1879. 



Adney, W. H. G. Specimens of shells and fossils ; from Virginia. 



Alaska Commercial Company, San Francisco, Col. Two heads of sea- 

 lion (Rosmarus obesus) ; from Nushagak, Alaska. 



Alden, Capt. Oscar W., and crew of schooner Andrew Leighton. (See 

 Washington, D. C, United States Fish Commission.) 



Aldernethy, George. Samples of coal ; from Washington Territory. 



Allen, C. A. Two specimens Anser rossii (purchased) ; from California. 



Allen, George E. (See Washington, D. C, United States Fish Com- 

 mission.) 



Anderson, Capt. Charles, and crew of schooner Alice G. Wonson, Gloucester, 

 Mass. (See Washington, D. C, United States Fish Commission.) 



Anderson, John. Insect; from Texas. 



Anderson, W. W. Small collection of stone implements; from Sumter 

 County, South Carolina. 



Andrews, Miss Fannie. Box of stone implements and minerals; from 

 Georgia. 



Ardendall, Edward, schooner Sea Foam. (See Washington, D. C, United 

 States Fish Commission.) 



Aspinwall, Dr. F. E. Specimens of arrow-heads; from New York and 

 Ohio. 



Atkins, Charles G. Specimen of togue (Cristivomer namaycush) ; from 

 Grand Lake Stream, Maine. 



Augir, Viola. Two mounted specimens of birds; from Illinois. 



Baird, G. W., P. A. Engineer, TJ. S. N. Specimens of Medusa ',; taken at 

 Yille Franche, France. 



Baird, Prof. S. F. (See Washington, D. C, United States Fish Com- 

 mission.) 



Babcock, A. L. Specimens of birds (Cyanura cristata and Sialia sialis), 

 and red squirrel (Sciurus hudsonius); from Massachusetts. 



Baden, George P. Living milk-snake (Ophibolus doliatus); from Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Baker, J. D. Specimen of insect ; from Perry County, Pennsylvania. 



Barker, H. L. Living specimens of glass-snake (Opheosaurus ventralis), 

 turtles (Pseudemys scabra), and amphiumas (Amphiuma mains): from 

 South Carolina. 



Barringer, A. L. Living snakes (Bascanion constrictor, Ophibolus rhom- 

 bomaculatus and Storeria dekayi) and terrapins (Cistudo clausa); from 

 North Carolina. 



Bates, W. H. H. Specimens of minerals ; from Maine. 



Bauermeister, Rev. William. Box of minerals; from Indiana. 



Beach, IT. Box of stone implements, pottery, &c, from Illinois and 

 Wisconsin. 



