154 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Brotvn, Arthur Edwin, Superiniendeiii ZooJogicaJ Oardms, Philadelphia, Pa.: 1 spcci- 

 rueu of Wbituey's Owl, in the flesh. (Gift.) 



Brown, Arthur Edwin, Superintendent Zoolof/ical Gardens, Fhiladelphia, Pa.: 1 East, 

 Indian Parakeet, PaUvornis eupatrius, in the flesh. (Gift.) 



Coale, H. K., Chicago, III.: 26 specimens, 'M species, chiefly from Soutli America and 

 India, among thera several species not heretofore represented in the collections 

 of tiie Mnsonm. (Exchange.) 



Hamlin, J. P., Washington, D. C: 2 live young Syrnium. nehulosmn, from Montgomery 

 County, Md. (Gift.) 



Hargitf, Edward, Chiswid:, England:" 10.5 specimens, 41 species, mostly water-birds 

 from Prance and the Orkneys. 2 line si)ecimens of MegaJeslrls skna, ^ and 9 , 

 are especially noteworthy. (Exchange.) 



Johnson, J. W., U. S. Signal Service,* Nushagakh, Alas'lca : 71 sjjocimens, 19 species, 

 from Nushagakh, including 2 specimens of the recently discovered Plectrophenax 

 hgperboreus. (U. S. Signal Service.) 



JDuges, Prof. Alfred, Guanajuato, Mexico. :* 28 specimens, 27 species, from southern 

 Mexico. (Gift.) 



Duge's, Prof. Alfred, Guanajuato, Mexico.:" 11 specimens, 11 species, from Mexico. 

 (Gift.) 



Fox, Dr. H'. II., Washington, I). C. :* 7 specimens, 6 species, from New Hampshire. 

 (Exchange.) 



Guesde, M. Louis, Museum Flferminiey, Guadeloupe, IVest Indies .•* 2r) specimens, 22 

 species, mostly water birds from Gn.adalonpe. The most interesting is a specimen 

 of Speoiyto guadcloiipensis, a s])ecies new to the collection. (Gift.) 



Johnson, J. W., U. S. Signal Service, Nushagalh, Alaska: 34 specimens, 15 species, from 

 Nushagak ; nothing rare, but the specimens are nicely prepared. (U. S. Signal 

 Service.) 



Jordan, Prof. D. S., President Indiana Unirersity, Ploomington, Ind.: 43 specimens, 37 

 species, from the Lower Amazon. Thirteen of these species are entirely new 

 to the collection. (Gift.) 



Lawrence, George N., New York City : Type specimen of Sporadinus hracei Lawr., iVom 

 Andros Island, Bahamas. (Gift.) 



Lloyd, J]\, Toyah, Tex. :\ 9 specimens, 8 species. Passerine birds from Fort Davis, Tex. 

 (Gift.) 



Marshall, Henry, Laurel, Md. : 1 mounted specimen of the European Teal, Nettion 

 crecca ( <? ad.), shot in the Potomac River, near Washington, in April, 1885. (Pur- 

 chased. ) 



Mason, Prof. 0. T., U. S. National Museum: 8 mutilated specimens of South Amer- 

 ican birds (3 species) used as ornamental appendages to an Indian belt. Tliey 

 have all been described as new by the curator, and are jirobably from an unex- 

 plored district of northern South America. (Department of Ethnology, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum.) 



Ma;nard, C. J., Boston, Mass.:\ 10 specimens, 3 species, from Florida, among them a 

 fine pair of Anas fulvigula. ( Purchased. ; 



The Mexican Geographical and Exploring Commission, {\ through Prof. F. Ferrari- Perez : 

 95 specimens, (mounted mostly in excellent style), 59 species, collected in the 

 States of Puebla and Vera Cruz, Mexico, forming part of the Mexican Govern- 

 ment exhibit at New Orleans. A very valuable acquisition, especially on ac- 

 count of the excellence of mounting. Several species are thus for the first time 

 added to the exhibition aeries, while many old aud poorly mounted siiecimens 

 have been replaced by those of the present collection. (Exchange.) 



* For complete list of specimens included in this accession, see Accession List, Pt. v. 

 t For further information concerning the specimens, see Accession I^ist, Pt. V. 

 t For list of specimens, see Accession List, Pt. V. 

 ^For further information concerning this accession, see Accession List, Pt. V. 



