188 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



D. M. Etheridge, keeper Currituck Inlet Life-Saving Station; post-office, Knott's Island, 



N. C. (Accession 17249) ; catalogue 37790. A si>eciiiien in the ilesli of tlie rare 



Kliark, IIexa)ichnfi i/riscus, wLicli lias not previously been obtained on our 



coast. 

 I. Garrard, Frontenac, Minn. (Accession 17417) ; catalogue 37855. A bead of the un- 



spotfed form of the maskallouge, Esox nobilior. 

 R. J. Golden, Washington, D.C. (Accession 1734'J); catalogue 37849. A fresh specimen 



of the land-locked form of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salnr var. sehngo, taken at 



Ragety Point, lower Potomac River, in a trap-net, by the Fannce IJrothers. 

 N. Grehnitsli, Bering Island, racific Oecan.* (Accession 1()878.) A fine collection of 



fishes from Commander Islands, in Bering Sea, containing numerous valuable 



species, which are at present under examination. 

 Gtvynn Harris, Waslivngton, D. C. (Accession 17371) ; catalogue 37850. A tench, Tt«ca 



vulgaris, caught in the Potomac River. 

 Prof. O. P. Hay, Butler University, Irvington, Ind. (Accession 1G219) ; catalogue 373G0- 



37365. A collection of Florida fishes containing types of several new species. 



Zygovecics auroguttatus, Z. noltii, and Etheostoma davidsoni. 

 Capl. M. O. Healey, U. S. steamer Convin.i (Accession 16889) ; catalogue 37382-37385. 



A small collection of Alaskan fishes, including Coitus quadricor)iis, whicb is now 



a -well established member of the Alaskan fauna. 



E. B. Hodge, Plymouth, N. H. (Accession 16728) ; catalogue 37357. A brook trout from 



iL.ake Siiuapee, 22 inches long, 6 inches deeii, and weighing 5 pounds. This is 

 a Salrelinus of the oquassa type, showing icw important characters by which it 

 may bo distinguished from the blue-back of Maine, except its enormous size. It 

 has been the subject of considerable discussion in the columns of the Forest 

 and Stream, as maybe seen by referring to the bibliographical i)ortion of my 

 report. 



E. B. Hodge, Plymouth, X. H. (Accession 16835) ; catalogue 37408-37410. Three addi- 

 tional specimens of the new type of Salvelin us, two females and one male, from 

 Snnapce Lake. 



Public Museum, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica. (Accession 17165) ; catalogue 

 37671-37746. Eighty-two specimens of fishes in duplicate, to be iflentified, and a 

 representative of each species returned to the Jamaica Museum. Tliirty-five spe- 

 cies were made out, several ot*which are new to this collection. 



W. B. Johnson, Macon, Ga.t (Accession 17697) ; catalogue 37893. A specimen of the 

 scale carp, Cyjjriuus carpio, weighing 6J pounds. 



Prof. J). S. Jordan, Bloomington,Ind.^ (Accession 17173) ; catalogue 37747-37750. This 

 small collection contained the type of Chatodon aya and o{ Hemirhomhus aihalion. 



Louis Lager, Aberdeen, Dak. (Accession 16921); catalogue 37391. Specimens of I'ime- 

 phales promelas from an artesian well. 



William Montgomery, Verona, Mo. (Accession 17210); catalogue 37782-37784. Three 

 specimens of Rainbow trout, Salmo irideus, which were introduced into the Ozark 

 region of Missouri by the U S. Fish Commission. 



Prof. Felipe Poey, Havana, Cuba. (Accession 16292) ; catalogue 37411-37578. Avery 

 large collection of West Indian fishes, among which are the following types: 

 Blennius descendens, Chilodiptcrus affinis, Holocentrum productiis, Myxodes paradoxus 

 varius and lugubris, Antcnnariusino2>s,I'omaccntrusnireatus, Pomaccntrus brerirostris, 

 lAptoconger pcrlongus, Tctrodon affinis, Labrosomus inicrolepidoius. This collection, 

 contains a very large number of species and is a very important addition to the 

 Museum. 



* For partial list of species see Accession List, Part V. 



t For further information concerning this accession, see Acce.ssion List, Part V. 

 t For further intbrmation concerning this accession, see Accession List, Part V. 

 § For further information concerning this accession see Accession List, Part V. 



