20 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



A valuable monograph by Mr. Swan, upon the ethnology of the Hai- 

 dah Indians, which had been contributed to the Treasury Department, 

 was transmitted by its Secretary for publication in the reports of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology. 



Oregon and California. — From Oregon the most noteworthy collec- 

 tions are those furnished by Capt. Charles Bendire, at Fort Klamath, 

 to whose important contributions and services to the Fish Commission 

 full detailed reference is made in another part of the report. 



The returns from California consist in large part of numerous collec- 

 tions of shells, minerals, fossils, and archaeological objects from Mr. E. 

 E. C. Stearns, recently appointed as Curator of Conchology in the Na- 

 tional Museum. In transferring his effects from San Francisco to Wash- 

 ington he brought with him a very large series of specimens, of which 

 he has made a present to the National Museum. 



Other specimens are birds from Mr. L. Belding, and fossils from Mr. 

 C. E. Orcutt. 



Mr. Charles H. Townsend, connected with the fishery establishment 

 at Baird, Shasta County, California, has made and supplied the most 

 extensive series of collections of mammals ever received from the State 

 of California, all in most admirable preservation and specially adapted 

 for mounting. The collection also embraces numerous skins, skele- 

 tons, and skulls of the various sea lions and seals from the Far^alone 

 Islands, and an additional collection of sea elephants from South Cali- 

 fornia is now on its way. In addition to this there are a large number 

 of skins of birds, fossils, and other objects of interest. 



Arizona and New Mexico. — These Territories have been particularly 

 well represented during the year ; the former by the large number of 

 skins of mammals, birds, and other objects of interest furnished by Mr. 

 E. W. Nelson ; the latter by an enormous collection of modern Indian 

 pottery and other articles, which, when packed, represented a bulk of 

 many thousand cubic feet. These collections made under the auspices 

 of the Bureau of Ethnology, and others obtained by Mr. James Steven- 

 son under similar direction, may be considered as exhausting all possi- 

 ble demand for such articles from the region in question, and, in fact, 

 represent a series that can never be duplicated. The articles obtained 

 represent for the most part nearly all those that have been used by the 

 Indians for many years. All others now procurable are of more modern 

 make, and in large part fabricated to meet the demands of travellers 

 along the routes of the new lines of railways, and being made espe- 

 cially in great haste for sale, are very inferior both in material and dec- 

 oration. 



Some contributions to the fauna of New Mexico were supplied by 

 Dr. E. W. Shufeldt, of the Army, from his station at Fort Wingate. 



Mr. E. W. Nelson has furnished the following account of his explora- 

 tions and collections in Arizona during 1884 : 



