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of a series gathered by Mr. Stevenson in 1880, assisted by Mr. Galbraitli. 

 These explorations were under the immediate direction of Maj. J. W. 

 Powell, in charge of the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology ; their special 

 object being the acquisition of a complete series of objects illustrating 

 the manners and customs of the ))ueblo towns of New Mexico and Ari- 

 zona. The investigation was carried from village to village, and about 

 one-half of the articles have been thoroughly worked up. The collection 

 embraces an immense quantity of pottery, of stone implements, dresses, or- 

 naments, &c. Mr. Hillers, a competent photographer, accompanied both 

 expeditions and obtained a large number of photographs, as also the 

 measurements of various Indian towns, both occupied and abandoned, 

 to serve as materials for a series of models. 



Dr. J. 0. Merrill, of the United States Army, has sent in a valuable 

 general collection from Fort Shaw and Montana. 



Mr. Charles Eusby has also sent in some rare mammals from Wyoming 

 Territory. 



The collections from Florida have been very extensive and valuable- 

 These consist, in part, of large numbers of fishes, furnished by Mr. Silas 

 Stearns, of Pensacola, while in the employ of the fishery branch of the 

 United States census and subsequently ; and Mr. S. T. Walker, who, in 

 addition to fishes and reptiles, has sent large numbers of objects obtained 

 from the Indian mounds. From Mr. James Bell, of Gainesville, have 

 also been received valuable collection of ethnological objects and of liv- 

 ing reptiles, including many specimens of serpents of unusual size, which 

 have served to swell the series of plaster casts exhibited in the National 

 Museum. 



The Atlantic coast of Florida and other Southern States is well repre- 

 sented by collections of fishes by Mr. E. E. Earll and Prof. M. JMcDon- 

 ald, of the fishery census department. From, or through, Mr. C. C. Les- 

 lie, an extensive and well-known fish dealer of Charleston, have also 

 been received many rare and some undescribed species of fishes. 



The operations of the United States Fish Commission have furnished 

 a large nuijiber of objects from the middle coast of the United States, 

 especially from the line of the Gulf Stream south of New England. 

 Further reference to this will be made under the special head of the 

 Operations of the United States Fish Commission. The receipts through 

 the Commission include, also, large numbers of specimens obtained by 

 the Gloucester fishing fleet, and which is furnished in an alphabetical 

 record of the donors. 



The ornithology of the peninsula of Virginia in the vicinity of Cobb's 

 Island has been well investigated by Mr. Eobert Eidgway, Mr. Henry 

 Marshall, and Mr. P. Jouy, all connected with the National Museum. 

 Many interesting birds, with their eggs, and of the youug in downy 

 plumage, were secured in good condition for mounting. 



On the western coast of Mexico, and especially in the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia, Mr. Charles H. Gilbert, after completing his census work on the 

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