110 APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE SECRETART?*. 



ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL 



MUSEUM IN 1880.* 



Abbey and Imbrie. A large collection of fishing-tackle (purchased). 

 B. E. 



Acton, H. B. [tlirongli Miss Foster). A fossil shell ; from Mexico. 



Adams, W. H. A small box of fossils ; from Illinois. 



AdJiins, G. B. A living land-tortoise {Cistudo clausa) j from Virginia. 



Agarsbury, G. S. A hawk {Buteo sicainsoni). 



Alaslca Commercial Company, San Francisco, Cal. Two skeletons of pup 

 seals ; from Alaska. 



Aldrich, C. B. A small collection of Indian implements; from Iowa. 



Allen, G. A. Specimens of birds ; from California. 



Allen, Walter. Specimens of rock ; from Maryland. 



Anderso7i, W. A., and H. C. Harrison. A specimen of leather-back 

 turtle {Sphargis coriacea) ; from York Eiver, Virginia. 



Andross, William W. A stone ax; from Connecticut. 



Angus, J. Specimens of mineral ; from North Carolina. 



Atkins, Charles G. Samples of salmon-hatching trays and frames used 

 at Bucksport, Me. ; and a model of fishway, at Bangor, Me. 



Atlcinson, Edward. Samples of silk-weaving from the Glasgow Indus- 

 trial School. 



Ativood, Capt. JSi'. E. Samples of cod-liver oil; from Provincetown, Mass. 



Bahcoch, Br. S. E. {through Charles Ban). Samples of mica; from Ches- 

 ter County, S. C. 



Barher, Henry L. Specimens of living snakes {Coluber), and turtles 

 {Pseudemys scabra) ; from South Carolina. 



Ballon, J. W. Specimen of mineral ; from North Carolina. 



Banta, W. V. Specimen of Indian pottery ; from Iowa. 



Barbour, John S. {through John T. Harris). Sample of coal ; from Vir- 

 ginia. 



Barnett, G. W. Specimens of mineral; from Texas. 



Barry, J. Thomas. Specimens of mountain blacksnake {Coluber obso- 

 letus) ; from Maryland. 



Bartlett, J. H., & Sons, New Bedford, Mass. Samples of whale oils and 

 bone. 



Bassett, Wm. H. Spawn of scup ; from New Bedford, Mass. 



Bateman, J. F. Specimen of salamander ; from Maryland. 



Beach, M. S. Specimen of mineral ; from Wisconsin. 



Bean, Capt. J. W. A young Crotaphytus ; from New Mexico. 



Bean, Dr. T. H. Specimens of fish ( Centrarchiis, Pomoxys, Chcenobryt- 

 tus, &c., &c.)', from North Carolina. Specimens of shad from the Po- 



*NoTE. — Contributions made throngh the IJjiitecl States Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries may be found in the list of additions under Washington, D. C. 



