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Mr. George A. Boardman, Calais, Me. Eggs of the Florida courlin, or 

 linipkiu {Aramiis pictus), from Florida. (G.) 



British Museum, London, England. Forty-five species, from Pegu (all 

 new to the collection). (Ex.) 



Mr. E. Diclcinson, Springfield, Mass. One set of eggs of Totanus melano- 

 leucus, from Manitoba. (IS'ew to the collection.) (G.) 



Governor FencJcer, Godhavn, Greenland. Eighty-seven specimens (en- 

 tries), twenty-four species, from Greenland. 



Mr. Wm. J. Fisher, TJ. 8. Tidal Observer. Fifteen specimens, fifteen 

 species, from Kodiak Island, Alaska, and vicinity. The most inter- 

 esting specimens are eggs of the bald eagle [Raliaetus leucoecphalus) 

 and black oystercatcher {Hcematopusniger). 



Mr. R. G. Hazard, 2d, Peace Bale, B. I. Eggs of Spheniscus demcrsus, 

 Eudypes chrysocome and Biomedea culminata, from Falkland Islands. 



Mr. Geirge N. Lawrence, New Yorlc City. One egg of the Honduras 

 turkey [Mcleagris ocellata), from Yucatan. (IsTew to the collection.) 

 (Ex.) 



Br. J. C. Merrill, TJ. 8. A. One set of eggs of the pink-sided snow- 

 bird {Junco annectens), from Big Horn Mountains, Montana Territory. 

 (iSTew to the collection.) (Ex.) 



Sergeants John Murdoch and Middleto/i Smith, TJ. 8. Signal Service, 

 Forty-six specimens (?'. e., entries), sixteen species, from Point Bar- 

 row, Alaska. Two of the species new to the collection, if not to 

 science, viz, Actodromas maculata and Pelidna alpina americana. 



Bepartment of Reptiles. 

 Henry C. Yarrow, Honorary Curator. 



Two hundred and thirty entries have been made in the herpeto- 

 logical record book, which would probably represent not less than 

 nine hundred and twenty specimens. 



Thirty-one specimens of fourteen species of reptiles, many of them 

 very rare, were received in exchange from the British Museum, through 

 Dr. Giinther. 



Valuable collections have been received from Mr. James Bell, of 

 Gainesville, Fla., and Mr. L. Belding, of California, employed as col- 

 lectors by the National Museum, and from Mr. Eobert Eidgway, Mr. 

 Lucien M. Turner, Mr Gustav Eisen, and others. 



The accessions of greatest interest are the valuable collection of Mr. 

 L. Belding, made in Lower California, which contained a beautiful speci- 

 men of Crotalus 'rnitchelli, the only one at present in the Museum ; 

 Crotalus enyo, Bufo heldingi (sp. nov.), Crotaphytus copei (sp. nov.), TJta 

 elegans (sp. nov.), and Sccloporus rufidorsum (sp. nov.). In the collec- 

 tion made by Mr. Eobert Eidgway, at Wheatland, Ind., was found a 

 new subspecies of Ophibolus, which has been called Ophiholus getulus 

 niger. In Mr. Gustav Eiseu's collection, made near Fresno, Cal., two new 

 subspecies of Ophibolus have been discovered, which are named Ophi- 



