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Daring a good part of the time his bands were disabled by contact 

 with the spines of the eactus, and he was consequently unable to use 

 them in preparing skins of birds to the extent lie desired. 



Mr. Belding" revisited Lower California in 1882-'83, arriving at Guay- 

 inas on December 7, during which dine he collected extensively in the 

 vicinity. 



From La Paz he went to San Jose del Cabo, and then proceeded 

 to Lagiiana for the purpose of making explorations in the Victoria 

 Mountain. 



On February 15, having been joined by Dr. Ten Cate, a naturalist 

 acting in behalf of the museums of Leyden, Holland, and who had 

 previously been in Washington, he proceeded to a point about 50 

 miles north of San Jos6, in search of aboriginal ruins as well as of objects 

 of natural history. They explored the region pretty thoroughly, and 

 ascended the mountain, 4,500 feet in height. 



In the beginning of March the two gentlemen again started from La 

 Paz to various poiuts on the coast, among them Ballena, Las Paritas, 

 San Antonio, San Jacinto, &c. In the course of the expedition they 

 found some aboriginal remains of much interest, of which series were 

 collected and sent to Washington. 



Among the aboriginal remains were some curiously- marked rock 

 paintings, which attracted much interest. 



On March 23 Mr. Belding returned to Guaymas, from which point he 

 was obliged by illness to return home to California. 



Mr. Emerich, of Guaymas, has also laid the Institution under obli- 

 gations by transmitting a collection of stone implements of very re- 

 markable character, and from some regions previously unrepresented. 



Mr. H. H. Eusby has completed his proposed explorations in Ari- 

 zona, especially in connection with its botany. A series of his collec- 

 tions has been furnished the National Museum, as also a collection of 

 photographs representing the geological and archaeological features of 

 the country. 



From the remaining portions of the United States, collections have 

 been received from many points, and representing more or less valua- 

 ble material in archaeology, natural history, mineralogy, and geology. 

 These will all be duly noted in the report of the assistant director, 

 Mr. Goode. 



Parties of the Geological Survey, under Major Powell, have secured 

 an immense number of specimens — those of fossils and rocks by the 

 ton. The extensive collections in anthropology made by Mr. James 

 Stevenson in New Mexico have not yet been received. 



A large collection of fossils, reptiles, and fishes has been furnished 

 by Mr. George Stolley, of Austin, Tex. 



Dr. Shufeldt, of the Army, while statioued at Jackson Barracks, near 

 New Oilcans, devoted himself to the complete exploration of the nat- 

 ural history of that region ; his collections being especially rich in rep- 



