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arrow-beads, a spear-head, and fragments of pottery. The spearhead 

 mentioned is of exquisite workmanship, being strongly barbed and 

 having very thin edges; length, 4 inches. 



IS. W. Greer, Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky. — Collection from dif- 

 ferent localities in Kentucky and Tennessee : Large flint implements, 

 chipped celts and chisels with polished cutting edges, cutting tools, 

 scrapers, perforators, arrow and spear-heads, hammer-stones, sinkers, 

 discoidal stones (a very fine specimen from a mound in Tennessee), mul- 

 lers, gaming discs, stone beads, paint-stones, a small stone carving (hu- 

 man face), animal teeth (one notched), clay vessels and handles of such 

 in the form of birds, &c. Owing to a pressure of other work Mr. Greer 

 was unable to copy from his note book the localities where the speci- 

 mens were found, except in a general way, but will send a full report 

 later. 



Br. G. H. Taylor, Mobile, Ala. — Collection from shell-heaps near Mo- 

 bile : Fragment of a large chipped celt, and handles of clay vessels in 

 the form of bird-heads, &c. 



C. C. Nutting, U. 8. National Museum. — Collection from Cmetepec 

 Island. Lake of Nicaragua : Round and shoe-shaped burial urns, small 

 vessels of various shapes, some painted and others ornamented with 

 incised lines or with figures in relief, toy vessels found in burial urns, 

 clay sinkers, legs of tripod vases, rude stone carving (human head), flint 

 flakes, an arrow-head, a shell implement, and a number of fragments 

 of human skulls and bones. Also a large stone figure (human), to be 

 described in Mr. Nutting's report. The clay vessels arrived in a very 

 fragmentary state, especially the large ones, but they have partly been 

 restored. Among the painted vessels are some very fine specimens. 



Jose Zeledon, Costa Eica. — A stone carving (human head), a stone 

 figure (animal-shaped), a small metate, a pestle, and 10 clay vessels, 

 some painted, others ornamented with raised figures. There is no state- 

 ment concerning the localities where the specimens were found, although 

 (with the exception of one vessel, which is undoubtedly of Peruvian 

 origin) they do not differ in character from other Costa Eican objects 

 sent by Mr. Zeledon last year. 



Samuel Johnson, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. — Eight 

 arrow-heads found in the vicinity of Parkersburg. Very good speci- 

 mens. 



Ernest E. T. Seton, De Winton Farm, Carbcrry, Manitoba, Canada. — 

 Two grooved mauls and 27 chips of chalcedony, jasper, &c, found on 

 Big Plain, Carberry, Manitoba. Also 2 arrow-heads from Gait, Water- 

 loo County, Ontario, Canada. The mauls are very good specimens. 



Minor C. Keith, Limon, Costa Rica. — Twelve large sculptures repre- 

 senting men and animals, and 3 small fragments. From Dos Novillos, 

 on the line of the Costa Eica Railroad, about 49 miles from the coast. 

 A valuable addition to the collection ot antiquities from Costa Eica. 



