104 APPENDIX TO THE EEPOET OF THE SECRETARY. 



Washington, 1). C. — Contmiied. 

 N'avy Department, U. S. A. : 

 Bureau of Navigatiou, Commodore Wbitiug in cliarge ; Go bottles 



of soundings made by the United States steamer Tuscarora. 

 Surgeon-GcneraVs Office. (See under names of Drs. M. L. Ruth and 

 Robert Whiting, medical officers United States Navy.) 

 Agricultural Department, U. S. A., Hon. W. G. Le Due, Commissioner : 

 Two pairs of antlers of Virginia deer 5 sucker- fish {Gatostomus) from 

 Alabama. 

 Interior Department, JJ. S. A. : 



General Land Office. (See under the names of Surveyors- General 

 RosiveU, IT. Mason and John Wasson ; also under name of P. W. 

 Norris, superintendent Yelloicstone National Pari:) 

 United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. {Prof. Spencer F. 

 Baird, Commissioner.) About 100 boxes zoological collections 

 from Gloucester, Mass., and vicinity, made by Prof. A. E. Verrill, 

 G. Brown Goode, and Tarleton H. Bean. (See also under names 

 of Charles G. Atldns, Tarleton H. Bean, H. C. Chester, F. N. Clarlc, 

 Vinal N. Edwards, G. Broicn Goode, James W. Milner, and Living- 

 ston Stone.) Specimens have also been obtained by the commis- 

 sion from the following parties : 



Anderson, Capt. CliarJes, and crew of scliooner Alice G. Wonson. A collection 

 of fishes, corals, shells, sj»onges, &c. ; from George's Bank. 



AiJcinson, John. Skull of cod^sh. (Gadiis morrliua) ; malformed claw of lob- 

 ster (Momarus americanus). 



Allen, George K., schooner Marion, Specimen of gold-banded rush-coral 

 (Keratoisis ornata). 



Allen, George K., sclwoner M. H. Perlins. Collection of corals, sponges, sea- 

 feathers, and fishes ; 40 miles south-west of Sable Island. 



Anderson, Capt. Chris, schooner Solomon Poole. A large and interesting col- 

 lection of living hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, &c. ; from 15 miles ott' 

 Pollock Rip Light-Ship. 



Andrews, F. S. Specimen of si)ider-crab brought in by schooner Clara 13. 

 Sweet from Middle Bank. 



Bal)8on, Fitz J. Specimen of "old wife" (Rarclda glacialls) shot in Squam 

 River, and axis of coral. 



Babson, Fitz J., jr. Lobster (Romarus americanus), with deformed claw. 



Bahson, William H., schooner Marion. Axis of coral (Prtmnoa reseda), from 

 Banquereau. 



Baker, Captain, schooner Peter D. Smith. Specimen of young dog-fish 

 (Squalus americanus), lump-fish {CycJoptcrns hinqnts), &c. 



Bansett, TFilliam A., New Bedford, Mass. Pilot-fish {Xaitcratcs ductor.) 



Bartlett, A., New Bedford, Mass. Rabbit-fish {Tetrodon Imvigatus); from 

 Buzzard's Bay. 



Bates, James. Rough swell-fish (Chiliclithys tnrgidns). 



Blaclcbnrn, Capt. William, schooner Charles Carroll. Part of skull of whale 

 covered with bryozoans and siionges; from western part of George's 

 Bank. 



Blatchford, Capt. B. F. Specimen of bush-coral (Primnoa reseda) ; from 

 Banquereau. 



