REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 91 



UNITED STATES 1TSI1 COMMISSION. 



The following collections and contributions have been transmitted to 

 the National Museum through Col. Marshall McDonald, U.S. Coni- 

 missioner of Fisheries: 



Four photographs of Alaskan Indians and their houses; frog from 

 Grenadier Island, New York; specimens of Avian entozoo from Yellow- 

 stone Park, described by Prof. Edward Linton; 955 specimens of fishes, 

 representing 15 species, including Leuciscus gilli, a new species, col- 

 lected in Montana and Wyoming during the summer of 1891 by a Fish 

 Commission party under the direction of Prof. B. W. Evermann; col- 

 lection of reptiles and batrachians made by Prof. Evermann in Mon- 

 tana and Wyoming, in 1891; specimens of fishes representing the fol- 

 lowing species : -Lutjanus blaekfordi, Haploidonotus grunniens, Pomn- 

 dasys virginicus, JEpinephelus morio, Ictiobtis bubal us, Stoasodon narinari, 

 Serranus atrarius, Mentieirrus nebulosus, Cynoscion regale, Clupea haren- 

 gus, Merlueius bilinearis, Phycis chuss, Lophopsetta maculata, Uso.r lucius, 

 Cottus octodecimspinosus, Pomoxys, Pleuroneetes amerieanus, Roccus chry- 

 sops, Roncador stearnsi, Pleuroneetes stellatus, Ophiodon elongatus, Mie- 

 ropterus dolomieu, Lampris luna, Phycis, Brosmius brosme, Pleuroneetes 

 amerieanus, Pollaehius carbonarius, Cottus octodecimspinosus, Citharich- 

 thys sordidus, Paralichthys ealifornicus, Pleuroneetes stellatus, Psettich- 

 thys melanostictus, SebasticMhys auriculatus, Ophiodon elongatus, Raia 

 oeellata, Batrachus tau, Gyprinus carpio, Alutera schoepfli, Liostomus 

 xanthurus, Pomadasys fulvomaculatus, Onchorhynchus chouicha and Ru- 

 vettus temmincMi ; specimen of turtle, Aspidonectes spinifer; specimen 

 of tarpon and Logger-head turtle; plants obtained in Alaska during 

 the cruise of the steamer Albatross in 1889 and 1890 ; plants from the 

 Galapagos Islands, obtained daring the cruise of the steamer Alba- 

 tross, under the direction of Prof. Alexander Agassiz ; alcoholic speci- 

 mens of birds, reptiles, insects, rocks, birds' nests, and skeletons; col- 

 lection of crustaceans, chiefly from the North Pacific Ocean, made by 

 the Albatross during the past three or four years; alcoholic speci- 

 mens of lizards and shells from Cozumel Island, off the coast of Cen- 

 tral America, collected in 1885; skin of coast fox, Urocyon virginianus 

 littoral is from Santa Rosa Island, California; collection of lards' skins 

 from the Galapagos Islands and Alaska, and birds' eggs from Alaska, 

 collected by Mr. C. 11. Townsend, of the steamer Albatross; 117 birds' 

 skins from the Galapagos Islands, collected in March and April of 1891 

 by the steamer Albatross, under tin; direction of Mr. Townsend, and the 

 skin and skull of a brown bear, shot by Mr. Townsend at Port Moller. 



Through Mr. Richard Rathbnn, acting commissioner: Small col- 

 lections of crustaceans, chiefly from the dredgings of the steamer Alba- 

 tross in the Pacific Ocean, but including a i'ew specimens from the At- 

 lantic 



