02 KEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892. 



From Mr. W. II. Abbott were received specimens of Corydalus cor- 

 nutus and Orthosoma brunneum. 



Dr. Tarletoii H. Bean presented the skin of a red phalarope and a 

 turtle. 



From Mr. S. F. Denton was received the skin of a white-bellied sea 

 eagle (Haliaetns leucogaster) or an allied species, from Queensland, 

 Australia, and a bat, Ve&perugo .serotinus, in flesh. 



Mr. Vinal N. Edwards transmitted a specimen of American scoter 

 (Oidemia Americana) from Wood's I loll. Mass. 



Specimens of reptiles and batrachians collected by Prof. B. W. Ever- 

 mann during' the fall of 1891 in Missouri and Texas were deposited by 

 him. 



From Mr. R. R. Grurley were received specimens of seeds and shells 

 from Texas. 



Mr. Richard Rathbun transmitted a small collection of Panopeus 

 from Brazil, collected in 1875-'76. 



From William P. Seal were received 3 specimens of American pipit 

 (Anthus pensilvanicus) from Alexandria. Va. 



Dr. Hugh M. Smith transmitted 7 specimens of Aeris gryllus, a series 

 of 8 human hyoids, a set of human ear bones, and 5 mud puppies (Xcc- 

 turus lateralis). 



From Mr. Charles H. Townsend were received 5 skins of Eumetopias 

 stelleri and 2 skins of Phoca ritulina, collected near .Monterey, Cal. 



The valuable services of Mr. Richard Rathbun as honorary curator 

 of marine invertebrates; Dr. Tarleton H. Bean as honorary curator of 

 fishes, and Capt. J. W. Collins as honorary curator of fisheries and 

 naval architecture have, through the courtesy of Col. McDonald, U. S. 

 Commissioner of Fisheries, been continued. 



DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 



From Col. Cecil Clay, were obtained five specimens of woodland 

 caribou from Newfoundland. 



BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



The following contributions have been received from the bureau and 

 its officers : 



Through Maj. J. AY. Powell, director: collection of arclueological 

 objects and specimens of pottery obtained from a mound near Linville, 

 Rockingham County. Va.; .'570 ethnological objects collected by Mr. 

 James Mooney from the Kiowa Indians of Oklahoma Territory; collec- 

 tion of scrolls of birch-bark and mnemonic songs, collected by Dr. W. -1. 

 Hoffman in Minnesota during the years 1887, 1888, 1889, and 1800. re- 

 lating to the ritual of the Society of Shamans. 



From Dr. A. S. Oatschet was received a winnowing basket made in 

 1X77 by an Indian belonging to the Klamath tribe, southwest Oregon, 

 and specimens of Indian food obtained from the same tribe. 



