568 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1892. 



.Smithsonian Institution — Continued! 



Larval probably from Clupeaid, Etropus crossotus, and Tetrodon politus: 4 mice 

 from Guaymas, and a common mouse and field mouse from Tucson, fresh- 

 water shells (Plan orbi s) from the.latter locality, and marine shells and mol- 

 lnsks from Guaymas, Mexico; 12 specimens of coleoptera and other insects 

 from Tucson and Nogales, Ariz., ground-dove (Chamepelia passerina (24686); 

 mammal skins and skulls; 55 specimens, representing 33 species of birds' 

 skins, and 1 specimens of Sceloportis minor (splendid specimens and new to 

 the collection) from Mexico (25257); specimens of fresh-water crabs and 

 crayfishes from Lake Chapada, Jalisco, Mexico (25444). 



Collected by Mr. George P. Merrill: Two large blocks of stalagmite marble 

 from near Marion, Washington County. Va. (24729); zinc ores from Bertha 

 zinc mines, near Marion, and specimens of colored marbles from the same lo- 

 cality (24734) ; specimen of blue pyroxene with secondary serpentine from 

 the Middle Gila, Grant County, N. Mex., and geological material from Yava- 

 pai County, Ariz. (25198); 9 specimens of geological material from Arizona 

 (25199); specimens of coal from Gallup, N. Mex.. andesite and basalt from 

 Flagstaff, Ariz., and sandstone and other material from Canon Diablo, Ariz. 

 (25226); specimens of Asida sordida Lec-lex, the only insect found on the 

 plains about Canon Diablo, Ariz. (25247); nietates and mullers from aban- 

 doned cave-dwellings near Flagstaff (25250) ; ores and general geological ma- 

 terial from Silver City, N. Mex., and vicinity (25290) ; rocks from Organ Moun- 

 tains, N. Mex., and ores from Bennett Mine, near Las Cruces, N. Mex. (25385). 



Collected by Mr. W. II. Newhall. Syenite rocks (24903); zinc ores and 

 kersantite -from New Jersey (24912) ; conglomerate breccia from Loudoun 

 County, Va. (25002). 



Collected by Mr. W. S. Yeates. Minerals consisting of transparent oligo- 

 clase, garnet, hydromagnesite, tremolite, actinolite, and magnesite (24715); 

 3 specimens of nickeliferous talc from Jackson County, N. C. (24993); 9 

 Miocene fossils from Murfreesboro, N. C consisting of 5 specimens of Cardita 

 granulata and Astorte (25713). 

 National Zoological Park, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Through Dr. Frank Baker, acting manager: Three specimens of scarlet ibis 

 and one of curassow (24829); Arctic fox from St. George's Island, Alaska, 

 collected by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, and an agouti one day old (24879); speci- 

 men of Carolina paroquet (Conurus carolinensis) in the flesh (24920); spider, 

 Eurypelma sp. (25013); anaconda (Euneetes murinus); 3 specimens of 

 lizards, Tupinambis nigropunctatus, and a hawk, Buteo borealis (25038); 

 Jacare nigra (25049); Duncan Island tortoise (Tesiudo ephippium (?) col- 

 lected by Mr. C. H. Townsend (25063); armadillo ( Tatusia novemdncta) from 

 San Diego, Tex., badger ( Taxidea americana) from Collyer, Kans., musk- 

 rat (Fiber zibethicus), and a moose (Alecs machlis) from Byng Inlet, Me. 

 (25126); civet from Waldo County, Tex. : deer. Cariacua sp., from 

 Selma, Ala.; cat, Felis; mink, Putorius vison, from the District of Colum- 

 bia, aud a monkey, Cebtts (?) apella (25128); ocelot (Felis pardalis) 

 (25129); 2 specimens of lynx, Lynx maculatus from Waldo County, Tex. 

 (25131); deer, Cihisshx nemanragus, from Trinidad. West Indies (25134); 

 prong-horned antelope ( Antilocapra) from Galatea, Colo., and a badger, 

 Taxidea americana, from Wyoming (2513.")): opossum, Didelphys marsupalU; 

 armadillo, Tatusia novemdncta ; deer, Cariacus sp.; marmoset, Hapale sp.; 

 bridled weasel, Putorius brasiliensis (25136); armadillo, Tatusia novemdncta, 

 collected by Mr. R. T. Hill, and an ant-bear (Myremecophaga jnbata) pur- 

 chased from Mrs. E. Conklin (25138); armadillo, Tatusia sp., from Caracas, 

 Venezuela, collected by Mi . R. M. Bartlcman (25141); badger, Taxidea ameri- 

 cana, and a peccary (Dicotylcs lajacu) (25209); tortoise (Testudo iabulata) 



