20 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



Mr. Porter D. Haskel, of the U. S. Patent Office, presented a specimen 

 of Chrysopsis falcata. 



Dr. Z. T. Daniel, of tbe Indian Office, has continued to favor the 

 Museum with ethnological and other objects. 



Mr. J. W. Paschal, of the U. S. Pension Office, transmitted a photo- 

 graph of a Cherokee Indian girl. 



Several collections have been received from the Fish Commission 

 during the year. The cruises made by the steamer Albatross in the 

 vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands, oft' the coast of Lower California, and 

 the Galapagos Islands, as well as the explorations of the steamer Fish 

 Haicli'^ have resulted in the addition of much valuable natural history 

 material to the Museum. The material obtained by different field 

 parties connected with the Commisfiion has also been of an interesting 

 nature. Important collections of fishes have been made by Prof. C. H. 

 Gilbert, Stanford University; Prof. B. W. Evermann, Mr. C. H. Town- 

 send, and others. A very interesting collection of bones and ornaments 

 was discovered by Sui>erintendent Leary, of the Fish Commission sta- 

 tions at San Marcos, Texas, while engaged in excavating for fish-ponds. 



I^umerous and varied collections have been received during the year 

 irom the Department of Agriculture. The increase in the botanical 

 collections, under the care of Mr. Frederick Y. Coville, has been very 

 marked, and the results of his cooperation are gratifying. 



Large quantities of botanical specimens from many sections of the 

 country have been transmitted by individuals and special collectors 

 connected with the Department of Agriculture. 



Dr. L. O. Howard, entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, 

 has continued to act as honorary curator of the Department of Insects 

 in the National Museum. Messrs. Ashmead, Linell, and Coquillett 

 rendered able assistance in determining the collections of Hymenoptera, 

 Coleoptera, and Diptera. Mr. E. A. Schwarz has rendered valuable 

 aid in the work of the Department of Insects. 



Through Dr. C. Hart Merriam, chief of the Biological Survey, speci- 

 mens of plants and other material have been received. A. small collec- 

 tion of fishes, obtained in Mexico by Messrs. Nelson and Goldman, 

 have been added to the Museum collections, and other specimens of 

 various kinds, obtained by collectors connected with the Biological 

 Survey, have also been received. 



Among the most important collections which have been transmitted 

 by the Bureau of Ethnology especial mention should be made of the 

 collection of ethnological, entomological, and paleontological objects 

 obtained by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes in Arizona and New Mexico, while 

 engaged in explorations under the auspices of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. The Hilder collection of antiquities has also been added to 

 the Museum collection. It consists of material obtained from mounds 

 in Missouri and Illinois. Mrs. M. C. Stevenson has transmitted plants 

 and archaeological objects gathered from Arizona, and among the ZuDi 



