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A flint-lock pistol and lantern were received from Col. Ashbel Fair- 

 child, of Morgantown. 



Mrs. L. I. Hough, of Morgantown, sent a basket formerly used in 

 making bread. 



A coffee-biggin was donated by Mrs. Casselberry, of Morgantown. 



Two living vipers were sent by Alexander McVeigh Miller, of Alder- 

 son. 



A Dutch oven and an old brass caudlestick were sent by Miss Emma 

 Protzman, of Morgantown. 



Wisconsin. — A medallion of General Lucius Fairchild, commander-in- 

 chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1887, was presented by F. L. 

 Phillips, of Madison. 



H. P. Hamilton, of Three Rivers, sent pottery fragments. 



Pottery from Yellow Lake was sent by Gerard Fowke. 



H. Eggers, of Milwaukee, presented two patent boomerangs. 



Wyoming Territory. — Two tine living elk were received from Hon. W. 

 F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), of North Platte, Nebraska. 



Emile Granier, of Atlantic, deposited a polished agate. 



A Western porcupine from Fort Bridges, was received from Dr. C. 

 Hart Merriam, of the Department of Agriculture. 



WEST INDIES. 



Cuba. — A collection of ores, forming a valuable addition to the metal- 

 lurgical exhibit in the Museum, was received from Hon. Otto E. Reimer, 

 United States consul to Santiago de Cuba, through the Department of 

 State. 



Guadeloupe.— -The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts, sent a collection of fishes. 



A collection of bird-skins was received from L. Guesde, Point-a- 

 Pitre. 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



Argentine Republic. — Walter B. Barrows, of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, presented a collection of reptiles, insects, and land shells. 



Brazil. — A collection of bird-skins, comprising one hundred and 

 eighty-seven specimens from Bahia, were purchased from Prof. Leslie 

 A. Lee, Thomas Lee, and Charles H. Townsend, of the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. Prof. Orville A. Derby, National Museum, Rio tie Janeiro, 

 sent, in exchange, several specimens of ores and one meteoric specimen. 



Specimens of iron ore, coal and coke, from Rio Grande de Sul, were 

 received through the Department of State. 



Peru. — Woven fabrics from Ancon were presented by G. H. Hurl- 

 but. 



Uruguay. — Thomas H. Brooks, of Montevideo, senttheskin and bones 

 of a Sea-lion from the coast of Uruguay. 



