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cohol, etc., have been supplied. Daring the year the outfits here indi- 

 cated have been furnished to the following-uanied collectors: 



188S. 



August 3. — Mr. W. A. Stearns, of Cainbridgeport, Massachusetts, was supplied with 

 a large outfit of tanks, dredge-nets, tin tags, pig bladders, bottles, vials, cheese-cloth, 

 heavy paper, and a double-barrel shot-gun, for use in collecting natural history speci- 

 mens for the National Museum in northern Labrador. It has been found necessary 

 to postpone this expedition until next summer. 



December 19. — Lieut. J. F. Moser, commanding the U. S. Coast Survey steamer 

 Bache, has been furnished with tanks, packing-boxes, jars, etc. He has transmitted 

 a collection of fishes, mollusks, insects, and marine invertebrates to the National 

 Museum from the vicinity of Cape Sable, Florida, and has kindly signified his will- 

 ingness to make additional collections, as opportunity may offer. 



1889. 



•January 15. — Capt. W. L. Carpenter, who for many years has sent to the Smith- 

 sonian Institution collections of natural history specimens, is now stationed at Pres- 

 cott, Arizona. He has kindly promised to continue his efforts in behalf of the Museum, 

 in collecting fishes, reptiles, marine invertebrates, etc., for the preservation of which 

 tanks and alcohol have been furnished. 



January 18. — Lieut. E. H. Taunt, of Washington, District of Columbia, has offered 

 to collect mineral specimens in connection with his cruise to the Congo River, South 

 Africa. He has been supplied with a photographic apparatus by the Smithsonian 

 Institution, 



February 4. — Dr. L. F. H. Birt, of Greytown, Nicaragua, Central America, having 

 in the past sent large collections of mammals, reptiles, fishes, birds, etc., to the 

 National Museum, has been supplied with tanks and alcohol for the continuance of 

 his services. Dr. Birt proposes to direct his attention later to the fishes and Crustacea 

 of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of this country, the results of which he will share 

 with the Smithsonian Institution. 



March 28. — Lieut. W. L. Howard, of San Francisco, California, offered to collect 

 fishes and ethnological objects in Alaska for the Smithsonian Institution. To aid 

 him in this undertaking the Institution has supplied him with tanks, alcohol and 

 trade-supplies. 



May 22. — An outfit of alcohol, a gun, and ammunition was supplied to Mr. I. C. 

 Russell, of San Francisco, California, to aid him in his Alaska Expedition. The 

 Alaska Commercial Company also afforded facilities to Mr. Russell, introducing him 

 1o its agent at St. Michael. 



May 27.— Hon. Charles Bartlett, United States consul at Guadaloupe, West Indies, 

 sent a number of brilliantly luminous insects, among them the "Cueujo" (Pyropho- 

 rus noctilucus) for purposes of analysis. A number of insect-boxes were sent to him, 

 and also to Seiior Jose C. Zeledon of San Jose, Costa Rica, and Senor Ferrari Perez, 

 City of Mexico, for the same purpose. 



June 8. — Tanks and alcohol were sent to Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, of Tacoma, District 

 of Columbia, in which place, he states, the opportunity is excellent to collect a num- 

 ber of embryo birds, many of which will greatly assist him in working out the mor- 

 phology of the group. Dr. Shufeldt kindly offers to collect specimens for the National 

 Museum. 



June 11. — An outfit of tanks, alcohol, and shellac was sent to Mr. Frank Burns, of 

 the U. S. Geological Survey. 



.James Mooney, of Cherokee, North Carolina, was supplied with tanks and alcohol. 

 No collections have as yet been received. 



