358 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



Costa Rica, 5 of which are types of new species, while the sixth, & typical specimen 

 of a recently described species, presented with usual liberality by the National 

 Museum of Costa Rica. (Gift.) 



M. Hard;) de Dreneuf, Rio Janeiro, Brazil. — 3 specimens of the rare Giant Snipe 

 (Gallinago gigantea,) from Brazil. (Purchased.) 



Royal Zoological Museum, Florence, Italy, through Prof. E. H. Giglioli. — 235 speci- 

 mens, 156 species, all from Italy; a valuable accession, as onr collection has been 

 rather poor in Italian specimens. They are moreover carefully labeled. (Ex- 

 changed.) 



A. Guesde, Guadeloupe, West Indies. — 31 specimens, 26 species, from Guadeloupe. 

 (Exchange.) 



H. W. Henshaic, Washington, District of Columbia. — 196 specimens, 120 species, 

 from North America. (Exchange.) 



H. W. Henshaw, Washington, District Of Columbia. — 23 specimens, 5 species, chiefly 

 from California and Oregon. (Exchange.) 



H. W. Henshaw, Washington, District of Columbia. — 4 specimens, 4 species, from 

 North America, among them a specimen of Puffinus pvffintis, from New Brunswick 

 (Exchange.) 



Harry V. Henson. Yokohama. Japan. — The type specimen of Parus palustris hen&oni 

 Stejn. (Gift.) 



A. H.Jennings, Baltimore, Maryland. — One specimen Kirtland's Warbler, (Dendroica 

 kirtlandi) adult male, from the Bahamas. (Gift.) 



P. L.Jouy, Washington, District of Columbia. — 651 specimens, 172 species, from 

 Korea, and Tshu-Shima, Japan. This is oue of the most valuable and interesting 

 collections ever acquired by the Museum, being, as it is, the result of several years 

 of intelligent collecting in hitherto ornithologically entirely unexplored country. 

 Besides some undescribed forms, the collection contaiusa number of very rare species 

 represented in but few museums, as for instance Platalea minor, Herodias eulophotes, 

 Lanius sphenoccrcus, Otis dyboivslcii, Ciconia boyciana, Puffinus leucomelas, Urosphena 

 squamiceps, Xanthopygia xanthopygia, Erithacus sibilans, Galerida corensis, etc., and 

 last, but not least, a pair of Pitta nympha, the first specimens found since Schlegel 

 and Temmiuck described the species from a Japanese drawing. (Purchased.) 



Charles E. Kern, Washington. District of Columbia. — 20 specimens, 16 species, from 

 Nicaragua. (Gift.) 



Waldemar Knudsen, Kauai, Hawaiian Islands.— 2 petrels from Kauai. (Gift.) 



Leslie A. Lee, Thomas Lee, and ft H. Townsend. — 187 specimens, 114 species, from 

 Bahia, Brazil ; a very valuable and interesting addition to our collection. (Pur- 

 chased.) 



Thomas Marron, National Museum, Washington, District of Columbia.— A Ground 

 Dove (Coin mbigallina passerina) shot at Broad Creek, Maryland, near Washington, 

 October 14, 1888. (Gift.) 



Fred. Mather, Cold Spring Harbor, New Brunswick. — Young male aud adult female 

 Mandarin Duck, bred in captivity. (Gift.) 



* Dr. C.Hart Merriam, Washington, District of Columbia. — 194 specimens, 127 spe- 

 cies, nearly exclusively from the Old World. A very important aud valuable collec- 

 tion of well preserved skins, containing many varieties and species new to the 

 Museum. (Exchange.) 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Washington, District of Columbia. — 27 specimens, 14 species, 

 chiefly from the West. (Gift.) 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Washington, District of Columbia. — 2 specimens (male and 

 female) of Bachman's Warbler (Helminthophila bachmani) from Sombrero Key, Florida. 

 (Gift.) 



G. Frean Morcom, Chicago, Illinois. — A curious goose in the flesh, supposed to be 

 a hybrid between Chen carulescens aud Branta hutchinsi. (Gift.) 



Lieut. J. F. Moser, U. S. Navy, Coast Survey Steamer Blake. — 10 specimens, 8 species, 

 mostly water birds, from South Florida. (Gift.) 



