REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 2'2o 



r>K<>\\.\. . I AsrEK (Norway, lowiiV IJirds" eggs. Exchange. 26610. 



lUiuWN. .1. Stanley. (See midcr Treasury Department, U. S.) 



Bhowx, Ik. W. (Washington, D. C.). Two hind-snails from Jamaica (260H7) ; scorpion 

 {Bitihits caroliniiimis Beam) (26141); mnd-tnrtle from Virginia (27030) ; sjiider 

 (rhidijipits iri2)nn<tatus) (27147). 



Bkuxetti. E. (London, Enghmd'i, through Prof C. V. Rih-y. Specimens of Euro- 

 pean diptera, rejjresenting 90 species. Exchange. 26996. 



Bryant. Henry G. (Pliihidcli)hia, Pa.). Summer costume of an adult niah^ofthe 

 most northern Eskinnis of the Whale Sound region, North (ireenlanil, collccti-d 

 hy Mr. Bryant during the summer of 1892 while connected with the Peary Relief 

 Expedition. 26841. 



BiLLMAX, Charle;s (New York City.). Two sheets of Chinese tracing-cloth or 

 paper. 2620.'j. 



Bui.i.ocii, Mrs. (See under National Society of the Daughters of the American 

 Revolution. ) 



BuLLoCK. Edgar (Guiney's, Va.). Stone implement from Virginia. 26310. 



Bl'REal" <>f American Republics (Washington, D. C), through William E. Curtis. 

 Two skins of motmots {Momotiis parensls Scl.) from Para, Brazil, collected by 

 Capt. Sawyer, U. S. Army. 26783. 



Burger, Peter (Washington, D. C). Bat {Jdelonycterus fuscus). 26002. 



Burnham, Williams & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.). Framed i)hotograph of engine No. 

 385, Central Railroad of New Jersey, whichmadeamilerun in 39i^8ecoud8. 25921. 



Burns, Frank (Washington, D. C). Fossil coquina from the Upper Eocene for- 

 mation, Vick.sburg, or white limestone group (26214) ; specimen of selenide 

 of mercury {Tiemaiiife) from near Marysvale, Utah (26557). (See under Interior 

 l>epartment. U. S. Geological Survey.) 



Burrows. D. B. (Lacon, 111.), through Capt. Charles E. Bendire, U. S. Army. Skin 

 of Mexican black hawk, Urtibitinga anthracina, from Starr County, Tex, 26178. 



BuTTiKOFER, Dr. J. (Rcjks Museum, Leiden, Holland). Ten specimens of birds' 

 skins, chiedy Floceldtv, representing 10 species, from Liberia, Africa. Pur- 

 chase. 27040. 



Byers, Hon. S. H. ^1. (U. S. consul-general, St. Gall, Switzerland). Two Swiss alpine 

 horns. Purchased for the World's Fair. 26757. 



Cadle, W^. W. (Harrisburg. Pa.), Collection of African ethnological objects. Pur- 

 chase. 26446. 



Calcutta Botanic Garden (Calcutta, India), through Dr. G. King, superintendent, 

 transmitted by Cousul-General Samuel Merrill, of Calcutta. A valuable collec- 

 tion of plants (25983) ; herbarium specimens (27112). 



Call, Dr. J, S. (U. S. Revenue Marine steamer Bear, Unalashka, Alaska), Collection 

 of birds' eggs, consisting of 17 specimens, representing 6 species; also bird's 

 nest, 26150. 



Cameron, John (Washington, D. C). Twenty-three ribbon badges of the G,A, R. 

 (265.59); collection of badges and medals of the G, A, R. and other patriotic 

 organizations in the United States, and decorations of the Legion of Honor 

 and other military and civic European orders (26203). Deposit. Returned. 



Cameron, S. T. (Washington, D. C). United States Springfield muzzle loading 

 musket with flint-lock altered to a breechloader. 26112. 



Canfield, Mr. (Washington, 1). C). Staghound, in the flesh. 26334. 



Canterbury Museum (C'hristclmrch, New Zealand), through F. W. Hutton, cura- 

 tor. Tliree species of ()])hiuraus, and 6 species of starfishes. Exchange. 26947. 



Cant IE. .Iames (Jacksonville. Fla.). S])ecimen of Sciillanis (v<juinoxiali-i (Vnhr.) fonud 

 near Cape Florida. 26062. 



Caracciolo, H. (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies), through Prof. C. ^'. Rilej. 

 Lizard {Anolia hij'urcalii>i). 27092. 



H. W\H. 184, pt, 2 1.-) 



