232 REPORT OF NATIONAL MU8EUM, l)-93. 



tile-fish grounds, duriug tlie sununer of 1892, cousistiuy of Sqitahis (iciuiihuis, 

 ScyUiorhinns rctifcr, t'onarr Conner, rhijch tenuis, rhijcin chttss, aud Aferhtciua 

 hiUiiCdris {'265o'2); crustaceans obtained chiefly by the steamer J Z&a/ross in the 

 North Pacific Ocean * (26567) ; type specimens of 27 new species of fishes col- 

 lected by the Albatross in the Pacific Ocean, principally oft' the coast of Lower 

 California (26574); water-snake, Xatrix, collected by Dr. Henshall in west 

 Florida (26669) ; alcoholic specimens of reptiles and batrachians collected in 

 Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota by Prof. B. W. Evermann (26699); skin and 

 skeleton of California sea-lion, ZuJoplius, obtained by the steamer Albatross in 

 San.Luis Gonzales Bay, Gulf of California (26710); 31 specimens of birds' skins 

 collected by Mr. C. H. Townsend and Prof. Evermann in Alaska during the cruise 

 of the J/&a<TO6S in the summer of 1892 (26739); 11 specimens of Pacific, coast 

 fishes from the collections of the Albatross, consisting partly of the types of new 

 species described by Prof. C. H. Gilbert, comprising Icelinus ,cavifrons G; Citha- 

 richtlnjs fragilisd; Citharichthys ranthostigma G; Icelinus filamentosus G; Symjjhu- 

 rusfasciolarisG; Plectobranchiis erides G; Uyophis brunneiis G; Zaniolepis frena- 

 tus Eigenmann; Flatyylosstis dispilns GiintheT ; Channoinnyil proboscideus Giinther 

 (26745); 2 specimens of grunt and a parrot-fish (26766); specimen of lumpfish 

 {Cyclopterus him p u s) ca\)tnreilhy John A. Clampett, keeper of life-saving station 

 at Lewes, Del. (26840) ; bronze commemorative medal conferred by the Colum- 

 bian Historical Exhibition at Madrid, 1892, in recognition of the exhibit of the 

 U.S. Fish Commission (deposited by the Fish Commission) (26987.) 

 Through Richard Rathbun, Acting Commissioner : Eggs of conch-shell and a col- 

 lection of pressed plants, lichens and mosses, obtained by Prof. B. W. Evermann 

 from Alaska during the summer of 1892, while engaged as naturalist on steamer 

 Albatross (26822) ; specimens of pteropods and heteropods collected by the Alba- 

 tross during the voyage from Norfolk to San Francisco in 1887-1888 (26961). 

 Through Dr. T. H. Bean: Alcoholic specimens of fishes used in connection with 

 the exhibitforthe World's Columbian Exposition (26792) ; 34 birds' skins. rei)re- 

 senting 16 species, collected by Vinal Edwards at Wood's Holl, aud alcoholic 

 specimen of reptiles collected by Theodor Holm (26820). 

 Through Mr. Barton A. Bean: Land and fresh- water shells, representing 6 species, 

 from Spokane, Wash. (26788). (See under Jacob Cram, W. C. Harris, and Wil- 

 liam Ross Harris. ) 



Fisher, Dr. A. K. (Department of Agriculture). Four hundred and ninety-six 

 specimens (157 sets) of birds' eggs, and 19 nests. 26531. (See under Depart- 

 ment of Agi'iculture.) 



Fisher, John (Deer Lodge, Mont.). Specimen of l)eetle (Err/atcs sjticnlatus Lee), 

 26110. 



Flanagan, A. H. (Radford, Va.). Black-capped night heron. 26970. 



Flechter, Victor S. (New York City). Harp-lute from England (26427); Viola 

 d'amore (26484). Purchased for World's Columbian Exposition. 



Flint, H W. (New Haven, Conn.). Twenty-eight specimens, representing 7 species 

 of birds' eggs (26173); set of eggs of seaside-sparrow, nest of blue-winged war- 

 bler, aud nest of short-billed marsh wren (26273). 



Flood Brothers (Maiden, Mass.). Eighty specimens of coleoptera, mostly from 

 Tasmania. 26191. 



Flugel, Dr. Felix (Leipzig, Germany). Two volumes and ]diotographic atlas — 

 Mekka, by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje. 26242. Purchased for World's Columbian 

 Exposition. 



FOOTE, A. E. (Philadelphia, Pa.). Engraved portraits of Chevreul, D'Arcet, Brong- 

 niant, and nine other men of science (purchase) (25946); 2 photographs of 



*Specimens identified by J. E. Benedict and Miss M.J. Rathbun, of the National 



Museum, 



