KEPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 255 



urus dugesi, Algansea, Hudsotihis, Fitnduhts, Characodon, Menidia, from Mexico 

 (25887); 14 mammal skius with skulls aud 2 extra skulls, birds' skius from 

 Mexico (25901); skins aud skrlls of mammals, turtles, aud alcoholic specimens 

 of reptiles, plants, alcoholic crabs, leeches, aud shrimp, ])air of gaffs used in 

 cock-fighting, comb used by -weavers to sei)arate threads Ju weaving " Rebozo," 

 " quactacomate," alcoholic specimens of birds for skeletons, obsidian spear- 

 head, specimens of pottery, fragments of ^lottery and clay figures, bird-skin 

 from Mexico (26207) ; mammal skius aud skulls, alcoholic specimens of lizards, 

 plants, birds' si ins, alcoholic specimens of fishes from Mexico (26956 J ; fishes, 

 birds' skius, miscellaneous alcoholic insects and a Morpho-butterfly, crabs, 

 shells, reptiles, mammal skins, aud skulls from Mexico (26967). 



Collected by G. P. Merrill; Cave materia's from Wyandotte Cave, Indiana, 

 obtained for the World's Columbian Exposition (26101, 26131) ; land-shells from 

 Wyandotte, Intl., and San Queutiou, Lower California (26123) ; cave material 

 from Marengo, Ind., obtained for World's Columbian Exposition (26133) ; cave 

 material from Percy &, Robertson's cave, Springfield, Mo. for World's Columbian 

 Exposition (26215) ; stalactites and stalagmites, from Andersouville, Tenn., 

 for World's Columbian Exjiosition (26260) ; geological si)ecimeusfrom north of 

 Phcenix, Ariz., (26344); 2 specinieus of aragonitc from onyx quarry, Yavapai 

 County, Ariz., (26464). 



Collected by William Palmer: Skin and skull of Tamias .s7;-(V(/((.s, specimen of 

 young guinea-fowl, Kiimida meleayrls, 21 eocene fossils from Pamuuky River 

 marlbeds, and 3 snakes from Hanover County, Ya. (25928). 



Collected by Robert Ridgway: Two specimens of turkey-buzzard, Cathartes 

 aura, and of crow (Corvns aviericanus) (26686). 



Through William Palmer: Parrot (Ama^onafarinosa) (26066). 

 . National Zoological Park, under direction of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Through Dr. Frank Baker, acting manager: Cariacus rirginianus (25933); bay 

 lynx. Lynx ruftis (26073); coyote {Canis latraiis) and llama (Lama glama) 

 (26074); prong-horned anteloi^es, Antilocapra americana (26139); bird-spider, 

 Enrypelma Hentzii (26162); macaw {Ara scvera) (26179); moukey (Ce^HS sp.), 

 male juv., from South America, and red foxes, J'ulpes fiilvus, male, juv. 

 (26325); cinnauiou-bear, Ursiis americanus, from Mammoth Hot Springs 

 (26327); peccary (Dicotyles tajacu) (26328); coyote {Canis latrans), male, and 

 llama {Lama glama), female, from Peru (26332); 2 specimens of coyote {Canis 

 lairans), female, 3 deer {Cariacus, s-p.), 2 males and 1 female, monkey {Chrij- 

 sothrix sciurea), male, and a llama (iaJHrt glama) (26338); monkey {Hapale 

 jacchus) and porcupine {Lrelhrizon dorsaiiis) (26396); white ibis, Guara alba 

 in transitional plumage (26407); bear ( n'.?«s, sp.), (26450); sulphur-crested 

 cockatoo (26482); peccary (Dicoiyles t aj a c ii ) uuduioukey {Cerocehus fuliginosus) 

 (26523); peccary {Dicolyles tajacu) (26514); specimen each of red-fox, Vulpes 

 fulvus, and skunk {Mephitis mephitica) (26563); golden eagle, Aquila chrysae'tos 

 in the flesh (26640); skunk {Mephitis mephitica), 2 specimens of kit-fox, Vulpes 

 velox, aud a monkey {Cel)us hypoleucus) (26654) ; raccoon {Procyon loior) (26702) ; 

 skunk {Mephitis mephitica) (26740); specimen each of beaver (C«stoj'Cfl«afZe»sis) 

 and -porcn-pme (Erethrizon dorsatus) (26762); Humboldt's monkey, Lagothrix 

 Humboldtii (26793); specimen each of spermophile {Sperniojihihis grammurns), 

 Angora-goat, Capra hircus angorenis, and hedgehog {Erinaceus europa'us) 

 (26807); specimen of prairie-dog, Cynornys ludovicia)ius (26823); magpie in 

 the flesh (26872); American magpie. Pica pica hudsonica in the flesh (26879); 

 wliite- throated sapajou, Cebus hypoleucus (26900) ; squaw-duck (26957) ; 2 spec- 

 imens of monkey {Cebus and Chrysothrix) (27044); Amazon parrot, Ama:ona 

 amazonica in the flesh (27068); salamander {Spelerpes ruber) (27114); 2 speci- 

 mens of Ursus americanus, aud a llama {Lama glama) (27144). 

 Smolinski, Joseph (Washington, D. C). Starfish from the Adriatic Sea, 2 shells. 



