88 REPORT OF NATIONAL MU8EUM, 1891. 



Dehdcare. — Dr. Ililboiu T. Oressoii, Philadelphia, Pa., dei»o>site<l a 

 collection of archieological specimens collected by Mr. William Keilly 

 and Mr. F. G. Smith at the site of the " Ancient Aboriginal Fish Weirs." 



District of Golumhia. — Hon. Edward Clark, the Architect of the Capi- 

 tol, transmitted the original fnll size plaster model of the Statue of 

 Liberty, by Thomas Crawford. This was nsed in making the mold in 

 which was cast the bronze statne now snrmonntiiig the dome of the 

 Capitol. 



From Dr. Elliott Coues of Washington, D. C, was received a speci- 

 men of Tinamon (Eudromias cJef/ans) for skeletons. 



Gen. Benjamin F. Hawkes, Washington, D. C, presented an Eskimo 

 snnflf-bag made from the foot of an albatross. 



Dr. Ilngh M. Smith, of the U. S. Fish Commission, presented 8 birds' 

 nests and 13 eggs. 



Mrs. Mary I. Stroud, of Washington, 1). C, deposited 14 daguerreo- 

 types made with a camera imported from France by Prof. Walter R. 

 Johnson, of Washington, D. C, soon after daguerreotyping was discov- 

 ered. 



The Treasury Department, Bureau of Printing and Engraving, 

 through Hon. William M. Meredith, Chief of the Bureau, presented 264 

 unmounted India impressions of portraits, vignettes, and lathe work. 



Florida. — From Mr. Henry Edwards, of ISiew York City, were re- 

 ceived alcoholic specimens of insects. 



Mr. C. L. Hopkins, of Umatilla, presented a living Glass snake 

 ( Ophis<mrns ventralis). 



Lieut. J. F. Moser, TJ. S. ISTavy, commanding the Revenue Marine 

 Steamer A. D. Bache, presented specimens of fishes comprising Chilo- 

 myctenis, Ostracion, Pristin, Centroponim, Munena, Balistes, Platyylos- 

 SHs, Hemirhombiis, Urolophus, CentropristiSy 3fonacanthus, ^ndPJcheneis; 

 alcoholic specimens of snakes, shells, and marine invertebrates. 



From Dr. William L. Ralph, of Utica, N. Y., were received through 

 Capt. Charles E. Bendire, TJ. S. Army, honorary curator of birds' eggs 

 in the National Museum, the remains of an old Indian necklace, a stone 

 implement from a mound-builders' tomb, and a handsome spear point; 

 the skin of a Southern Hairy Woodi)ecker {Dryohates villosns audu- 

 honi) from San Mateo, and a collection of birds' eggs, mostly from 

 Florida, including 3 species not before represented in the Museum col- 

 lection. 



From Hon. J. C. Slocum, United States surveyor- general, Tallahas- 

 see, through Hon. John T. Noble, Secretary of the Interior, were re- 

 ceived several old surveying instruments from the oflice of the sur- 

 veyor-general at Tallahassee. Among them were included a transit, 

 telescope tube, brass frame, wooden tripod and detached legs; solar 

 compass, trii)od and leveling head for the same; sextant (in case) and 

 a standard chain. 



From the U. S. Fish Commission, through Col. Marshall McDonald, 



