REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 96 



From the Siuger Maiuifacturiug Compauy, Hartford, Couii., were 

 received 11 sewmg-machines. 



ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC OOEAN. 



Bahama I,sla)i<ls. — Mr. E(hvard D'Inviliiers, of Pbiladelpbia, Pa., 

 presented specimens of pli(»s])lKites from the ishiud of Navassa. 



A specimen of Ani [Vroiopltafia ani) was received from Dr. T. F. II. 

 Dufonr, of Washington, D. C Tliis s])ecimen wns obtained from the 

 ishind of ISTavaSvSa. 



Mr. ]. Greegor, of Jacks(>n\'ille, Fhi., presented a remarkably fine 

 series of THtonimu femora h: 



WEST INDIES. 



Mr. 0. B. Coi-y, of Boston, Mass., presented 40 birds' skins, represent- 

 ing 25 species. 



Lady Editli Bhike, King's House, Jamaica, presented drawings of 

 emblems of the Bed Indian mythology and a water-color plate of Beo- 

 thuck Indian ornaments. 



From the Botanic Garden, Trinidad, was received a s])ecinieu of a 

 newly discovered deposit of foraminiferous earth (" Philippine deposit"), 

 from Naparima district, Trinidad. 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



AHGKNTIMC HKPUBLIC. 



From Mr. Henry Edwards, of New York ( 'ity, were receive<l alco- 

 holic specimens of insects. 



A very complete collection of woods of the Argentine llepublic was 

 presented by the Museo de Productos Argentinos, through Mr. John 

 F. Thompson, 



Mr. 0. F. Brown, of Hot Springs, Ark., sent a specimen of yellow 

 topaz. 



Prof. OrvilleA. Derby, of the national museum of Brazil, through the 

 courtesy of Prof. J. M. Clarkt^, University of the State of New York, 

 New York State Museum, Albany, N. Y., transmitted trilobites from the 

 jialeozoic system of Brazil. 



Hon. J. O. Kerby, United States consul at Para, presented 2 birds' 

 skins from Brazil, and a few feathers of the Eigretei, a rich and rare 

 bird of the heron species found on the island of Marajo, Amazon 

 River; 1 1 specimens of South American Golden Tortoise-beetle {JDcsmo- 

 nota variolosa Webb), and 3 pieces of the bark of the tree used by the 

 Amazon Indians for paper. 



