96 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Capt. A. Y. Reed, U. S. Navy, presented a dragon tiy [C or duleg aster) 

 aud a turtle. 



Mr. 0. W. Kichmoiid, of the Department of AgTicidture, sent in ex- 

 clianjije two l)irds, rteroglossus castanotis and Colapies campesfris^ from 

 Chapada, Province of Maranhao. 



Dr. H. Von Ihering, of Rio Grande do Sul, sent 8 species of recent 

 shells and 10 species of fossils; also a collection of fresh -water shells 

 from the southern i)art of Brazil. 



Messrs. Ward and Howell, of Rochester, N. Y., presented a Iragment 

 of a meteorite from Llano del luca. 



From Dr. Hugh M. Smith, of the U. S. Fish Commission, were re- 

 ceived skins of the Golden-headed Manakin [Pipra aurocapilJa) and 

 Blue-crowned Manakin {Pipra coronafa). 



FRENCH GUIANA. 



From Mr. Charles Bullman, of Plainfield, N. J., were received speci- 

 mens of i)hosphates of alumina and iron, from the Island of Grand 

 Cannetable. 



PATAGONIA . 



From the Royal Museum of Natural History, Berlin, Germany, was 

 received, in exchange, a collection of echiiioderms. 



Mr. F. T. Redwood, of Baltimore, Md., sent, in exchange, a wooden 

 image. 



From Mrs. J. H. Baxter, of Washington, D. C, wen' received on de- 

 posit 37 specimens of ancient Peruvian i)ottery collected by Mr. William 

 Tryon, and presented by him to Surgeon-General Baxter. This collec- 

 tion is known as the "Tryon collection." 



UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA. 



Mr. Charles Bullman, of Plaintield, N. J., presented a piece of bark- 

 cloth called "damaqua," made by the Indians of Choco; a little paint- 

 pot used by the Choco Indians to hold the red [)aint made from anatto 

 seeds; a piece of lignite from gold and platinum alluviums, Condoto 

 River, and specimens of gold and platinum from the same locality. 



From Hon. Thomas Herran, of Hamburg, Gerinaiiy, was obtained by 

 purchase 9 golden ornaments of ancient Colombian workmanship, 

 weighing 133 grams, taken from graves in tlu' province of Antioquia. 

 Mr. Herran also presented 2 pieces of ancient Indian i)ottery from a 

 grave in the same locality. 



