108 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Qiuiiteriuaster's I)ei»artiiieiit lias leiuleied valuable assistaiice in con 

 iiectioii with the transportation to Washini^ton of bulky material for 

 the Museum, 



From Lieut, Col. J. G, C. Lee, Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Avas re- 

 ceived the skull of a mammal found in Oregon. 



Maj. John H. Wilcox, Fort Keogh, Mont., presented an Lidian bow 

 from Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. 



Capt. Charles E. Bendire, honorary curator of birds' eggs in the 

 National Museum, i)resented a parent specimen of Dendroica ca'nda, 

 nest and 3 eggs, and also an egg of Molothrus ater, collected by Mr. W. 

 E. C. Todd from near Beaver, Pa. 



Capt. John G. Bourke, Fort Ringgold, Tex., deposited a stone-headed 

 war club of the J)akota Indians, obtained from " Fog Whirlwind," one 

 of Sitting Bull's warriors; a collection of ethnological and archfeologi- 

 cal objects from Arizona and New Mexico; a sling used by the Imlians 

 of Hidalgo, Mexico; and also presented some Mesquite beans. 



From Capt. W. L. Carpenter, Whipple Barracks, Ariz., were re- 

 ceived eggs and nests of l^pizel la soclalis arizona', Chondestes (/ramma- 

 cus strigatus, Yireo huttoni siephensi^Psaltrlparnti mhiimus, and Icterus 

 hullocM', nests and eggs of Black-chinned Hummingbird {TrocMhts 

 alexandri), Western Wood Pewee [Confopris richardsoni), Lead-colored 

 Bush-tit {Psaltri])((rus plHmheu,s), Woodhouse's Jay [ApheJocoma trood- 

 housei) and Spurred Towhee {Pipilo maculatus megalony.v); nest and 

 eggs of Zenaidtira macroura, Contopvs richardsoni, Splzella socialis 

 arizonw, and Trochilus alcrandrh, eggs of Harporhyiwhus cri,s,*i((lis, 

 Hahia melanoce])li(da, Mimus polyglottvs, Ictcrvs cvcuUatns nelsoni, and 

 Chondestes {/rammacus strigatus. 



Fiom Cai)t. Henry Romeyn, Fort IJinggold, Tex., were receive<l 5 

 s])ecimens of fossil oysters and a piece of petrified wood. 



Ca|)t. Thomas Sharp, Fort llussell, Wyo., presented anatomical speci- 

 mens. 



Capt. O. M. Smith, Fort Keogh, Mont., ]»resented a SiJringficld bul- 

 let partially jjierced by a nail af target range. 



Lieut. Robert H. Fletcher jiresented gaming-sticks used by Hupa 

 Indians of California; and Mr. Fletcher, through Dr. R. H. Fletcher, 

 of the Army Medical Museum, presentetl a dance stick. 13 arrows, and 

 a photograph of the "White Deer Dance" of the Hupa linlians, 



Lieut. J. S. Winn, Fort TTuachuca, Ariz., sent a miimmu] skin iVom 

 the Huachuca Mountains. 



Lieut. W. W. WothervSpoon, thi'ough Ca^it. Henry Romeyn, incscntcd 

 2 living snakes. 



Dr. W. 11. Forwood, of the Soldiers' Home, Washington, D. C., pre- 

 sented 20 crystals of sphenefrom Bridgewater, Pa., selenite crystal from 

 Ohio, and 1 specimens of quartz from C'rystal Mountain, near Hot 

 Springs, Ark. 



From Dr. W. T. Matthews, Fort Wingate, N. Mex,, was received a 

 pair of wooden tongs used by the Navajo W(»uien for jncking the fruit 



