110 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



( -apt. A. V. Keed ineseiited a I)raj;ou-tly {Conbilcfiasicr) and a Turtle 

 [Tt'stndo tabuJafa) fiom Brazil. 



Oapt. Mason N. Sbiifeldt transmitted a collection of photographs, 

 illustratin,!;' some of the ethiioh)!L>ical objects collected during;' his voy- 

 ages. 



Lieut. T. ])ix Bolles preseiited a collection of ethnological objects, Oi 

 shells, sea-urchins, corals, echini, a canoe and its fittings, a basket, and a 

 gold inatfroni Samoa; a tapa cloth from the Marshall Islands, and a fire- 

 bowl from Jai>iMi. 



Lieut. W. I. Moore, collected from the Fiji Lslands, a carved wooden 

 vessel inlaid with shell and bone, known as a ''•jniest bowl." This ob- 

 ject was presented to the Museum by Prof. L O. White, of the West 

 Vijginia University, Morgantowni, W. Va. 



Lieut. Charles F. Pond presented specimens of grasshoppers and a 

 firefly from (xuatemala. Central America. 



Mr. L. G. Billings, medical inspector, presented a collection of birds' 

 skins, made by him during the recent cruise of the Pensrtc'o/</ to Africa. 

 The collection also includes some specimens from St. Helena. 



Mr. O. G. Dodge, of the L"^. S. Navy, collected 12 specimens of agat- 

 ized wood, silicified wood, garnet pebbles, and smoky quartz, Avhich 

 were presented by the U. S. Geological Survey, through Major J. W. 

 Powell, director. 



The thanks of the Museum are due to i)r, James M. Flint, honorary 

 curator of the section of materia medica, for the very eflicient manner 

 in which he has continued to a<lminister the affairs of his section. 



DEPARTMENT OP TEIE INTERIOR. 



Through Hon. John W, Noble, vSecretary, was received from Hon. J. 

 C. Slocum, United States surveyor-general, Tallahassee, Fla., a collec- 

 tion of old surveying instruments, consisting of a transit comprising a 

 telescope tube, a brass frame, a wooden tripod and detached legs, one 

 solar comi^ass (injured in a fire), a sextant in case, a standard chain, 

 and a tripod and leveling-head for the solar compass. 



Indian Office. — From Mr. George A. Allen, Indian agent, Colorado 

 E/iver Agency, Parker, Ariz., Avere received 4 photographs of the Mojave 

 Indians; a collection of presse<l flowers and plants; alcoholic sp(^ci- 

 mens of insects; 4 lizards representing .'> species from the Colorado 

 Eiver Indian Beservatiou ; ethnological objects, and 5 pieces of pottery 

 from the Mojave Indians. 



Dr. Z. T. Daniel, of Cheyenne River Agency, S. Dak., presented stone 

 implements, teeth, and pottery found in the remains of Indian houses, 

 circular mounds, from 10 to 50 feet in diameter, with depressed centers. 

 These houses were formerly inhabited by the Eees Arickarees of the 

 Pawnee family. These objects were collecte<l ])y Dr. Daniel at the sug- 

 gestion of Gen. T. J, Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Afltairs. Dr. 

 Daniel also presented scrapers, arrow-heads, and broken pieces or chips 



