116 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



The following collections and eontributions liave been transmitted to 

 the National Museum, tlirougli Col. Marsluill McDonald, U. S. Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries : 



Twenty-eight specimens of flslies, collected by the steamer Alh<(tro.ss 

 oil the Pacific coast of North America during 1889, being the types of 

 the new species recently described by Prof. Charles H. Gilbert in the 

 "Proceedings of the National Museum;" specimen of Rainbow-trout 

 {kSalnio iri(lciis) artificially reared at Buclvsport, Me., and 2 specimens of 

 theBlack-fin Wliite fish {Corq/onus nif/ripijinis), collected iuMilton Ijake, 

 Minnesota, by Mr. James E. B. Van Cleane; a collection of 60 species 

 of fishes from the vicinity of (!harles City, Va., collected by Mr. W. P. 

 Seal, during September and October, 1890; a collection of 1,128 speci- 

 mens, representingS^^species of brachyuran and anomouran crustaceans, 

 collected by the Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America; .S27 

 specimens of echini obtained from the collections of the Albatross in 

 the North Pacific Ocean; a small collection of brachynran crustaceans 

 obtained by the steamer Grampus otf the coast of Florida; an alcoholic 

 collection of the type series of fresh-water fishes, collected during the 

 summer (»f 1889 in Missouri, .Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, Alabama, and 

 Georgia, by Prof S. E. Meek. Dr. 1). S. Jordan, V. H. Bollman, B. 

 Fesler, and others; a collection (►f fishes, numbering !M) specimens, 

 made by the Albatross from the Galapagos Islands and Panama, during 

 the spring of 1888; a collection of mollusks, numbering 163 specinu'us, 

 collected by the schooner Grampus oft" the west coast of Florida during 

 the spring of 1889; a collection of fishes, cliiefiy from Brazil and some 

 from Georgia and Alabama, made by the Albatross during the cruise 

 from Norfolk and San Francisco during 1887-'88; fishes and reptiles 

 collected in Alabama by Mr. P. H. Kirscli and party in 1889; a col 

 lection of fishes made in (Tcorgiaiii 1889 by Messrs. C. H. Bollman and 

 Bert. Fesler; a small collection of fishes comprising i/<(?/c/^o?re.s' radiatns, 

 Lntjanns analis, Maltlie raillata^ Eulamla limbata, and Lcpomis palli- 

 dus, from Florida, made by Dr. J. A. Henshall in 1889; fishes from the 

 Gulf of Mexico, obtained by the Grampus; 447 specimens of crabs 

 belonging to the genus Panopcus^ collected by the Fish Commission 

 during recent years; and specimens of a small variety of barnacle 

 attached to the rushes on the shore of Clear Water Harbor, Florida, 

 collected by Mr. W. H. Abbott. 



From Mr. J. E. Benedict of the steamer Fisli Ha irk was received a 

 skin of Red tailetl Hawk {Buteo borcfdis), from Bulls Island, Calibogue 

 Sound, South Carolina. 



Mr, W. C. Kendall presented 30 birds' skins, rei)resenting 27 species, 

 from near Port Itoyal, S. C. 



From Dr. Hugh M. Smith was received a collection of dried plants, 

 representing 22 species, obtained by him at various littoral ])oints 



