REPOET OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 131 



Mail ll.-m. C. K. Wortlieu,of Warsaw, 111., was fuiuished with 

 material to be used m making- a collection of bats and shrews for the 

 National Museum, 



Mr. A. G. Menoeal, chief engineer of the Nicaraguau Oaual Con- 

 struction Company, at San Juan Del Xorte, Mcaragua, has kindly 

 consented to aid the Museum in its endeavor to secure collections of 

 natural history from that country, and to enlist tl.e aid of his assist- 

 ants in this connection. 



