79G REPORT OF NATIONAL MIJ8EUM, 1891. 



MuLMNS, Dr. William H. (Kosiclaie. 111.). Galena (load ovp) from tlio Rosirlare 

 Mines. 24237. 



MUKDOCK, W. p. (Spring Hill, Md.). Snowy Owl (\iicl<<( iii/ctc<i) in licsh, from 

 Charles County, Md. 23878. Purchase. 



Mi'RPHY, A. C. (Shambow, Mont.). Stone from the so-called tin mine on the Sweet- 

 water River. 24086. 



MusKO r>K Pr.oDUCTos Augentinos (Buenos Ayres), through Mr. .lohn F. Thomjtsou. 

 One hundred and sixteen S})e('ies of wood, irom Argentine R('])u)>lie. 24382. 



Mtisro Naoioxal dk Costa Rica (San Jose, Costa Riea), tiirough Mr. Ceorge K. Cher- 

 rie. Sixty-five birds' skins representing 3.") s]»e(ies from Costa Rica, including the 

 types of 2 new species and 1 new genus, 2 species new to the collection, and 

 ]dnmages jirevionsly unrepresented (exchange) (24155); through Senor Anas- 

 tasio Alfaro, director, skin of Rufous-si>otted Whippoorwill (A^itrostotuHfi rufoma- 

 ciilatHs), a new species from the Volcano Izarii, Costa Rica. (24376.) 



Museum of Fixk Arts (Boston, Mass.), tiirough (Jen. Charles (i. Loring. Spear 

 from New Guinea. 23719. 



Museum of Natural History (Paris, Fiance), through Leon Vaillant. Alcoholic 

 specimens of deep-sea fishes and dried skin of shark, collected by the TrariUeitr 

 and Tdlismati expeditions and by the commission to C;i])e Horn, in the Atlantic 

 Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. 23345. 



Natiiorst, Prof. A. G. (St^e under Royal Swedish academy of Science, Stockholm. 

 Sweden.) 



National Mttseum, U. S. Collected by Mr. P. L. Jouy, alcoholic specimens of ,Salve- 

 liiiHS fontinalis, Catostomus nigricans, CampoHtoma anomalum, Chrosomus, Netro- 

 pis (species), IHplesium hlennoides, Acantharchus, from Richland Creek, North 

 Carolina; 4 alcoholic specimens of snakes and 6 salamanders from Roan Moun- 

 tain and other localities in western North Carolina; 12 alcoholic specimens of 

 Crayfish (Camharns sp.), 2 Woodchucks {Arctomijs vionax) 4 specimens of Tamias 

 striafus, Shrewmouse (Blarina brevicauda), Seitirus hudsoni it fi, Weasel {Putorius 

 vinon), and 2 specimens of Sorex, from Waynesboro and Roan Mountain, North 

 Carolina ; Hesperomys and Tamias strialiis from Cranberry and Roau Mountain ; 15 

 skins and alcoholic specimen of Carolina Snowbird (Jituco carolinensis), 3 speci- 

 mens of Winter Wren [Troglodytes hiemalis), Golden-crowned Kinglet (Eegulns 

 satrapa), and 10 specimens of birds from Waynesville; 3 specimens of magnetic 

 iron ore from Cranberry Iron Mines, and 3 pieces of mica from a mine near 

 Waynesville ; collectirm of plants and insects, scraper, knives, arrow or sjiear- 

 points, rude implement, leaf-shaped implement, polished hatchet, drilled object 

 of potstone, arrow-point, and collection of land-snails (23445) ; 54 si^ecimens of 

 birds' skins, representing 33 species, from Tucson, Ariz. (23872) ; Snake, Pituophis 

 hellotia and a Frog, Iloixi hrachycepha (23877) ; a small collection of Rodents and 

 a Coyote skin from Tucson (2.3931) ; 30 siiecimeus representing 17 species of birds' 

 skins, 7 Lizards (series of I'ta starishKriatia), and small collection of mammals, 

 from the vicinity of Tucson (23976); mammals from Tucson (24046); 19 birds' 

 skins, representing 11 species, from Tucson (24085); specimens of worm-para- 

 sites of fish-eating l)irds from Guaymas, Mexico, transferred to Fish Commis- 

 sion (24137); 26 lizards and snakes, representing 10 species, from Guaymas, 

 Sonora, Mexico (24178) ; 6 mammal skins, one Chipmunk, one Spermophile, and 4 

 Hares, from Arizona (24208) ; 2 Turtles (Einosternon) from Arizona (24246) ; 89 al- 

 coholic specimens of reptiles from Arizona (24270) ; alcoholic reptiles, chiefly 

 lizards (24345); mammal and birds' skins and Turtle shell (24365); 7 alcoholic 

 reptiles from Tucson (24396) : 10 Turtles (Kinosfernon) fromNogales, Ariz. (24472) ; 

 2 skins of Spermophile and 2 skins of Mice from Nogales (24480). Collected 

 by Mr. George P. Merrill: rocks from Auburn, Me., and 4 samides of muscovite, 

 showing secondary growth, from the same locality (23527). 



