REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 
Ryper, Dr. Hmity B., Chicago, Il: 
Parsi schoolgirl’s suit, or “God 
jacket ” (48786: purchase). 
Sarrorp, W. E., Department of Agri- 
culture, Washington, D. C.: Robe 
made from skins of an American 
ostrich, Rhea americana, collected in 
Patagonia (47869) ; cutlasses, lance- 
heads, ete., from the island of Guam 
(48518). 
Sr. Joun, Epwarp P., Hartford, Conn. : 
Fragments of human bones from the 
eastern bank of the Connecticut 
River at South Windsor (48495). 
Sr. NICHOLAS Society, New York City: 
Bronze portrait medallion of Wash- 
ington Irving (48249). 
Sanvers, B. L., Selmer, Tenn.: Pupa 
of a beetle, Dynastes tityus (47848). 
Na- 
Rica 
MUSEO 
Costa 
Rica, 
from 
San José, CosTa 
CIONAL: Fishes 
(48787). 
SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS, CUBA, ESTA- 
CION CENTRAL AGRONOMICA: 3. speci- 
mens of Mimosa from Cuba (47661: 
exchange) ; 200 Cuban plants 
(47768); T specimens of 
American plants (477387 : exchange) ; 
62 Cuban ferns (47810). 
tropical 
SAo PAULO, BraAzin, INSTITUTO SERUM- 
THERAPICO DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO: 
18 snakes from South America 
(486383: exchange). 
SAUTER, H., Takao, South Formosa: 
Fishes, reptiles, and invertebrates 
from Formosa (48795: purchase). 
SCHAFFER, CHARLES, Glen Echo, Md.: 
Skin of an otter, Lutra 
(48921); skin of Lutra canadensis 
(47991: purchase). 
canadensis 
ScCHAUS, WILLIAM, Costa Rica, Central 
America: A very interesting lot of 
mounted and unmounted Lepidop- 
tera, comprising about 5,000) speci- 
mens from Costa Rica and Panama, 
collected by the donor (48286) ; 
about 2.500 specimens of Lepidop- 
tera (48552); about TOO specimens 
of Lepidoptera (48690). (See also 
under C. H. Lankester.) 
9% 
ScHutey, Mrs. F. W., Washington. 
D. C.: English silver teapot (48848: 
loan). 
SCHMID, Epwarp %8S., Washington, 
D. C.: Solitaire, Wyadestes unicolor 
(4SG07 ). 
ScHRopDER, Corpl. Roperr A., Fort Ma- 
son, Cal.: Birds and mammals from 
Basilan (48080). 
ScipmMorgE, Miss Kniza R., Washington, 
ID. C.: Chinese and Japanese porce- 
lains (48727: loan); model of Bor- 
gund church, Norway (48809). 
ScorT, JOHN W., An old- 
style melopean presented through 
Mrs. G. W. Woodborne, Uhrichsville, 
Ohio (47966). 
HEIRS OF: 
Sears, JOHN H., Peabody Museum, Sa- 
lem, Mass.: Fossil bryozoan, Shizo- 
porella unicornis, from 
Beverly, Mass. (48045) ; 
from Bass River, Beverly, and Dan- 
vers River (483839). 
3ass River, 
bryozoans 
SEELINGER, STEVE, Norfolk, Va.: Speci- 
men of ocean sunfish, J/ola mola, 
taken from near Virginia Beach, 
and a parasitic copepod, Pennella sp. 
(48666 ) . 
SeTON-IX ARR, H. W., Wimbledon, Lon- 
don, England: Drawings and photo- 
graphs of flint implements collected 
in the Fayum, Egypt (47645); col- 
lection of prehistoric stone objects 
from Egypt and India (47957). 
SEWARD, Miss Onive Ristey, Washing- 
ton, D. C.: 18 pieces of Nymphen- 
berg ware (48845: loan). 
SuHantz, H. L., Columbia, Mo.: 4 
specimens of living cacti, Opuntia, 
from Missouri (48152: exchange). 
SHEARER, C. B., Llano, Tex.: Speci- 
men of wollastonite (48086). 
SHEETS, G. A., Weston, Mich.; Great 
horned owl, Bubo virginianus, from 
Michigan (47901). 
SHERMAN, F., Raleigh, N. C.: Sala- 
mander from Fairfax County, Va. 
(487387). 
SHERMAN, JOHN D., jr... Brooklyn 
N. Y.: Beetle, Scutopterus angustus 
(47813). 
