STATEMENT REGARDING THE NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS COLLECTED BY THE 



CORWIN. 



The followiDg statement, furnished by Mr. F. W. True, acting curator-in-charge, Smithsonian 

 lustitutiou, is all that this office has to represent numbers 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, mentioned in letter of 

 the Secretary of the Treasury, dated February 28, 1885, addressed to the Speaker of the Hcaise of 

 Representatives. 



These collections, which consisted chiefly of marine invertebrates, birds, shelLs, fishes, plants, 

 and rocks, were presented to the U. S. National Museum. Identification of a portion of the speci- 

 mens has been made by the curators of that institution, and the common and scientific names are 

 given in the following list: 



BIRDS. 



The following species of birds were obtained : 



Crested Auklet, SimorhynchHn eristatelliis (P.all.). 

 Parroquet Auklet, Cyclorrlii/nchus psittaculiis (Pall.). 

 Long-billed Do-m itcher, Macrorhamphus scolopacem {Sa,y). 

 Paci6c Godwit, Limona baucti (Naum.). 

 Hudsonian Godwit, Limona hamastica (Liun.). 

 Yollow-legs, Totanus flavipes (Gmel.). 

 Solitary Sandpiper, Totanus solitarius (Wils.). 

 Senii-palmated Sandpiper, Ereunetes pusillus (Linu.). 

 Red-backed Sandpiper, Tringa atpina pacifica (Cones). 

 Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa maculata Vieill. 

 Red PUalarope, Phalaropus fiiUcariua (Linn.). 

 Hudsonian Curlew, Niimcniiis hiidsonicus Lath. 

 Eskimo Cnrlew, Numeiiiiis horcalis (Forst.). 

 Pacific Golden Plover, C/ia)arfii«.srfoHii)acM.s/H?rHS (Gmel.). 

 Soinipalmated Plover, JEgialilis semipahnata Bouap. 

 Turnstone, Arenaria inte>~ores (Liun.). 



Black Turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala (Vig.). 

 Little Brown Crane, G^rus canadensis (Linn.). 

 Black-throated Loon, L'rinalor arcticus (Linn.). 

 Ivory Gull, Gnria alba (Giinn.). 

 Bonaparte's Gull, Lams pihiladeiphia (Ord.). 

 Glaucous winged Gull, Larus glaucescens (?) Naum. 

 Arctic Tern, Sterna jiaradiswa Brnun. 

 Old-squaw, Clanguta hi/emalis (Linn.). 

 Green-winged Teal, Nctlion caroliennsis (Gmel.). 

 American Goshawk, Astur alricapilliis (Wils.). 

 Pigeon Hawk, FaJco coliimhariiis Linn. 

 American Magpie, Pica rustica hitdsonica (Sab.). 

 Northern Shrike, Laniiis borealis A'^ieill. 

 Barn Swallow, Chilidon erglhrogaster (Bodd.). 

 Gray-cheeked Thrnsh, Turdiis alicia: Baird. 

 Snowy Owl, Nyctea nyctea (Liun.). 



FISHES. 



California Flounder, Pleuronectes stellatus Pallas. 

 Blenny, Delolepis rirgatna. 

 Four-spined Scnlpiu, Cottus quadricornis L. 

 Pike, £sox lucius L. 



Grayling, ThymalHs signifer Rich. 

 Whitefish, Coregoniis pusillKs. 

 California Herring, Clupea mirabilia Gir. 



MOLLUSKS. 



Mr. Dall makes the following statement in regard to the shells : The shells collected by the 

 Corwin and sent by Captain Healy Lave been carefully preserved with the idea of working them 

 up for a general report of the shells of Bering Strait and Sea at some future time. They have 



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