1246 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
SHORT-EARED Ow1, Asio accipetrinus.—Mr. Samuel Shipley, Washington, D. C. 
Warsiinc Grass Parrakeets, Melopsittacus undulatus.—Four specimens. From 
Australia. Mr. Nelson R. Wood, Washington, D- C. 
Rep anp Buivue Macaw, Aru culoroptera.—From Brazil. Mr. A. W. Cochran, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
Macaw, Aru macar.—From Central America. Judge W. M. Merrick, Washington. 
GaAMBEL’s QuAIL,* Callipepla gambeli.imFrom Arizona. Messrs. Louis Schmid & Son, 
Washington. Killed by rats. 
VirGIniA QuaiL,* Colinus virginianus.—Six specimens, from Virginia. Mr. James W. 
Walker, Washington. 
Rurrep Grovuse,* Bonasa umbellus.—From Virginia. Mr. C. Edgar Uber, University 
of Virginia. 
Horne Picrons, Columba.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr. Nelson R. 
Wood, Washington. 
BLACK-AND-BLUE SWALLOW Piarons.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr. 
W. C. Weeden, Washington. 
DrumMeErR PicEons.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr. W. C. Weeden. 
Buiack FANTAIL P1gEons.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr.W.C.Weeden. 
BLUE-AND-RED SwWALLOow PicEons.—Two specimens. Bred in confinement. Mr. W.C. 
Weeden. 
Peacocks, Pavo cristatus.—Two specimens. Mr. W. F. Krieger, Wheeling, W. Va. 
GREAT BuiuE Herons,* Ardea herodias.—Two specimens, from Havre de Grace, Md. 
U. 8. Fish Commission. 
YELLOW-CROWNED Niagut Heron, Nycticorax.—From the Bahama Islands. Mr. Allan 
H. Jennings, Baltimore, Md. 
Loons,* Colymbus torquatus.—Two specimens. From Messrs. Charles B. Grant and 
Andrew Minick. 
Winaeon,* Marica americana.—From the Potomac River. Mr. J. Bolden, Washing- 
ton. 
Rep CrossBiLis,* Loxvia curvirostra.—Four specimens. From the Smithsonian 
Grounds, Dr. A. K. Fisher and Mr. Henry Horan. 
RoseE- BREASTED GROSBEAK,* Zamelodia ludoviciana.—Mr. J. L. Davison, Lockport, N.Y. 
Crow, Corvus americanus.—Mr. Joseph Palmer, Washington. 
Woopcock,* Philohela minor.—From Maryland. Mr. W. F. Johnson, Bladens- 
burg, Md. 
REPTILES. 
ELEPHANT TortoisEs, Testudo elephantopus.—Twelve specimens. From the Galapagos 
Islands, Pacific Ocean. Collected by the U.S, Fish Commission steamer Albatross 
in January, 1888. U.S8. Fish Commission. 
SrrrateD TurTLEs, Chelopus insculptus.—Three specimens. From Connecticut. Yale 
College Museum, through Dr. G. Baur. 
Sort-SHELLED TURTLE, Amyda nautica.—Three specimens. From Marietta, Ohio. 
Dr. G. Baur, Yale College Museum. 
PatnteD TuRTLE, Chrysemys picta.k—Four specimens. New Haven, Conn. Dr. G. 
Baur, Yale College. 
TERRAPINS, Chrysemys marginta.—Six specimens. Ohio River. U. 8. Fish Commis- 
sion. 
Snapping TurtTie,* Chelydra serpentina.—From Connecticut. Dr. G. Baur, Yale 
College Museum. 
Box TortotsE, Cistudo carolina.—Eight specimens. Dr. A. McVeigh Miller and 
others. 
Box Torrorse, Cistudo carolina triunguis.—From Arkansas. Mr. R, T, Hill, Univer- 
sity of Arkansas. 
