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Auuicators, Alligator mississippiensis.—Nine specimens. Messrs. Louis Schmid, A. Z. 
Schindler, Mrs. J. W. Hall, J. Frank Ellis, and others. 4 
Gray Monitors, Varanus griseus.—Two specimens. From Egypt. Dr. W. A. Conk- 
lin, Central Park Menagerie, New York. 
Banpep RarrLesnake, Crotalus leonidas.—Three specimens. Dr. H.C. Yarrow, U.S. 
Army. 
Hornep RatrLEsNAKE, Crotalus cerestes.—Three specimens. From Arizona. Dr. J. L. 
Westman, Army Medical Museum. 
KEELED GREEN SNAKE, Cyclophis xstivus.—From Arlington, Va. Mr. William Palmer, 
Washington. 
Biowrne Vrrer, Heterodon platyrhinus.—Two specimens. Mr. A. McV. Miller, Alder- 
son, W. Va. 
Buack Snake, Bascanion constrictor.—From Arlington, Va. Mr. Joseph Palmer, 
Washington. 
Warer Moccasin, Tropidonotus sipidon.—Five specimens. Mr. W. C. Weeden. 
Scaruer Kine SNAKE, Ophibolus doliatus.—Mr. W. C. Weeden. 
OBJECTS DECLINED. 
The following objects were offered to the Museum, on deposit or otherwise, and 
declined on account of lack of accommodations and food supply: 
Offered by Dr. W. A. Conklin, New York City, on deposit: One camel, one aoudad, 
one lioness, one ibex, one ostrich, one black leopard. 
Offered by Hon. W. F. Cody (‘‘ Buffalo Bill’’?) on deposit: A herd of eighteen 
American bison, the third largest herd existing in captivity. 
Offered by various persons on various conditions: 
Two manatee, from Florida. 
Three moose, from Canada, Maine, and Minnesota. 
One caribou, from Maine. 
Three prong-horned antelope, from Dakota. 
NATIONAL MUSEUM—ESTIMATES. 
December 5, 1887—House. 
Estimates for 1889. 
For expense of heating, lighting, and electrical and telephonic service 
for the National Museum, $12,000. 
For the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections 
from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government and 
from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary 
employees, $150,000. 
For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi- 
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, 
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000. 
June 23, 1888—House. 
Supplemental deficiency estimates for 1888, etc. 
Preservation of collections: To pay the Southern Pacific Railroad 
Company the amount of unpaid bills for transportation of property 
of the National Museum during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, 
$16.42. 
