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Canada. — Ernest E. Thompson sent two collections of birds, one num- 

 bering thirteen specimens, and the other twenty-two. 



CENTRAL AMERICA. 



Costa Bica. — A very valuable collection of Coleoptera was received 

 from T. D. Grodman and O. Salvin. 



Seiior Jose C. Zeledon sent three collections of bird skins, birds' eggs, 

 and stone implements. 



G. Flemming sent a collection of Indian arrows. 



Sereuo Watson sent a collection of Costa E,ica ferns. 



Honduras. — Charles H. Townsend, of the U. S. Fish Commission, sent 

 from this place a collection of ethuologicaF objects, fishes, plants, rep- 

 tiles, birds' nests, bird skeletons, insects, and a collection of three hun- 

 dred and twenty-five bird skins. 



DANISH AMERICA. 



Oreenland. — Mrs, Mildred McLean Hazen sent three Eskimo kyaks. 



A very valuable collection of botanical specimens, including many 

 species new to science, was received from C. Gr. Pringle. 



Edward Palmer made a collection of birds, rocks, stone implements 

 and ethnological objects, which were purchased by the Museum, 



Messrs. G. B. and W. B. Hyde gave to the Museum two stone images, 

 a spindle, and a loom obtained in Puebla. 



A collection of land and fresh water shells, numbering thirteen speci- 

 mens, was received from R. W. Bastow. 



William Brew? ter sent a collection of Mexican birds. 



A collection of Mexican zoological and botanical specimens was re- 

 ceived from Seiior Jose 1!^. Rovirosa. 



Ward Batchelor sent stone idols obtained by him in Mexico. 



Prof. A. Duges sent for determination a very large collection of Mexi- 

 can mammals, bird skins, reptiles, shells, insects, corals, plants, fishes, 

 crustaceans, etc. 



UNITED STATES. 



Alabama. — C. L. Stratton sent a collection of stone implements. 



I. C. Russell, of the U. S. Geological Survey, sent a collection of 

 thirty species of fossil plants, a few of which are new to science. 



T. H, Aldrich sent a collection of fossils. 



Alaska. — A collection of the fossil plants of this region was recived 

 from H. L. Aldrich. 



Mrs. George M. Robeson gave a collection of arrows and arrow- 

 heads. 



A collection of ethnological objects was received from Mrs. Mildred 

 McLean Hazeuo 



