REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 71 



A collection of ethnological objects was received from Messrs. J. I. 

 and T. C. Allen. 



From E. C. Babcock was received a very fine white goat-skin. 



Nevada.— A. collection of ores was received from W. D. Maynard, and 

 a collection of rocks from E. H. Spoon er. 



New Hampshire. — The material received from this State was mainly 

 ornithological, the two principal accessions being a collection of birds' 

 eggs from Charles F. Morrison, and a collection of sisfcy-five birds from 

 W. H. Fox. 



Neiv Jersey. — Dr. 0. HartMerriam, of the Department of Agriculture, 

 sent a bird. 



Theodore Harris sent fishes, 



A collection of rocks from this State was received from the U. S. 

 Geological Survey. 



W. E. Hidden sent four crystals of black tourmaline. 



Thomas Wilson gave a collection of stone implements. 



R. E. C. Stearns gave some fossil brachiopods. 



Dr. T. H. Bean spent a part of the summer at Somers Ppint in the 

 interest of the U. S. Fish Commission and incidentally accumulated a 

 large collection of birds, crabs, and fishes, which, through the courtesy 

 of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries, was transferred to the National 

 Museum. 



Neic Mexico. — Dr. O. Lincoln sent ten specimens of vanadinite. 



Dr. El. W. Shufeldt, U. S. Army, sent a valuable collection of mam- 

 mals. 



Dr. Washington Matthews, U. S. Army, sent dressed buckskin, bone 

 used as a tool, and seven photographs showing process of tanning by 

 the Navajo Indians. 



Neiv York. — Dr. B, D. Skinner sent some stone implements, including 

 stone sinkers, arrow and spear heads, water-worn pebbles, fragments 

 of pottery, etc. 



From the U. S. Military Academy was received a curious necklace 

 made of human fingers. 



From A. G. Richmond was received a large collection of stone im- 

 IDlements, numbering three hundred and ninety-six specimens. 



A collection of fossils and rocks gathered in New York was sent to 

 the Museum by the U. S. Geological Survey. 



Dr. J. C. Merrill, U. S. Army, sent a collection of mammals. 



R. Fritsch sent specimens of alabaster. 



From George N. Lawrence was received a collection of birds' eggs. 



A. A. Duly gave to the Museum a collection of rocks. 



From Col. A. G. Tassin, TJ. S. Army, were received several collections 

 of birds killed by flying against the electric light on the Li'jerty Statue 

 in New York Harbor. 



From L. J. Bennett was received a collection of fossil Crustacea, con- 

 taining many beautiful specimens. 



