72 - REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



M. K. Barnum seut birds. 



Specimens of Hymenoptera were sent by Joseph McAllister. 



L. M. Underwood presented a collection of insects. 



From Dr. G. F. I. Colbiirn were received some very interesting relics 

 from the battle-field of Ticonderoga. 



North Carolina. — A collection of plants was received from Gerald Mc- 

 Carthy. 



A collection of rocks was sent by T. C. Harris. 



Specimens of black granite were received from P. Linehan & Co. 



A collection of ores was received from W. A. H. Sbreiber. 



Howard Haywood sent a collection of stone implements, including 

 spear-heads, celts, knives, leaf-shaped implements, tools, quartz crys- 

 tals. 



J. A. D. Stevenson sent a collection of stone implements. 



Willard Nye, jr., sent a collection of fifty-three stone implements. 



Ohio. — The material received from this State consisted principally 

 of stone implements. Three collections were sent by J. W. Tweed, a 

 collection of fifty-seven specimens by C. T. Wiltheiss, and smaller col- 

 lections by- E. W. Mercer, T. B. Bowers, James C. White, Lafayette 

 Faris, Howard Bell, and D.T. D. Dyche. 



An interesting and valuable collection of fossil plants containing 

 some new species was received from H. Herzer. 



Oregon. — Several very valuable collections were received from Dr. J. 

 C. Merrill, U. S. Army. These collections included crayfishes, insects, 

 fishes, reptiles, mammals, land and fresh water shells, and a very valu- 

 able collection of birds' eggs and nests. 



C. K. Smith sent two collections of stone implements, one numbering 

 thirty-three specimens and the other seventeen specimens. 



Pennsylvania. — Two collections of minerals were received, the one a 

 series of twenty-eight specimens, sent by William J. Mullins, and the 

 other a collection of cut stones, sent by James W. Beath. 



Three collections of stone implements were received, one of which in- 

 cluded three hundred and fifty-five specimens ; the two other collections 

 received were from C. P. Emmons and Howard B. Davis. 



Rhode Island. — The contributors of material from this State were W. 

 O. Crosby, who sent a collection of minerals, Capt. H. M. Knowles, wbo 

 sent a collection of fishes, M. A. Keach, who gave some shells, and 

 Joseph Church & Co., who sent a collection of fish and clams. 



South Carolina. — E. E. Jackson sent an Indian pipe. 



A collection, including ninety specimens, of spear-heads, arrow-heads, 

 and a discoidal stone, was received from Joseph Ward. 



Tennessee. — A large amount of material was received during the year 

 from Dr. J. C. McCormick, and subsequently from his widow, Mrs. 

 Sarah C. McCormick. The collection sent by them included human 

 bones and pottery from Tennessee mounds, plants, birds, fish, skeletons 

 of horse, deer, gray fox, and man, and a collection of fossils, Upper Silu- 

 rain. Devonian, and Carboniferous. 



