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eggs, and of Dr. H. C. Yarrow as curator of reptiles and Batrachians,, 

 have been continued. 



NAVY DEPARTMENT. 



The Museum has received much valuable material during the year 

 through the cooperation of ofiflcers of the United States Navy. Com- 

 modore John G. Walker, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, has, as in 

 previous years, given valuable assistance. 



A large collection of ethnological objects, including spear-heads, pad- 

 dles, oars, clubs, feather head-dresses, wooden idols, specimens of tapa, 

 skulls, etc., were obtained by Paymaster W. J. Thomson on Easter Island, 

 and were deposited by him in the Museum, together with a series of 

 photographic views.* 



Lieut. T. Dix Bolles gave collections of mammals, fossils, and eth- 

 nological objects. 



A collection of ethnological objects from Kassai River, Central Africa, 

 was made by Lieut. E. H. Taunt, U. S. Navy, and presented by him to 

 the National Museum. 



Dr. H. G. Beyer, U. S.Navy, continued to act until October, 1887, as 

 honorary curator of the Section of Materia Medica, at which time he 

 was ordered elsewhere for duty by the Department. 



To the great regret of the Museum, Lieutenant Bolles, who has ren- 

 dered exceedingly valuable services in the Ethnological Department, 

 especially in connection with the work of classifying and arranging the 

 Eskimo collections, has been recalled, having been assigned to active 

 duty. 



INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. 



The National Museum is especially indebted to the Secretary of the 

 Interior for the disbursement of the Museum appropriations, which has 

 been very promptly and satisfactorily attended to by Mr. George W. 

 Evans, disbursing clerk of the Department of the Interior. 



Patent Office. — Two valuable ancient Greek coins have been con- 

 tributed by Alexander Scott. 



Indian Office. — A sketch of a fish was forwarded by Charles Wil- 

 loughby, of Quinaielt Agency, Washington Territory, with a request 

 for identification. The fish itself was transmitted later, and proved to 

 be a new genus and species. In honor of Mr. Willoughby the scientific 

 name of Acrotus willougJibyi has been given to this species by the Na- 

 tional Museum. 



U. S. FISH COMMISSION. 



Through the courtesy of Colonel McDonald the Museum has continued 

 to enjoy the valuable co-operation, as curators, of several attaches of 

 the Commission, and collections made by the vessels of the Fish Com- 



*Au illustrated paper clescribiug this collection is being prepared by Paymaster 

 Ttpmsoii; and will be published in a future report of the Museum, 



