148 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



{Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis), both from the District of Columbia, and the first cap- 

 tures of the respective forms east of the AUeghaaies. Also 4 specimens, 2 species, of 

 Flycatchers, from Michigan. (Gift.) 



C. W. Richmond, Washington, District of Columbia: A mounted specimen of the 

 Darter {Anhinga anhinga). (Exchange.) 



Robert Ridgway, Washington, District of Columbia : 15 specimens, 14 species, from 

 Gainesville, Virginia. (Gift.) 



C. B. Riker, New York City : 45 specimens, 43 species, from the Lower Amazon. 

 Many of these are types of new species described by the curator in the " Proceedings " 

 of the Museum. (Exchange for determining the species in his collection.) 



Jos6 N. Ravirosa : 14 specimens, 13 species, from the State of Tabasco, Mexico. 

 (Gift.) 



Henry Seebohm, London, England : 56 specimens, 22 species, mostly from the Old 

 World. This collection is a very interesting and valuable one, containing, as it does, 

 many species from Asia and Africa, hitherto unrepresented in our Museum, besides 

 large series of the more difficult Old World Plovers. Among the American birds con- 

 tained in the collection a speciuien of MeruJa murina, from Roraima, British Guiana, 

 recently described, and one of Rcumatopus leucopodtis, from the Falkland Islands, both 

 new to the Museum collection, deserve special mention. (Gift.) 



G. B. Sennett, New York City : 138 specimens, 34 species, from southern Texas. 

 (Exchange.) 



O. C. Smith, Tombstone, Arizona: A male Trogon ambiguus, from Arizona. (Gift.) 



Stavanger Museum, Stavanger, Norway : 20 specimens, 18 species, from Norway. 

 (Exchange.) 



Col. A. G. Tassin, U. S. Army, commander, Bedloe Island, New York: 260 speci- 

 mens, 40 species, in the iiesh, killed by flying against the electric light of the statue 

 of Liberty, (Gift.) 



Ernest E. Thompson,- Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 41 specimens, 21 species, from 

 Canada. (Gift.) 



Tokio Educational Museum, Tokio, Japan: 14 specimens, 11 species, from the Islands 

 of Idzu, Japan. Though small in number, this collection is extremely interesting as 

 coming from a group of islands hitherto unexplored. Mr. Namiye, of the Tokio Edu- 

 cational Museum, visted the Islands of Idzu during the early part of 1887. The 

 most interesting specimens are 3 Crow Pigeons (lanthdenas ianthina), and a pair of a 

 very distinct new species of Thrush which Mr. Stejneger has named Turdus ceUenops. 

 (Gift.) 



Charles H. Townsend, Washington, District of Columbia : 205 specimens, 96 species, 

 from Segovia River, Honduras. (Smithsonian exploration.) 



Charles H. Townsend, Washington, District of Columbia: 125 specimens, 63 species, 

 from Ruatan Island and Truxillo, Honduras. (Smithsonian exploration.) 



U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C: 179 specimens, 50 species, all collected 

 during the cruise of the Fish Commission schooner Grampus, Capt. J. W. Collins, by 

 Messrs. William Palmer and Frederic A. Lucas, of the National Museum. The collec- 

 tion is a valuable one, not only for the species collected, but also for the excellence 

 of their preparation. It contains many interesting species and plumages, especially 

 those of young birds. A pair of the Newfoundland Ptarmigan {Lagopus welchi) recently 

 described, and hitherto unrepresented in the Museum collection, deserve special men- 

 tion. 



U. S. Fish Commission, through Vinal N. Edwards, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts : 

 A large number of birds in the flesh, of which 14 specimens, representing 8 species, 

 mostly water birds, have been prepared. 



Dr. B. H.Warren, West Chester, Pennsylvania : 63 specimens, 3 species, from Chester 

 County, Pennsylvania, being series of Quiscalus quiscula and Agcla'ms phosniceus. 

 (Gift.) 



Jose ('. Zeledon, San Jos<?, Costa Rica: 3 Paradise Trogons (Pharomaorns costa- 

 ricetisis) in excellent plumage. (Purchased.) 



