752 KEPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Fish Commission, United States— Continued. 



Bird skins: Oide7nia deglandii -dnd Pleclroplienax nivalis. 20317. 



Specimens of tlie Ked Cross-bill, Loxia curcirostra, and the Pine Siskin, Spiiius 

 pinus. (Through Vinal N. Edwards, Wood's Holl, Massachusetts.') 2040.^. 



A set of the publications of the U. S. Fish Commission exhibited at the London 

 Fisheries Exhibition. 20411. 



Ked Polls: Acanthis linaria and A. I. holboellli. (Through Vinal N. Edwards, 

 Wood's Holl, Massachusetts.) 20414. 



Porpoise, Lagenorhynchus aculus, from Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. (Through 

 Vinal N. Edwards.) 20(537. 



Birds from Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. (Through Vinal N. Edwards.) 20643. 



Sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, from Fort Washington, Maryland. 20659. 



Dusky Shearwater, Fuffiims siricklandi, from Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. 

 (Through Vinal N. Edwards. ) 20673. 



Porpoise, Lagenorhynchus acutus. 20680. 



A living epecimeuof Loon. (Through Vinal N, Edwards, Wood's Holl, Massachu- 

 setts.) 20737. 

 (See also under Capt. Z. L. Tanner, 19397 ; Messrs. Skinner & Sons, 20.547.) 

 Fisher, Dr. A. K. (Department of Agriculture), presented eleven birds'nests and 



eighty-five birds'eggs (19758) ; two specimens of Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo borealis, 



from Sandy Spring, Maryland (19863, 20432), and a living specimen of American 



Cross-bill (20169). 

 Flaxman, H. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), presented specimens of unbaked j)ottery, 



showing diiferent stages in the manufacture of au inkstand. 20558. 

 Fleming, J. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), presented vessels and toys, from near 



Armenia, Salvador; from the collection of A. J. Sherzer ; also fragments of pot- 

 tery, from Salvador (19701); and Indian arrows, from Costa Rica (19819). 

 Fletcher, Dr. Robert, U. S. Army (Army Medical Museum), presented an agate 



seal-handle. 20080. 

 FOLSOM, Dr. J. W. (Atoka, Indian Territory), sent indurated clay for examination 



and rejiort. 19434. 

 FoOTE, A. E. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), sent a collection of minerals. (A portion 



of the collection was purchased.) 20516. 

 Forbes, R. B. (Boston, Massachusetts), presented water-colors and photographs of 



ships (20441); two models of life-boats (20704); and a model of boat provided with 



adjustable wheels for transportation overland ; a device of the donor (20821). 

 FORBUSH, E. H. (Worcester, Massachusetts), lent bird skins for comparison and 



study at the request of the Curator of Birds. 20576. 

 Ford, Frank (Washington, District of Columbia), jiresented a living specimen of 



Loon, Colymhus torquatus. 20453. 

 Foruestell, James (Bozeman, Montana), sent a collection of rocks. 20186. 

 FoRRiSTER, George B. (New York City), presented a decoction of the leaves and 



root of a plant, a supposed antidote for the bite of rattlesnake. 19928. 

 FoRSBERG & Murray. (See under R. J. Thompson, 19636.) 

 Foster, Mrs. Mary F, (Washington, District of Columbia), presented an Undulated 



Grass Parrakeet, Melopbittacus undulatus. 19558. 

 Fox, Dr. W. H. (Washington, District of Columbia),- presented eleven specimens of 



birds, representing eight species (19668) ; also sixty-five specimens of birds from 



Hollis, New Hampshire (19704). 

 Francis, Joseph (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a piece of timber 



from the ship Ayrshire, wrecked on the coast of New Jersey. 20391. 



Fraser, Charles A. (St. Domiugo, West Indies), sent balsam of Pterocarpus draco, 

 ^ud leaves of a plant, for examination and report. 20698. 



