754 REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Gilbert, Prof. Charles H. (Cincinnati, Ohio), presented a collection of fishes from 

 the vicinity of Cincinnati. 20670. 



Gilder, Eichard W. (See under Augustus St. Gaudens 20084.) 



Gilliam, R, (Petersburgh, Virginia), presented a "Queen Anne" shilling of Great 

 Britain, 1711. 20387. 



GiLLiLAND, A. L. (Mead Centre, Kansas), presented a photograph of an " idol " from 

 New Mexico. 19392. 



Glennan, Dr. P. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a living specimen 

 of Virginia Deer, Cariacus virginianus, from Florida. 20464. 



GODMAN, M. M. (Dayton, Columbia County, Washington), sent ore for examination 

 and report. 19735. 



GODMAN, T. D., and 0. Salvin (Loudon, England), presented a valuable collection 

 of Coleoptera, containing named Carabidce and Longicornia from Central Amer- 

 ica, determined by H. W. Bates and typical of many of the species described in 

 the "Biologia Centrali Americana. " 20007. 



GOFF, Hon. N. (Seeunder Jacob Whitlach, 20426.) 



Golden, E. A. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a siiecimen of Trigger 

 Fish, Balistes eaprisous, from Virginia Beach. 20724. 



GoLDFUSS, Otto (Halle an der Saale, Germany), sent ninety species of land and 

 fresh-water shells from Asia Minor, Greece, and the Crimea. 20372. 



GOODALL, F. H. (Washington, District of Columbia), presented a fragment of a 100- 

 pound shell, found imbedded in a sycamore tree on the farm of J. S. Fenwick. 

 near Washiugtou, a relic of the war of 1861-'65, 20811. 



GoODE, G. Brown (Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, in charge of United 

 States National Museum), presented a Wood Thrush, Turdus mustelinus, killed by 

 flying against the telegraph wires in Smithsonian grounds (19568) ; a Wood 

 Eabbit, Lepus sylvaticiis, from the District of Columbia (20.580) ; aud an Arkansas 

 bowie-knife (20757); deposited old Japanese armor, consisting of two cuirasses, 

 twotaces (odd), two i)airs epauliers (mates), one pair brassarts, one pair greaves, 

 two greaves (odd), one jjiece of brassart, one convre de_ nuque, one flat helmet, 

 .•i.vid two neck pods, nineteen pieces in all (20368) ; and purchased, on behalf of 

 .e Museum, lacquerware, porcelain, and bronzes (20197). 



Goss, N. S. (Topeka, Kansas), x^resented two new species of Sula (two specimens of 

 each) from California; also eggs of Sula brewsteri Goss, S. gossi Eidg., and 

 Phaelhon cclhereiis, from San Pedro Martin Island, California (20540); and sent 

 bird skins for examination and report (19389). 



Gould, A. L. (Watertown, New York), sent a fragment of the breast-bone of ahorse 

 for examination aud report. 19809. 



GoWARD, GusTAV (Washington, District of Columbia), deposited a Corean i^ipe-stem 

 and twenty-five original sketches by Japanese artists. 19374. 



Gramm, Otto (Laramie, Wyoming), presented a specimen of Eocky Mountain White- 

 fish, Coregonus Williamsoni. 19650. 



Grant-Bey, Dr. James (Cairo, Egypt), presented a most valuable collection of ethuo- 

 ' logical and other objects. Among these may be mentioned : Gold ornaments of 

 Thothmes III., 1600 B. C, bought in Cairo some years before the discovery of the 

 mummies at Deir el Bahari ; flower of the lotos of Upper Egypt, Nymplicea ceru- 

 lea ; mummied hawk ; modern Arabic almanac for the year of Heijra 1300 ; aro- 

 matic substance taken from the abdomen of a mummy at Thebes ; piece of a glass 

 ornament from a sarcophagus of the nineteenth dynasty ; mosaic from Leptis 

 Magna; model of a head-rest iu hematite, twenty-ninth dynasty; beetle from 

 Thebes; cat made of copper, and symbolical of Pasht, the later form of the god- 

 dess Sekhet; coin from the kiugdom of Harrar, southeast of Abyssinia; early 

 Turkis,h coin upon which is inscribed "In name of God most compassionate;" cali- 



