42 EEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



the mode by which the knives and arrow-points are attached for every- 

 day use. 



'New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, are represented largely in the collec- 

 tions of Lieutenant Wheeler, and of Major Powell ; and a collection of 

 skins and eggs of birds, gathered in Southern Arizona, and presented 

 by Capt. Charles Bendire, of the United States Cavalry, has also proved 

 a very important addition to the treasures of the museum. Captain 

 Bendire, while stationed near Tucson, embraced the opportunity to make 

 complete collections of eggs of the Arizona birds, and among them are 

 many previously unknown to naturalists. With commendable liberality, 

 he has presented a series of these to the National Museum, which, from 

 their beauty of preparation and rarity, constitute a very acceptable 

 donation. 



Among the collections received from the West must not be omitted : 

 specimens of the salmon, trout, and other fresh-water fishes of the 

 Upper Sacramento, gathered by Mr. Livingston Stone, deputy United 

 States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. This gentleman has been, 

 engaged for two years on the McCload Eiver, near Mount Shasta, in 

 obtaining eggs of the Sacramento salmon for supplying the rivers and 

 lakes of the United States with this important food-fish, and he com- 

 bined with his other duties the securing of material for a complete 

 monograph of the salmonidae of the American continent. He has also 

 furnished some interesting ethnological specimens. 



The collections in the regions between the Mississippi Eiver and the 

 Atlantic, although from no one point of very great extent, have fur- 

 nished a considerable aggregate, and are especially rich in objects of 

 ethnology, to which special attention has been given during the year. 

 The number of donations in this department is very great, and will be 

 found recorded in detail in the accompanying list of contributions, the 

 principal States represented being Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, 

 Ehode Island, Maine, &c. 



Among the additions in other departments, we may specially men- 

 tion the collection of fishes by Mr, James W. Milner, also an assistant 

 of the United States Fish Commission, who has had special charge of 

 ascertaining the character of the fish, and reporting upon the fisheries 

 of the great lakes, and of the upper tributaries of the Mississippi. In 

 connection with this inquiry, Mr. Milner secured a very complete collec- 

 tion of food-fishes of the lakes and of the Ohio Eiver, which, in accord- 

 ance with law, have been sent to the jSTational Museum, and, it is hoped, 

 will form the basis of a work upon the subject. 



Having referred to the additions to the collections of the National 

 Museum from the Pacific coast, we have to record also very important 

 contributions from the labors of the United States Commission of Fish 

 and Fisheries. 



Of these full series are preserved in the National Museum for investi- 

 gation, and the great number of duplicates gathered for that special 



