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hill, form together the most complete and important contribution which 

 this department has lately received from any one faunal area. 



Navy Department and naval officers: From the Bureau of Navigation, 

 168 bottom samples from the sounding stations of the steamer Alba- 

 tross, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding, in the 

 Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, from January to May, 1884. Dur- 

 ing this period the Fish Commission steamer Albatross was temporarily 

 in the service of the Navy Department for surveying purposes, and the 

 specimen results obtained in soundings were afterwards transferred to 

 the Museum. From the same Bureau, many samples of ocean bottom 

 obtained by the IT. S. S. Enterprise during a cruise from the United 

 States to the Asiatic station via the Cape of Good Hope. 



From the Hydrographic Bureau, two jars of surface specimens col- 

 lected by the British bark Cashmere, during a voyage from Liverpool to 

 Calcutta and from Calcutta to San Francisco. 



From Dr. W. H. Jones, U. S. N., U. S. S. Wachusett, three valuable 

 collections of Echiuoderms and Crustaceans from various parts of the 

 Pacific Ocean, principally the Sandwich, Samoan, Society, Marquesas, 

 and Galapagos Islands, and the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Ecuador. 

 These contributions from Dr. Jones have been among the most inter- 

 esting received by this department during the past year. They con- 

 tain an exceedingly large number of specimens and species, carefully 

 preserved and labeled, and will supply many deficiencies in the collec- 

 tion, as well as replace numerous old and damaged specimens brought 

 in by the earlier expeditions to the same region. 



From the Greely relief party, Commander W. S. Schley, TJ. S. N., 

 commanding, aud Ensign C. S. McClain, U. S. N., naturalist of the 

 Alert: A collection of Crustaceans and other marine invertebrates from 

 the west coast of Greenland. 



From Lieut. H. H. Barroll, U. S. N., a finely preserved specimen of 

 Ranina, from Lamock Island, China. 



From Dr. M. H. Crawford, U. S. N., specimens of sea-urchins and 

 Hydroids from the west coast of Terra del Fuego. 



Capt. M. A. Healy, U. 8. R. M ., commanding the revenue cutter Corwin, 

 on the Pacific coast : An interesting collection of marine invertebrates 

 from the northwestern coast of Alaska, preserved in alcohol. The major- 

 ity of the specimens were obtained by dredging in depths of 10 to 32 

 fathoms, between G5° 49' 15" and 71° 02' north latitude, and 157° 46' 

 and 109° 04' 30" west longiude. A few also were from the shore. 



President JJ. 8. Jordan, of Indiana University: Collection of Crusta- 

 ceans aud Echiuoderms from Key West, Florida. 



McKesson & liobbins, New York: A collection of sponges, including 

 all the Mediterranean commercial varieties and many from Florida. 

 This collection contains several interesting specimens illustrating the 

 mode of growth and attachment of sponges, and, together with the 

 series already furnished by the same dealers and others, furnishes the 



