56 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



Mineral collections were contributed by George P. Merrill, of the 

 National Museum ; T. T. Lamb, of Portland ; "8. H. Berry, of South 

 Paris ; H. M. Meling, of Portland, and E. M. Bailey, of Andover. 



William Herrick, of Swan's Island, contributed some fishes and sea- 

 snails. 



Maryland. — A large number of birds and other zoological specimens 

 from various places in this State were sent by Dr. T. IT. Bean, U. S. 

 National Museum ; George L. Meazell, of Middlebrook ; John P. Ham 

 liu, of Washington, D. G. ; George Marshall, of Laurel ; II. M. Smith, 

 U. S. National Museum ; L. M. Turner, Smithsonian Institution ; J. D. 

 Farden, of Washington ; Gwynn Harris, of Washington, D. C, and J. 

 II. Tolbcrt, of Havre do Grace. 



Geological contributions were received from Michael Dooley, of Lon- 

 aconing ; Dr. F. M. Chatard, of Baltimore, and G. E. Coffin, of Muir- 

 kirk. 



A collection of coins of the United States, Germany, Great Britain, 

 and Ireland was obtained from Palph Collier, of Laurel. 



Massachusetts. — An exchange of rocks was effected by Mr. G. P. 

 Merrill with Prof. W. O. Crosby, of Boston, and with Prof. B. K. Emer- 

 son, of Amherst. Mr. C. W. Chamberlain, of Boston ; Mr. E. C. Green- 

 wood, of Nantucket ; and Mr. Willard Nye, jr., of Isew Bedford, con- 

 tributed birds. Mr. J. Henry Blake, of Cambridge, sent parasitic cope- 

 pods from Proviucetown. From Captain Doane, Mr. Henry M. Low, of 

 Pockport, and Mr. W. A. Wilcox, of Gloucester, were received fish. A 

 grooved stone implement from Vineyard Haven was sent by Mr. 

 Thomas Lee, of the U. S. Fish Commission. Specimens of feather- work, 

 which had been exhibited at the New Orleans Exposition, were received 

 from Milton J. Flood, ot Sterling. Mr. William Brewster, of Cam- 

 bridge, forwarded bird-skins for examination and report. 



Michigan. — Geological specimens. were received from F. W. Noble, of 

 Detroit. 



An interesting series of materia medica specimens was sent by Fred- 

 erick Stearns & Co., of Detroit. 



A. P. Dodge, of East Saginaw, presented a specimen of Ermine, 

 Putorius erminea, in the flesh. 



Minnesota.^- A collection of minerals and rocks, exhibited at the New 

 Orleans Exposition by the State of Minnesota, was afterwards presented, 

 to the National Museum by Prof. N. H. Wmchell, of Saint Paul, who 

 also sent a specimen of Duluth gabbro. From H. D. Gurney, of Saint 

 Paul, were received samples of red granite. 



Mississippi. — An interesting series of specimens illustrating negro 

 manufacture, exhibited at the New Orleans Exposition, was presented 

 by General Stephen D. Lee and Professor Phares. 



A botanical contribution was received from Hon. James L. George, 

 United States Senator. 



Fossils from the Colorado group of the Cretaceous were sent by Miss 

 May Hal stead, of Lexington. 



