154 . REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 188G. 



Brown, Arthur Edwin, Superintendent Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia, Pa.: 1 speci- 

 men of Whitney's Owl, In the llesh. (Gift.) 



Brown, Arthur Edwin, Superintendent Zoological Gardens, Philadelphia, Pa.: 1 East 

 Indian Parakeet, Palceornis eupatrim, in the flesh. (Gift.) 



Coale, H. K., Chicago, 111.: 26 specimens, 44 species, chiefly from South America and 

 India, among them several species not heretofore represented in the collections 

 of the Museum. (Exchange.) 



Hamlin, J. P., Washington, I). G: 2 livo young Syrnium nchulosum, from Montgomery 

 County, Md. (Gift.) 



Llargitt, Edward, Chisivick, England:* 105 specimens, 41 species, mostly water-birds 

 from France and the Orkneys. 2 fine specimens of Mtgaleatria .skua, J and 9, 

 are especially noteworthy. (Exchange.) 



Johnson, J. W., U. S. Signal Service,* Nushagakh, Alaska : 71 specimens, 19 species, 

 from Nushagakh, including 2 specimens of the recently discovered Plectrophenax 

 hypcrboreus. (U. S. Signal Service.) 



Duge's, Prof. Alfred, Guanajuato, Mexico. :* 28 specimens, 27 species, from southern 

 Mexico. (Gift.) 



Duge's, Prof. Alfred, Guanajuato, Mexico.:* 11 specimens, 11 species, from Mexico. 

 (Gift.) 



Eox, Dr. W. H., Washington, D. C. :* 7 specimens, G species, from New Hampshire. 

 (Exchange.) 



Gncsde, M. Louis, Museum VHerminier, Guadeloupe, West Indies:* 25 specimens, 22 

 species, mostly water birds from Goadalonpe. The most interesting is a specimen 

 of Speotyto guadeloupcnsis, a species new to the collection. (Gift.) 



Johnson, J. W., U. S. Signal Service, Nushagakh, Alaska: 34 specimens, 15 species, from 

 Nushagak ; nothing rare, hut the specimens are nicely prepared. (U. S. Signal 

 Service.) 



Jordan, Prof. D. S., President Indiana University, Bloomingion, Jnd.: 43 specimens, 37 

 species, from the Lower Amazon. Thirteen of these species are entirely new 

 to the collection. (Gift.) 



Lawrence, George N., New York City : Type specimen of Sporadinus hracei Lawr., from 

 Andros Island, Bahamas. (Gift.) 



Lloyd, W., Toyah, Tex. :t 9 specimens, 8 species, Passerine birds from Fort Davis, Tex. 

 (Gift.) 



Marshall, Henry, Laurel, Md. : 1 mounted specimen of the European Teal, Net I ion 

 crecea ( $ ad.), shot in the Potomac River, near Washington, in April, 1885. (Pur- 

 chased. ) 



Mason, Prof. 0. T., U. S. National Museum: 8 mutilated specimens of South Amer- 

 ican birds (3 species) used as ornamental appendages to an Indian belt. They 

 havo all been described as new by the curator, and are probably from an unex- 

 plored district of northern South America. (Department of Ethnology, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum.) 



Mai.nard, C. J., Boston, Mass. :| 10 specimens, 3 species, from Florida, among them a 

 line pair of Anas fulvigula. (Purchased.; 



The Mexican Geographical and Exploring Commission, § through Prof. F. Ferrari-Perez : 

 95 specimens, (mounted mostly in excellent style), 59 species, collected in the 

 States of Puebla and Vera Cruz, Mexico, forming part of the Mexican Govern- 

 ment exhibit at New Orleans. A very valuable acquisition, especially on ac- 

 count of the excellence of mounting. Several species are thus for the first time 

 added to the exhibition series, while many old and poorly mounted specimens 

 havo been replaced by those of the present collection. (Exchange.) 



* For complete list of specimens included in this accession,- see Accession List, Pt. V. 

 1 For further information concerning the specimens, see Accession List, Pt. V. 

 j: For list of specimens, see Accession List, Pt. v. 

 $For further information concerning this accession, see Accession List, Pt. V. 



