168 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



I). M. Etheridge, keeper Currituck Inlet Life-Saving Station; post-office, KnotVs Island, 

 N. C. (Accession 17240); catalogue 37790. A specimen in the flesh of the rare 

 shark, Hexanchns griscus, which has not previously been obtained on our 

 coast. 



I. Garrard, Frontenac, Minn. (Accession 17417) ; catalogue 37855. A head of the un- 

 spotted form' of the maskallonge, Esox nobilior. 



B. A. Golden, Washington, D. C. (Accession 17340); catalogue 37849. A fresh specimen 

 of the land-locked form of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar vnr. scbago, taken at 

 Ragety Point, lower Potomac River, in a trap-net, by the Faunce Brothers. 



JV. Grebniiski, Bering Island, Pacific Ocean.* (Accession 16878.) A fine collection of 

 fishes from Commander Islands, in Bering Sea, containing numerous valuable 

 species, which are at present under examination, 



Gwynn Harris, Washington, D. C. (Accession 17371) ; catalogue 37850. A tench, Tinea 

 vulgaris, caught in the Potomac River. 



Prof. O. P. Hay, Butler University, Irvington, Ind. (Accession 16219) ; catalogue 37360- 

 37365. A collection of Florida fishes containing types of several new species. 

 Zygonectes auroguttatus, Z. noilii, and Etheostoma davidsoni. 



Capf. M. 0. Haley, U. S. steamer ConvinA (Accession 16889) ; catalogue 37383-37385. 

 A small collection of Alaskan fishes., including Cottus quadricornis, which is now 

 a well established member of the Alaskan fauna. 



E. B. Hodge, Plymouth, N. H. (Accession 16728) ; catalogue 37357. A brook trout from 

 Lake Sunapee, 22 inches long, 6 inches deep, and weighing 5 pounds. This is 

 a Salvelinus of the oquassa type, showing few important characters by which it 

 may bo distinguished from the blue-back of Maine, except its enormous size. It 

 has been the subject of considerable discussion in the columns of the Forest 

 and Stream, as may be seen by referring to the bibliographical portion of my 

 report. 



E. B. Hodge, Plymouth, X. H. (Accession 16835) ; catalogue 37408-37410. Three addi- 

 tional specimens of the new type of Salvelinus, two females and one male, from 

 Sunapee Lake. 



Public Museum, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica. (Accession 17165) ; catalogue 

 37671-37746. Eighty-two specimens of fishes in duplicate, to bo identified, and a 

 representative of each species returned to the Jamaica Museum. Thirty-five spe- 

 cies were made out, several of which are new to this collection. 



W. B. Johnson, Macon, Ga.\ (Accession 17697) ; catalogue 37893. A specimen of the 

 scale carp, Cyprinus carpio, weighing 6£ pounds. 



Prof D. S. Jordan, Bloomington, Ind. § (Accession 17173) ; catalogue 37747-37750. This 

 small collection contained the type of Chcetodon aya and of HemirhombuB cethalion. 



Louis Lager, Aberdeen, Dak. (Accession 16921) ; catalogue 37391. Specimens of Pime- 

 phales promelas from an artesian well. 



William Montgomery, Verona, Mo. (Accession 17210); catalogue 37782-37784. Three 

 specimens of Rainbow trout, Salmo irideus, which were introduced into the Ozark 

 region of Missouri by the U S. Fish Commission. 



Prof. Felipe Poey, Havana, Cuba. (Accession 16292); catalogue 37411-37578. A very 

 large collection of West Indian fishes, among which are the following types: 

 Blennius descendens, Chilodipterus affinis, Holocentrum productus, Myxodesparadoxus 

 varius and lugubris, Antennarius inops, Pomacentrus niveatus, Pomacentrus brevirostris, 

 Lcptoconger perlongus, Tetrodon affinis, Labrosomus microlepidotus. This collection, 

 contains a very large uumber of species and is a very important addition to the 

 Museum. 



* For partial list of species see Accession List, Part V. 



t For further information concerning this accession, see Accession List, Part V. 

 t For further information concerning this accession, see Accession List, Part V. 

 § For further information concerning this accession see Accession List, Part V. 



