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mens of a turbot (Lota maculosa) and of tbe blistering beetles (Upicauta 

 maculata). 



Lieut. H. 0. Benson, IT. S. Army, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, sent sev- 

 eral collections of birds' eggs and bird-skins. 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow, U. S. Army, sent samples of food used by the In- 

 dians of Venezuela, and reptiles from the Island of Trinidad. 



Charles Ruby, U. S. Navy, sent some natural concretions, some fossils, 

 and a Civet cat. 



Sergt. S. Applegate, U. S. Signal Corps, sent from Unalaska, Alaska, 

 a large collection of ethnological objects, Crustacea, insects, and grasses. 



Acknowledgment is here made for the continued service of Dr. H. C. 

 Yarrow and Capt. C. E. Bendire as honorary curators, the former of the 

 Department of Eeptiles and the latter of the Department of Birds Eggs. 



NAVY DEPARTMENT. 



The Secretary of the Navy rendered a most important service to the 

 National Museum and to science by detailing the U. S. S. Mohican, 

 Commander Benjamin F. Day, to obtain a collection of stone images 

 and archaeological objects from Easter Island. 



Lieut. Seth M. Ackley, U. S. Navy, sent a fragment from the " Great 

 Wall" of China. 



Lieut. W. C. Babcock, U. S. Navy, sent barnacles found attached to a 

 wreck at Payta, Peru, and a fish. 



Lieut. L. A. Beardslee sends a specimen of fungus. 



A collection of silver and copper coins were given by Lieut. T. Dix 

 Bolles. 



Surgeon N. McP. Ferebee, U. S. S. Trenton, sent a large collection of 

 fishes, marine invertebrates, reptiles, and insects from Japan, China, 

 and Corea. 



Capt. E. P. Henderson sent a collection of Eskimo clothing from Point 

 Barrow, Alaska. 



Lieut. J. F. Moser, U. S. Navy, of the Coast Survey steamer A. D. 

 Bache, sent two collections of marine invertebrates from the west coast 

 of Florida. 



Lieut. H. E. Nichols, commanding U. S. S. Pinta, sent a collection of 

 reptiles, Crustacea, worms, echinoderms, and fishes. 



Lieut. R. E. Peary, U. S. Navy, gave a collection of shells, minerals, 

 volcanic rock, fish, mineral dust, etc. 



Lieut. George M. Stoney, U. S. Navy, sent a large collection of nests, 

 ethnological objects, mammals, insects, plants, bird-skins, birds' eggs, 

 and a suit worn by the donor while in Alaska. 



Lieut. E. H. Taunt, U. S. Navy, sent a collection of knives, spears, 

 shields, etc. ; native cloth, embroidered and dyed, from Central Africa. 



Paymaster E. B. Webster, U. S. Navy, sent a Chilkaht drum, Tinne 

 Indian snow-shoes, and a fishing catamaran, full rigged, from Pernam- 

 buco, Brazil. 



Ensign A. P. Niblack, U. S. Navy, sent from Alaska the skin of a 



