78 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



erously presented to the Museum some very interesting and valuable 

 collections, among which are skins and skulls of large and small animals, 

 including rhinoceros and buffalo heads, wart-hogs and antelopes, from 

 the vicinity of Mount Kilima-Njaro ; ethnological objects, including 

 swords, daggers, knives, shields, arrows, clubs, wooden dishes, bowls, 

 spoons, clothing, war-cap, basket-work, beaded belts, neck-rings, arm- 

 lets and anklets, ear-ornaments, snuff-horns, medicine-girdle, a collec- 

 tion of insects, birds' skins, fishes, shells, head of snake, alcoholic rep- 

 tiles, and skin of crocodile. 



Specimens of South African tortoises, and alcoholic specimens of tor- 

 toises and chameleons, were placed in the hands of Mr. William Harvey 

 Brown, for the National Museum, by Kev. George H. E. Fisk. 



A collection of Ooleoptera from South Africa was received from Mr. 

 John H. Brady, of Cape Town, through Mr. William Harvey Brown. 



From Mr. P. L. Jouy, U. S. National Museum, was received a speci- 

 men of garnet gravel, from the Kimberly diamond mines. 



From the Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, was received in exchange 

 a collection of ethnological objects from South Africa. 



A collection of marine and land shells from the Gaboon River was 

 received from Mr. J. M. Griggs, of Brooklyn, New York. 



A large and varied collection, gathered from various parts of Africa 

 and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, was received from Mr. William 

 Harvey Brown. This collection consists of minerals, alcoholic and dry 

 shells, alcoholic and dry birds, alcoholic birds for skeletons, alcoholic 

 Crustacea, echinoderms, worms, snakes, lizards, fishes, mammal skins, 

 and alcoholic mammals, alcoholic sea- weed, alcoholic and dry insects, 

 plants, ethnological objects, fish-trap and spear, rocks, birds' eggs, 

 etc. In making this collection Mr. Brown was materially assisted by 

 the officers and seamen of the U. S. S. Pensacola. A carefully prepared 

 report upon the collection will be published in the Proceedings of the 

 National Museum, and a preliminary list will be found further on under 

 the head of Explorations. The papers forming this report are the 

 results of the work of the curators among whom the different speci- 

 mens were distributed. 



AMEEICA. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



BRITISH AMERICA. 



British Columbia. — A large and valuable collection of ethnological 

 and natural-history objects, from the vicinity of Stewart's Lake and 

 Fort St. James, was presented by Mr. R. MacFarlaue, who for many 

 years has been one of the most valued contributors to the Museum. 



Four skins of Mountain-goat were presented by Mr. George Bird 

 Grinnell, of New York City. These were collected by the donor in 

 British Columbia. 



