92 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM 3 1890. 



SWITZERLAND. 



- The Federal Department of Industry and Agriculture presented a 

 collection of alcoholic specimens of fishes, comprising 89 specimens, 

 representing 45 species. 



TURKEY. 



Constantinople. — A Hebrew sacrificial platter, made in Constantinople 

 and used in the celebration of the Passover, was purchased from Dr. 

 Friedeuwald, of Baltimore, Maryland. 



OCEANICA. 



AUSTRALASIA. 



AUSTRALIA. 



The Department of Agriculture, through Dr. 0. V. Eiley, entomolo- 

 gist, sent a collection of insects, gathered in Australia and New Zea- 

 land by Mr. A. Koebele, agent of the Department. This collection 

 comprises 1,158 specimens, representing 342 species of Coleoptera, 

 Hemiptera, and Orthoptera. 



New South Wales. — From the Australian Museum, through Mr. Ed- 

 ward Eamsay, director, were received, in exchange, 44 specimens of per- 

 coid fishes, representing 34 species. 



NEW CALEDONIA. 



From the Ethnological Museum, Berlin, were received ethnological 

 specimens from this and other regions. 



NEW GUINEA. 



M. A. Boucard, of Paris, France, presented to the Department of 

 Birds a specimen of Manucodia atra. 



MALAYSIA. 



Macassar (Celebes). — A living Macaque monkey, brought to the United 

 States by the U. S. S. Brooklyn, was presented by Mr. S. Briggs, of 

 of Washington, District of Columbia. 



POLYNESIA. 



HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



From Kiug Kalakaua, through Hon. I). A. McKinley, His Majesty's 

 consul-general at San Francisco, was received a supposed fossil tooth 

 for examination and report. 



From Mrs. Sybil Carter, of Washington, District of Columbia, was 

 received a collection of ethnological objects, consisting of a feather- 

 plume, hat, wallet, fan, bowl, anklet, Tapa club, carrying-club, photo- 

 graphs, etc., and a specimen of Peles 1 hair from the Hawaiian volcanoes. 



