198 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



From Leverett M. Loorais, Chester, South Carolina, 7 specimens, 5 species, from South 

 Carolina. (Gift.) 



From American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 212 specimens, 63 spe- 

 cies, from Arizona. (Exchange.) 



From Leonharcl Stejneger, Smithsonian Institution, 8 specimens, 7 species, from Ari- 

 zona and New Mexico. (Collected for the Museum.) 



From Leverett M. Loomis, Chester, South Carolina, 33 specimens, 11 species, from 

 South Carolina. Five accessions. (Gift.) 



From Frank Burns, Bristol, Florida (U. S. Geological Survey), 1 Ivory-billed Wood- 

 pecker, and 1 Pileated Woodpecker, in the flesh, from Florida. (Purchased for 

 the Museum.) 



From A. Boucard, Paris. France, 1 specimen of the Magnificent Rifle Bird (Craspedo- 

 plwr a magnified), from New Guinea. (Purchased.) 



From R. Ridgway, Smithsonian Institution, 1 specimen of Greater Snow Goose (Chen- 

 hyperboreus nivalis), in the flesh. (Purchased for Museum in Washington market.) 



From R. Ridgway, Smithsonian Institution, 26 specimens, 9 species, chiefly from 

 Maryland. (Gift.) 



From R. Ridgway, Smithsonian Institution, 2 wild turkeys (Meleagris gallapavo), 

 purchased in the Washington market. (Two accessions.) 



From Dr. S. J. Call, Paso Robles, California, 55 specimens, 27 species, from Alaska. 

 (Gift.) (Through Mr. H. W. Elliott.) 



From Dr. Wm. C. Avery,- Greensborough, Alabama, 12 skins of Quiscalus, from Ala- 

 bama. (Gift.) 



From George B. Seunett, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1 specimen of Thryolliorus ludoi'icianus 

 lomitensis, new subspecies, from Texas. (Exchange.) 



From A. Nehrkorn, Riddagshausen, Braunschweig, Germany, 5 specimens, 5 species, 

 from Palawan. (Exchange.) 



From U. S. Fish Commission (through Col. Marshall McDonald, Commissioner), 226 

 specimens from islands off western Mexico, California, etc. 



From JamesT. Jones, Washington, District of Columbia, 1 Double-breasted Cormorant 

 (Phalacrocorax dilophus), from Potomac River. (Gift.) 



From Dr. James Rodman, Lexington, Kentucky, 1 Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina 

 superba), from New Guinea. (Purchased.) 



From George Marshall, Laurel, Maryland, 1 female Mallard Duck {Anas bosehas), from 

 Laurel, Maryland. (Gift.) 



From Dr. Joseph L. Hancock, Chicago, Illinois, 14 specimens, 14 species, from India. 

 (Gift.) 



From Rev. George B. Winton, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 4 specimens, 3 species, from 

 San Luis Potosi. (Gift.) 



From Ernest E. Thompson, Toronto, Canada, 15 specimens, 8 species, from Ontario. 

 (Exchange for courtesies.) 



From Dr. Juan Guudlach, Havana, Cuba, 18 specimens, 9 species, from Cuba. (Gift.) 



From Z. D. Gilman, Washington, District of Columbia, 1 Bald Eagle, in the flesh, from 

 Prince George's County, Maryland. (Gift.) 



From H. K. Coale, Chicago, Illinois, 1 Broad-winged Hawk with well-developed toe 

 and claw growing from the thigh. (Gift.) 



From George Marshall, Laurel, Maryland, 1 male Mallard and 1 male Hooded Mer- 

 ganser, in the flesh, from Laurel, Maryland. (Gift.) 



From Dr. W. C. Rives, Newport, Rhode Island, 2 skins of Yireo solitarius alticola, 

 from Whitetop Mountain, Virginia; new to the collection. (Gift.) 



From Dr. W. L. Abbott, Zanzibar, Africa, 577 specimens (number of species not yet 

 determined) from the region about Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. (Gift.) 



From Government of Nicaragua, 9 specimens, 9 species, from Nicaragua. (Gift.) 



From Dr. Alfred Duges, Guana] uato, Mexico, 4 specimens, 4 species, from Mexico. (Gift. ) 



From Dr. James C. Merrill, U. S. Army, Fort Reno Indian Territory, 4 specimens, 3 

 species, from Indian Territory. (Gift.) 



