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mission. A large collection of British Columbian and Alaskan species, 

 collected by the steamer Albatross, was also received from the U. S. 

 Fish Commission, as well as a type series of fishes collected in Colo- 

 rado, Utah, and Kansas, in the summer of 1889, by Dr. D. S. Jordan and 

 party. A small collection of Mexican fishes, containing a new species 

 of Algansea, was received from Prof A. Duges. Collections from San 

 Diego Bay, etc., containiug 17 new forms, were received from Dr. and 

 Mrs. C. EL Eigenmann. A very large collection was received from the 

 United States Eclipse Expedition of 1889 to West Africa, collected by 

 Mr. W. H. Brown. A box of Percoid fishes from the Australian Mu- 

 seum of Sydney, in exchange for American fishes, was also received. 

 A complete list of accessions for the year ending June 30, 1890, is as 

 follows : 



July 10, 1889. — Accession 22195 ; Cat. No. 41045 : One large stuffed skin of sawfish, 

 Pristis pectinatus, from the U. S. Fish Commission. 



July 15. — Accession 22211; Cat. No. 41046: One fresh-water sculpin, Uranidea rich- 

 ardsoni, from Virginia. By Dr. H. C. Yarrow. 



July 20. — Accession 22231 ; Cat. No. 41047 : One specimen of Nomeus gronovii, taken at 

 Menemshe Bight, near Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. By V. N. Edwards. 



July 23. — Accession 22242 ; Cat. No. 41049 : One specimen of bat fish, Malthe cubifrons, 

 from Florida. By V. O. Spencer. 



July 26. — Accession 22246 ; Cat. No. 41048 : One specimen of Elacate Canada (head), 

 from Center Market, AVashingtou, District of Columbia. By R. A. Golden. 



July 31. — Accession 22255; Cat. Nos. 41050, 41051 : Two fresh trigger fish, Ualistes cap- 

 riscus, from Wickford, Rhode Island. By George A. Lewis. 



August 26. — Accession 22298; Cat. Nos. 41058-41126: Box of alcoholic specimens of 

 fishes, 45 species, represented by 89 specimens, from Switzerland. By the fed- 

 eral department of industry and agriculture, Berne, Switzerland. 



August 26. — Accession 22301 ; Cat. No. 31987 : A small collection of fishes, made in the 

 vicinity of Washington. By Mr. H. W. Henshaw. 



September 6. — Accession 22329; Cat. Nos. 41056, 41057: Three fresh scabbard fish, 

 Tricliiurus lepiurus, and one specimen of Selene vomer, taken at Piney Point, 

 Maryland, in seine of Edgar Poe. Received from Gwynn Harris. 



September 26. — Accession 22383; Cat. No. 41128: One fresh Tricliiurus lepturus, taken 

 in Narragansett Bay. Received from George A. Lewis. 



October 4. — Accession 22404 ; Cat. No. 41127 : One fresh specimen of sheepshead, Dip- 

 lodus probatocephalus, from Chesapeake Bay. By Wm. P. Seal, U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



October 10. — Accession 22423 ; Cat. Nos. 41129-41131 : Two fresh specimens of chain 

 pickerel, Esox reticulatus. aud one specimen of Cynoscion regale, from the U. S. 

 Fish Commission, Washington, District of Columbia. 



October 15.— Accession 22447; Cat. Nos. 41132-41171 and 41174-41494; Three tank 

 boxes and one 8-gallou tank, containing a large collection of fishes from the Gal- 

 apagos Islands, Panama, etc.; in which were many types of new species. Col- 

 lected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross during the spring and 

 summer of 1888. Paper, based upon these, published in Proceedings, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum. 



October 18. — Accession 22456; Cat. No. 41593: One specimen of anchovy, Stolcplwrus 

 delicatissimus, from San Diego, California. By C. R. Orcutt. 



October 30. — Accession 22499; Cat. Nos. 41551-41567: A small collection of fishes 

 from the Samoan Islauds, made by Dr. C. H. White, Medical Inspector, U S. 

 Navy. 



