Mr. Percy R. Pyne has presented a collection of 

 Indian stone implements made by the late Hon. Brantz 

 Mayer, which were principally gathered by Prof. Nicol- 

 let, at the headwaters of the Mississippi. 



Mr. F. W. Stevens has presented one-half, and Mr. 

 GifTord Pinchot one-fourth of a series of similar imple- 

 ments from New York State, and Mr. Peter C. Cornell 

 has presented one-half and Mr. B. G. Arnold one- 

 fourth of another series from the mounds in Ohio. 



Prof. S. S. Haldemann, of Chickies, Pa., has presented 

 a rare collection of the dresses, weapons, and imple- 

 ments of the Indian tribes of British Guiana. Mr. 

 Jonathan Thorne has presented a celt or stone axe 

 found in its original handle, probably the only speci- 

 men on exhibition from the States bordering on the 

 Atlantic ocean. 



Mr. Thomas Cleneay, of Cincinnati, has presented 

 an important collection from the mounds in the Ohio 

 Valley. It consists of grooved axes, celts, pestles, flint 

 knives, and selected arrow heads, a detailed list of 

 which is given in the record of donations. 



Mr. James Terry, of Hartford, has availed himself 

 of the facilities the Museum affords for original inves- 

 tigation, and has brought his great archseological col- 

 lections to our laboratories. When packed for shipping- 

 it rilled one car and weighed five and a half tons. It 

 is the result of ten years assiduous collecting, supple- 

 mented with liberal purchases. The area from which 

 it has been gathered commences on the north at Con- 

 necticut and includes various parts of the coast States 

 to Alabama, and the interior States of Ohio, Indiana, 

 and Illinois. The series of stone implements from 

 Tennessee is very extensive. There are 800 pieces of 



