Report on abandonment of Fort Des Moines, by Col. George Croghan;

manuscript purchased.

Republican State Convention, 1885; ticket of admission to; presented by Miss Grace Cooper, Des Moines.

Savery, Annie M.; diploma conferring degree of Bachelor of Laws, Iowa State University, June 29, 1875.

Seventeenth General Assembly; photograph of members of House of Representatives; presented by family of James Doty, Macksburg,

Iowa.

Shiloh Controversy-In the matter of a contest of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa Regiments for a change in the inscription of monuments at Shiloh; review of the evidence by Gen. F. C. Ainsworth; order of the Secretary of War, disallowing the claim; presented by D. W. Reed, Secretary Shiloh National Military Park Commission. Shiras, O. P.; autograph letter.

Sioux City Associated Charities; organization of; F. H. Garver.

Spirit Lake Expedition; manuscript relating to.

Stevenson, C. H.; letter from Libby Prison. (Copy.)
Street, Gen. J. M.; letter to Gen. Montfort Stokes, 1833.

(Copy.)

Street, W. B.; personal recollections of the Black Hawk War; manuscript.

Stuart, A. A.; steel portrait of; presented by George Probst, New York City.

Taft, William H.; large photograph, signed and dated.

Taylor, Hawkins; 40 letters and miscellaneous papers from correspondence of.

Taylor Hawkins; two brief notes by.

Thirtieth General Assembly; book of autograph signatures of members of; presented by Emory H. English.

Train Orders (3), 1883; C., R. I. & P. trip passes (3); tickets (2); letters of recommendation, C., R. I. & P., 1887; Central Iowa (2), 1881; presented by Ralph E. Nutting, Mason City, Iowa.

Twenty-eighth General Assembly; book of autographs of members. Twenty-fifth General Assembly; photographs of members of Senate; presented by W. S. Dungan, Chariton, Iowa.

Twenty-fourth General Assembly; book of autographs of members. Twenty-fourth Iowa Infantry; history of; corrections to; by C. L. Lucas. Union-Republican Ticket, Iowa, 1865; presented by Mrs. Minerva C. Day, Des Moines, Iowa.

United States House of Representatives; book of autographs of members, 1865-1866; presented by Welker Given, Des Moines, Iowa.

White, Dr. Charles A.; manuscript of biographical memoir of Charles Christopher Parry.

Wilson, James F.; letter to Dunham, April 23, 1868.

Winchester, S. G.; portrait of; presented by Mrs. S. G. Winchester.

Woodworth, Robert S.; in memoriam; small volume.

ADDITIONS TO THE ART GALLERY.

OIL PORTRAITS.

Adams, Mrs. Mary Newbury; wife of Judge Austin Adams; painted by Caroline Thurber; presented by the family.

Byers, S. H. M.; Iowa soldier and author; United States Consul; painted by Charles Atherton Cumming.

Campbell, Alexander; scholar and preacher; painted by George D. Chiswick; presented by the Christian Church of Iowa.

Douglass, Frederick; negro statesman and reformer; painted by Freeman A. Thorpe; presented by William Coalson and other Iowa admirers of Douglass.

Durley, Mrs. Ella Hamilton; Iowa writer; a founder of the Des Moines Home for the Aged; painted by I. S. Proper.

Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell; member of congress; founder of Grinnell, Iowa; presented by Mrs. Mary Grinnell Mears and Mrs. Carrie Grinnell Jones. Grinnell, Mrs. J. B.; presented by Mrs. Mary Grinnell Mears and Mrs. Carrie Grinnell Jones.

Hunter, John D.; journalist and state legislator; painted by A. Montgomery; presented by the family.

Larrabee, William; governor; painted by Charles Atherton Cumming. Larrabee, Mrs. William; painted by Charles Atherton Cumming.

Lenihan, Mathias C.; Iowa Roman Catholic priest; bishop of Great Falls, Montana; painted by H. Carling.

Lenihan, Thomas M.; Iowa Roman Catholic priest; bishop of Cheyenne. Wyoming; painted by M. Paul.

Lewis, Wilson S.; educator; bishop M. E. Church; painted by W. L. Reasor; presented by Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa.

McCall, Thomas C.; Iowa pioneer and legislator; painted by Charles Atherton Cumming; presented by the family.

Merritt, Col. H. H.; pioneer journalist and soldier; presented by W. H. Merritt.

Polk, Jefferson S.; lawyer and capitalist; painted by William Patterson; presented by the Polk estate.

Richardson, D. N.; Iowa soldier and writer; Commissioner Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument; painted by Charles Atherton Cumming. Richardson, J. J.; journalist; painted by Charles Atherton Cumming Swalm, Col. Albert W.; Iowa journalist; United States Consul; painted by H. B. Norris.

Turner, Dr. M. P.; early Des Moines financier; presented by Mrs. M. P. Turner.

Walker, John Grimes; Rear Admiral U. S. Navy; painted by Robert Hinckley.

Weaver, James B.; soldier; member of Congress; Presidential candidate; painted by Charles Atherton Cumming; presented by friends of General Weaver.

McGarraugh, Alexander; pastel portrait; soldier and pioneer; presented by J. D. McGarraugh, Des Moines.

Savery, Mrs. J. C.; pastel portrait by Sarony; presented by James C. Savery, Jr.

ADDITIONS TO MUSEUM-MISCELLANEOUS.

Birds collected by T. Van Hyning for the Museum:

Baltimore Oriole,

male; Brown Thrasher, pair; Black-Capped Chickadee, pair; Philadel-
phia Vireo, male; Warbling Vireo, female; Blue-headed Vireo, male;
Nashville Warbler, male; Rose-breasted Grosbeak, two males, female;
American Robin, male; Northern Flicker, female; American Gold-
finch, pair; Blue Jay, male; Screech Owl, female; Downy Wood-
pecker, male; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, male; Slate-colored Junco, pair;
Leconte's Sparrow, male; Myrtle Warbler, pair; Song Sparrow, pair;
European House Sparrow, male; Nelson's Sparrow, male; Fox Spar-
row, pair; Harris Sparrow, pair; Hermit Thrush, male; White-
breasted Nuthatch, female; Sharp-tailed Sparrow, female; White-
throated Sparrow, pair; White-crowned Sparrow, immature; Long
Eared Owl, pair; Golden-crowned Kinglet, male.

Birds (5) mounted; Mrs. Frank Wightman, Chicago, Ill. Presented.
Green Heron, Ardea virescens Linnæus; Florence Perry, Des Moines, Iowa.
Presented.

Least Bittern, Ardetta exilis Gmelin, female; William Atkinson, Des
Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Parrots: Double-fronted Amazon, Psittacus le vaillanti Russel; Yellow-
naped Amazon, Psittacus auripalliatus Lesson; Blue-fronted Amazon,
Psittacus amazonicus Russel; Red-throated White-fronted Amazon,
Psittacus leucocephalis Linnaeus; Gray Parrot, Psittacus erithacus
Linnaeus; Iowa Bird Company, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.
Screech Owl, Megascops asio Linnaeus; Francis Jackson, Des Moines,
Iowa. Presented.

Snakes (4), fossils (2), Millerite geode, Blackcrowned Night Heron,
Nycticorax Nycticorax Linnaeus; Whooping Crane, Grus americana
Linnaeus; Virginia Deer, Odocoileus americanus Erxleben; Bat; pair
Boar tusks; a number of bones and dried animals; Dr. J. M. Shaffer,
Keokuk, Iowa. Presented.

Fish. 150 living fish for aquariums.

George A. Lincoln, State Fish and

Game Warden, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Presented.

Gila Monster, Heliderma suspectum Cope. Casper Smith, Des Moines,
Iowa. Presented.

Insects, small bottles of. F. L. Barnett, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.
Tarantula. Charles Webb, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus Cuvier and Valenciennes. I. E. Tone, Des
Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Toad, large. Bufo lentiginosus. Shaw.

iron, crystals and cone in cone. G.
Presented.

Fossil coal plants. Pyrites of

A. Larson, Des Moines, Iowa.

Water Dog, Necturus maculosus Rafinesque. V. H. Holmberg, Des Moines Iowa.

Presented.

Wolf Eel, Anarrhichthys occellatus Ayres. From Pacific coast. Boston Market, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Mammals collected by T. Van Hyning for the Museum: Chipmunk, female; Prairie Squirrel, male; Striped Gopher, female; Shrew, female; Rat, male; Mouse, pair.

Albino Gopher, Geomys bursarius Shaw. W. J. Parr, Maxwell, Iowa. Presented.

Albino Squirrel skin, Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin. James Moonan, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

American Wild Cat, Lynx rufus Guldenstadt, 2 specimens; Board of Park Commissioners, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Bison, Bison americanus Bosc. Male. Board of Park Commissioners, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Bison, Bison americanus Bosc. Larger part of skeleton of. W. F. Jenkinson, Algona, Iowa.

Presented.

Canada Lynx, Lynx canadensis Desmarest.

York City. Presented.

William T. Hornaday, New

Ferret. Louie Wieland, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Opossum. Specimen of an undetermined species of, from the South Sea Islands. Arnold H. Kambly, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Derby's Opossom. Diedelphys derbiana (3). From Honduras. M. H. Beardsley, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.

Virginia Deer, Odocoileus americanus Erxleben, young.

Peter H. Lam

bert, Park Superintendent, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.
Ox Shoe. J. McGarraugh, Des Moines, Iowa. Presented.
Ox Shoe. J. D. McFarland, Boone, Iowa. Presented.
Surveyor's Compass.

sented.

Judge W. H. McHenry, Des Moines, Iowa.

Pre

Copper warming pan brought from near Augusta, Maine, in 1857, by S. R. Jepson. A. R. Branson, New Sharon, Iowa. Presented.

Old porcelain plate and Philippine dagger. J. D. Jayne, Des Moines,
Iowa. Loaned.

Frow and sickle. George C. Duffield, Keosauqua, Iowa. Presented.
Glass bottle and flax hatchel. E. R. Harlan, Keosauqua, Iowa. Presented.
Grape vine grain cradle. M. A. Allison, Deep River, Iowa. Presented.
Split matches, part of a bunch of; discarded seal of Van Buren county,
Iowa; two Des Moines Horse Car checks. E. R. Harlan, Keosauqua,
Iowa. Presented.

Wooden canteen of the 1812 period. W. E. Hamilton, Des Moines, Iowa.
Presented.

Loaned.

Melodian. Mrs. Maria L. Holmes, Los Angeles, Cal.
Loom for weaving. Mrs. Nathan Harlan, Stockport, Iowa. Presented.
Coffee mill and tin lantern. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hammond, Des Moines,
Iowa. Presented.

Cow bell, 3 bullet moulds, 2 powder horns, powder charger,pair spurs. candlestick and boot-jack. J. W. Fruit, Boone, Iowa. Presented.