desirable that the Museum force should be increased. I have already adverted to the labor necessarily expended during the past year in merely unpacking and arranging the collections of new matter received. While the old specimens need a certain amount of care, new ones are being constantly added. I would, therefore, recommend that Mr. Girard be regularly employed by the Institution, at such salary as you may think suitable; and one other person in addition, to attend to the purely mechanical work required in the way of unpacking, washing bottles, tying on labels, cleaning specimens, &c. Such service as this could be obtained for about twenty-five dollars per month, and the help of both persons would be also available in other departments where it is imperatively required. This is especially the case in respect to the publications, exchanges, and transportation, where, as in the Museum operations, I have no regular assistance whatever.

Alphabetical list of donors to the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution.

Academy of Natural Sciences.-Skins of North American birds. Prof. C. B. Adams.-Shells, &c., from Bermuda and St. Thomas. Prof. L. Agassiz.-Etheostoma from Alabama and Missouri.

Capt. Atwood.-Fishes, crustacea, and radiata, from Provincetown, Mass.

Prof. A. D. Bache.-Surterbrand from Iceland.

Prof. S. F. Baird.-Twelve kegs, &c. of fishes, from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Canada.

Dr. J. B. Barratt.-Reptiles and fishes from South Carolina.
Dr. J. M. Bigelow.-Seeds from Texas and New Mexico.

Capt. Daniel Boden.-Specimens of lake trout and perch, from Otsego lake, New York.

J. S. Bowman.-Reptiles and fishes from the vicinity of Fort Kearney.

Major J. H. Carleton, U. S. A.-Specimen of thelyphonus from Santa Fé.

Charles Cavileer.-Mammals, &c., from Minnesota.

Robert Clarke.-Skulls of mammals and reptiles, in alcohol, from Essex county, N. J.

Prof. George H. Cook.-Living specimens of Emys muhlenbergii, from New York.

Dr. G. E. Cooper, U. S. A.-Skulls of Comanche and Lipan Indians.

Dr. J. G. Cooper.-Reptiles from California; skin of Gymnotus elec

tricus.

Lt. D. N. Couch, U. S. A.-Very extensive collections of the vertebrata, with numerous insects and specimens of antiquities from Northern Mexico.

G. S. Cutting.-Storeria dekayii and Chlorosoma vernalis, from Middleboro', Mass.

Mrs. M. E. Daniel.-Reptiles from Anderson, S. C.

E. A. Dayton.-Skulls of beaver and fishes; (Mustela canadensis ;) reptiles and fishes from the St. Lawrence river.

G. W. Dean.-Reptiles from Galveston, Texas.

Delaware County Institute, Pa.-Keg of fishes and reptiles; three hundred and eleven species of plants from Delaware county, Pa.

J. M. Dodge.-Stalactites from the cave of Adelsburg, Austria. Rev. D. W. Eakins.-Limestone slab, with sculpture of human feet, from Verdigris river, Creek Nation.

Dr. George Engelmann.-Reptiles and fishes from St. Louis.
Samuel A. Eveleth.-Gordius taken from a cricket.

Jas. Fairie.-Shells of Chelonura temmincki, from Louisiana; Indian implements, reptiles, &c.

Capt. D. Farragut, U. S. N.-Fishes from Chesapeake bay.

Dr. E. Foreman.-Unio hopetonensis from Altamaha river.

Rev. Charles Fox.-Living specimens of Eutania; fishes, reptiles, and mammals, from Michigan.

Dr. Julius Froebel.-Fossils from New Mexico.

Dr. Wolcott Gibbs.-Musk deer of Java, in the flesh.

B. R. Gifford.-Clays and concretions from Gay Head Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard.

Major Hagner, U. S. A.-Siredon lichenoides, from Fort Defiance, Navajo country.

C. F. Hammond.-Phosphate of lime, from Crown Point, N. Y. Dr. J. F. Hammond.-Skin of Crotalus adamanteus, with fishes and reptiles, in alcohol, from Pensacola.

Dr. W. Hammond.-Skeletons and skulls from Fort Kearney.

Dr. J. F. Head.-Reptiles, fishes, and skulls of vertebrata, from Fort Ripley.

Dr. A. L. Hermann.--Skins of fifty species of birds, from California. Dr. P. R. Hoy.-Fishes, reptiles, birds, and mammals, from Wisconsin.

Dr. R. W. Jeffrey.-Fishes and reptiles from Pensacola.

S. K. Jennings, jr.-Shed skin of Masticophis flavigularis, Texas. Robert W. Kennicott.-Fishes and reptiles from Cook county, Illi

nois.

J. A. Lapham.-Shells from Wisconsin.

Leo Lesquereux.-Reptiles and fishes from Ohio.

Rev. Charles Mann.-Salamanders from Gloucester, Virginia.

Dr. Morrow.-Gold ore from Dorn's Mine, Abbeville, South Carolina.

Richard Nettle.-Fishes from the lower St. Lawrence.

Dr. E. C. Pendleton.—Minerals and shells from Georgia.

H. W. Ravenel.-Specimens of Carolina fungi.

W. H. Ravenel.—Sceloporus undulatus, South Carolina.

Major Wm. Rich.-Reptiles, fishes, &c., from the city of Mexico. J. H. Richard.-Fishes from Pennsylvania.

E. S. Robinson.-Skin of Crotalus adamanteus.

Mr. Sabine.-Reptiles from California; skin of Gymnotus electricus.

S. N. Sanford.-Gordius taken from the body of a cricket.

Sir Robert Schomburgk.—Tertiary shells and ancient pottery from St. Domingo.

J. D. Sergeant.-Reptiles from Rock Island, Illinois.

Major E. S. Sibley, U. S. A.-Reptiles and insects from Fort Union, New Mexico.

Capt. Shiras, U. S. A.-Specimen of mygale, Texas.

Dr. B. F. Shumard.-Specimens of amblyopsis, astacus, and insects and reptiles, from the Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and vicinity; fishes from Louisville, Kentucky; reptiles from Mississippi.

Dr. G. C. Shumard.-Reptiles and fishes from the Arkansas river. Geo. Smith.-Living specimens of Emys muhlenbergii, from Delaware county, Pennsylvania.

Commodore Joseph Smith.-Specimens of woods used in ship-building; illustrations of growth and ravages of teredo. Prepared by Mr. Jarvis, inspector of Portsmouth yard.

J. M. Stanley.-Dress and war-club of Blackfoot chief.

Judge Augustus Steele.-Fishes, crustacea, and shells, from Atseena, Florida.

Schach Steenberg-Skins and skeletons of mammals, fish and invertebrates, in alcohol; Greenland.

Wm. Stimpson. Miscellaneous invertebrata from New England.

Capt. S. Van Vliet, U. S. A.-Skeleton of peccary; skins of birds; alcoholic specimens of reptiles, fishes, and crustacea, from the lower Rio Grande.

Col. B. L. C. Wailes.-Living tortoises, fossils, fishes, and reptiles, in alcohol, &c., from Mississippi.

Rev. Dr. Wheeler.-Lignite from Brandon, Vermont; Osceola elapsoidea from Florida.

Prof. Alexander Winchell.-Fossils, plants, reptiles, birds, &c., from Eutaw, Alabama; plants, fossils, and fishes, from Selma, Alabama. Dr. S. Wylie Crawford, U. S. A.-Skin of Cyrtonyx massena from Texas.

List of Meteorological observers reporting to the Smithsonian Institution at the beginning of 1854, compiled by Lorin Blodget.

Rev. Tryon Edwards, D. D. New London, New London co'ty.

*New York Academy system in separate list.

LIST-Continued.