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[[underline]]Accession 14796.[[/underline]]

[[underline]]J. A. McNiel, Panamá, United States of Columbia, through John S. Lamson and Brother, 77 Maiden Lane, New York._[[/underline]] Collection from ancient Chiriqui graves:- Trimmed flakes, arrow and spear-heads, chisels, celts (of superior workmanship), metates of various shapes (some in the form of animals), rubbing-stones, baking-plates, a human ^[[stone]] figure (female), a human figure rudely carved from a boulder, 2 large stone slabs showing in relief, respectively, the figure of a monkey and of an alligator, and 5 fragments of metates (heads of animals); 195 specimens, selected from a large collection sent by Mr. McNiel in 1884. The remaining specimens, 1029 in numbers, will be put in storage.

The following collections have^[[been]] placed on exhibition during this month:-

[[underline]]Indiana.[[/underline]]

Surface. Floyd, Harrison and Crawford Counties. J. H. Lemon. 
Surface. Carroll County. B. W. Evermann.

[[underline]]Wisconsin.[[/underline]]

Mounds. Warner's Landing, Vernon County. Dr. J. L. De Witt.

[[underline]]Virginia.[[/underline]]

Surface. Massaponax, Spottsylvania County. Robert T. Bigelow.

Most of my time was spent in literary work, the subject being a classification of North American