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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



In March and April, 1850, 



March 5th. 



A small collection of minerals ; presented by Mrs. Commodore Hull, through 

 Dr. Elwyn. 



Mr. Joseph Culbertson, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, presented the specimens of 

 Mericoidodon and Poebrotherium,and also other (undetermined) mammalian frag- 

 ments, formerly deposited by him in the Academy. 



March 12th. 



Skeleton of Numenir.s phcpopus, Falco , Columba , Fulica atra, Gal- 



linula chloropus, Fringilla carduelis. Anas crecca, Scolopax lapponica, S. cali- 



dris ? Trin^a fngax, T. ? Ardea minuta, (total 14.) Presented by Mr. 



Goadby, of London. 



Several specimens, in spirits, of Scarabasus centaurus, and S. chideon, from 

 Africa. From Mr. Elliott Cresson, of Philadelphia. 



^Tarch 19th. 



Six skeletons of Birds. From Mr. Goadby, of London. 



Beautiful specimen of native silver, from Peru. Deposited by Dr. Elwyn. 



April 2d. 



The following were presented by M. Edouard Verreaux, of Paris : 



Three skeletons of Birds, ( Amadina, Parus and one undetermined) ; 3 heads of 

 do., (1 Phaleris, 2 Phaenicophaeus) ; 13 species, 33 specimensof recent shells from 

 Egypt; 15 do. 150 do. do., Marquesas Islands; 9 do. 105 do. do., Otaheite ; 11 do. 

 82 do. do., France, of the following genera, Unio, Dreissena, Pisidium, Clausilia, 

 Succinea, Vitrina, Cyclas, and Limnea; 5 species, 30 specimens of Fossil Shells, 

 from Maestricht; 2 do. 2 do. do., the Miocene of France; 246 do. 270 do. do., 

 the Eocene of France ; 2 do. 2 do. do., the Cretaceous of France. 1 specimen of 

 Sulphate of Strontian, from Sicily. 



The following skins of Mammalia were presented by H. E. Strickland, Esq., 

 of England: 



1 Fox, procured by Mr. S. at Smyrna, in 1835 ; 1 Felis, India ? ; 1 Lepus timi- 

 dns, (Lin.), alpinus, (Auct.) Norway; 1 do. hybridus, (Pall) Crimea; 1 do. 

 hibernicus, Ireland; 1 do. alpinus, (timidus, Lin.) Scotland; 1 mammal from 

 the Cape of Good Hope ; 1 Ornythnrhynchus paradoxus, New South Wales ; 2 

 Sciurus vulgaris, Switzerland; 2 Mus sylvaticus, Gloucestershire; 1 mammal, 

 Australia; 1 Vespertilio pipistrellus, Gloucestershire; 1 Vespertilio noctula, 

 Britain; 1 do., India? or Mauritius? ; 2 Sorex araneus, Gloucestershire; 1 Musk 

 Rat, Mauritius; 1 Plecotus auritus, Gloucestershire. 



Four Sterna of Birds; (Falco, Sturnus, Lanius ;) 2 Skeletons: (Sciurus cinereus, 

 S. Hudsonius.) Presented by Dr. A. O. Blanding. 



Mass of native Gold ; fragments of do. ; gold dust of fine quality ; gold obtained 

 by amalgam with mercury; and auriferous sand. From the American river, 

 Feather river, and other localities in California. Collected and presented by Dr. 



A. Heerman. 



Forty-three species Fungi ; 46 do. Musci and Hepatici; 29 do. Lichenes ; 13 

 do. Phanerogamia, from South Carolina. Presented by H. W. Ravenel, of South 

 Carolina. 



Egg of Apteryx australis? Deposited by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Exogyra costata, very perfect, near Woodbury, N. J. Presented by Mr. S. 



B. Fisher, of Pottsville. 



Collection of Insects; from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Presented by 

 Geo. B. Wood, Jr. 



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