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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 



In November and December, 1850. 



November 5th. 



Amblyopsis spelaeus, and Astacus pellucidus, from the Mammoth Cave, Ken- 

 tucky. Presented by Prof. G. B. Wood. 



Fruit of Sorghum ? raised from seed, said to have been taken from the 



hand of an Egyptian mummy : also fruit of Magnolia tripetala. From Dr. B. H. 

 Coates. 



Two eggs of Birds from Nova Scotia. From Mr. C. Gullis. 



November \2th. 



Four large fragments of fossil Cetacean Bones, from the Marl, Swedesboro, 

 N. J. Presented by Mr. David Ogden, of Swedesboro. 

 Oidemia fusca, from Cape May. From Dr. E. J. Lewis. 

 Ateles beelzebub, (recent specimen.) From Dr. G. Watson. 



December 3d. 



Colymbus glacialis, from Egg Harbor. From Dr. E. J. Lewis. 



Cinnabar from New Almeden, California : Gold, with Quartz, from Georgia : 

 two specimens of Gold ore from Virginia. Presented by Dr. J. H. B 

 McClellan. " 



Salmo Otsego, from Otsego Lake, N. Y., and Centrarchus Oswego, from Oswego 

 Lake, N. Y. From T. C. Henry, M. D., of Albany. 



Mygale ? from Texas. Presented by Dr. CD. Meigs. 



December IQtk. 



Mounted specimens of Mus Barbaras, male, female and young, from Algiers ; 

 Mus sylvaticus, % from France, Mustek vulgaris, 9 , and M. foina, very young, 

 from France, Perdix cinerea, L. and P, rubra, Tern., from France; also Carduelig 

 elegans, in skin. Presented by M. Jules Verreaux, of Paris. 



Sixteen species (27 specimens) of Echinodermata from the Mauritius, Cape of 

 Good Hope, and Mediteranean. From Mr. Edward Wilson, of Pembrokeshire, 

 Wales. 



Chlorastrolite, from Lake Superior. From Frederick Taylor, Esq., of 

 England. 



Three hundred and eighty-one species (749 specimens) of Crustacea, from 

 numerous localities, (not previously contained in the collection of the Academy.) 

 Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Palinurus ? and specimens of the wood, bark, and leaves of the Sassa 



tree, from Liberia. From Mr. Wm. Procter, Jr., of Philadelphia. 



Two specimens of Lithodomus lithophagus, from Florida Reef. Presented by 

 Major Linnard, U. S. Topog. Eng., through Dr. Townsend. 



December 24th. 



Mounted specimen of Haematopas astragulus, from New Jersey. Presented by 

 Dr. E. J. Lewis. 



