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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 

 In September and October, 1851. 



September 2d. 



Specimen of Asphaltum, from New Brunswick. Presented by Mr. J. Price 

 Wetherill. 



Calcareous Tufa, from Laselle county, Illinois. From Mr. H. H. Sims,through 

 Dr. B. H. Coates. 



Fifty specimens of Vesuvian Minerals. From Dr. W. Sherman, U. S. N. 



Crystallized Franklinite, from Sussex county, N. Y. From Mr. W. S. Vaux. 



Fragment of antler and tibia of Cervus, found in a marl bed near Deal, New 

 Jersey; and recent Cellipora, from the same locality. Presented by Prof. J. F. 

 Frazer. 



Cone from one of the Palmaceae, from Grand Lochoo, Ireland. From J, L. 

 Burtt, M. D., U. S. N. 



Loligo ? Presented by Dr. Goddard. 



Four Serpents, from Aberdeen, Scotland. From Capt. Jaraieson, through Dr. 

 Watson. 



September 9tk. 



Four specimens of Silurian Fossils, from Capon Mount, Va. ; dried Conferva, 

 from Capon Springs, Va.; Calcareous Tufa, from Falls of St. Croix River, Wis- 

 consin. Presented by Prof. W. E. Horner. 



Teeth of Walrus, large size, from Behring's Straits; specimens of Lava and 

 Sulphur, from the Sandwich Islands ; Minerals and Silurian Fossils from Ohio ; 

 Fossils from the marl of New Jersey; same, from the Drift of N. J.; fragment 

 of a fossil Tusk from the Harbor of San Francisco ; fossil shark Teeth, from the 

 marl of New Jersey ; two species of Serpula ; two do. of Balanus, and a specimen 

 of Hippocampus, from Mexico ; Vegetable Tallow, from China ; three specimens 

 of the fruit of Trapa bicornis, from China; several Coleopterous Insects. Presented 

 by Dr. J. L. Burtt, U. S. N. 



One hundred and thirty-five species of Shells, from numerous localities. Pre- 

 sented by the same. 



September 16t7i. 



Numerous specimens of recent Shells, including two species of Anadonta, two 

 of Bulimus, one Glandina, one Chiton, one Ampullaria, one Neretina, one Pur- 

 pura, one Littorina, from the vicinity of Carthagena, S. America. Presented by 

 J. C. Trautwine, Esq., through Prof. Frazer. 



Fossil Shell. From the same. 



Jaws of Sargus ovis. Presented by S. Ashmead. 



Crystalline Slag: Silicate of Iron. From Mr. I. Lea. 



Subterranean Fungus, from Wisconsin. From Dr. Horner. 



October 1th. 



Forty-two specimens of Eocene Tertiary Fossils, British ; arranged on trays, 

 with magnified views of each species ; prepared by the British Nat. Hist. Society. 

 Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Thirteen British Fossils, from the Bennett and Charlesworlh Collections. From 

 the same. 



Sixty-three specimens of Echinodermata, from the West Indies, West Coast of 

 Africa, and the Mauritius. From Edward Wilson, Esq. 



Cranium of the larger Prairie Wolf, and two Silurian Fossils, from New 

 Mexico. From Mr. Edward H. Kern. 



Skin of a Polar Bear, Ursus Arctos, of very large size ; the individual from 



