DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 111. 



Skull of a Bear (Ursus americanus ?) and a fragment of a mastodon bone, 

 found in the drift of the Mississippi. An Albino mole, Scalops. Presented 

 by W. D. Moore of Oxford, Mississippi. 



Two large masses of phosphatic rock with imbedded turtle bones. From 

 Sombrero, West Indies. Presented by Joseph B. Hanson, Esq. 



One Partula and two Achitinella. Sandwich Islands. Presented by Dr. 

 Thos. J. Turner, U. S. N. 



Fine specimen of a male Bengal Tiger. Presented by J. W. Gregory, Esq. 



May 3d. One Serpent. Mrs. Bussier. One Serpent and one Frog. Mr. 

 Slack. Jaw of Centrophorus. Presented by Dr. I. I. Hayes. 



A collection of Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, and Lepidoptera. From Fort 

 Tejon, California. Presented by John Xantus. 



Fragment of jaw of Mosasaurus with the teeth. Phosphate of .Iron. Free- 

 hold, N. J. Presented by 0. R. Willis. 



Meerschaum. Presented by Dr. Rand. 



Large slab of Coal shale with ferns. From Schuylkill Co., Pa. Presented 

 by Messrs. Haas and Brenizer. 



Dynastes hercules. San Juan, Del Norte. Presented by Henry Etting, 

 U. S. N.- 



Two Hanging Birds' nests. Island of Penang, Straits of Malacca. Pre- 

 sented by J. E. Semple, M. D., U. S. N. 



Fine specimens of infusorial earth, from Richmond and Rappahannock river, 

 Va. Presented by Prof.' R. E. Rogers. 



Two eggs of a Tern. Island of Ascension. Three Grasshoppers, two Mole- 

 crickets, one Beetle. China. Three young Turtles and a Crab. Island of 

 Ascension. Fruit of Dimocarpus Litchi. Reunited fractured thigh bone of 

 a'bird. Presented by J. E. Semple, M. D., U. S. N. 



Lumpus anglorum. New Jersey. Presented by 



Lepidodendron in shale. Horton, Nova Scotia. Presented by J. C. Traut- 

 wine. 



Cocoons of the Emperor Moth, filled with those of an Ichneumon. Presented 

 by J. R. Remont. 



May VJth. Cast of a Chinese skull, cast of an Icelander's skull, and two 

 Swedish crania. Deposited by Drs. T. J. Turner and J. A. Meigs. 



One Water Snake. Gulf of Siam. One Snake. Siam. An Opium pipe. 

 Presented by J. E. Semple, M. D., U. S. N. 



Nine Specimens, two species Palseotrochus. North Carolina. Reptilian tooth 

 and scales of fish. Coal of Chatham Co., N. C. Two teeth of a fish. North 

 Carolina. Presented by Prof. E. Emmons. 



Specimen of the preserved vegetable food which was prepared for the Cri- 

 mean army. Presented by Mr. Tilghman. 



Lignite coal with amber, from Puget's Sound. Presented by Dr. T. J. Turner, 

 TJ. S. N. 



Large skeleton of the Frog. Presented by Dr. Leidy. 



Specimen of crystallized lead. Presented by Charles Lennig. 



May 2ith. Four vertebrae of an extinct Delphinus. From Gloucester Co. , 

 New Jersey. Large specimen of Madrepora securis. Tortugas. Deposited 

 by J. H. Slack. 



Cervus comix. Upper Egypt. Presented by J. H. Slack 



June 1th. Two specimens, male and female, Chatoessus, n. s. Sturgeon 

 Pond, two miles below Trenton, N. J. Presented by Charles C. Abbott. 



Five fossils. Green Sand of New Jersey. Skeletons of the Cat, Musk-rat, 

 Mole, and Mouse. Deposited by J. H. Slack. 



Fossil Spatangus. Eocene of North Carolina. Specimen of a lower jaw of 

 Dromatherium sylvestre. Coal of Chatham Co., N. C. Presented by Prof. 

 E. Emmons. 



Ten specimens, 4 species small fishes, from near Trenton, N. J. Presented 

 by Charles C. Abbott. 



