DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. V. 



July th. A Chinese, Hindu and N. American Indian skull. Presented by 

 Dr. J. Dickson Bruns, of Charleston, S. C. 



Fragment of Anthracite, with peculiar bird-eye fractures. Presented bv 

 W. P. Foulke. 



Two fossil shells, head of a femur of a fossil Turtle, jaws of Scarus, several 

 fragments of rocks, a Scolopendra, and a collection of Lizards. Sombrero, 

 W. I. Presented by Joseph Hanson, Esq. 



Tringa himantopus, and hybrid of Tetrao cupido and T. phasianellus. NeM- 

 York. Mr. J. G. Bell. 



A collection of post-pliocene land shells. Washington Co., Texas. Pre- 

 sented by F. Moore. 



Plagiostoma, n. s. Cretaceous, Tennessee. Presented by Mr. Safford. 



Slag, from a Copper-ore furnace Chile. Presented by Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Deformed Rat. Presented by Cornelius Moore. 



Papyrus, from Syracuse, Sicily. Ostrich eggs. Africa. Tusks of Boar. 

 Tunis, Africa. Seed vessel, Africa. Presented by Lieut. Thos. Y. Field. 

 U. S. N. 



JtdylSth. Collection of vertebrate remains from the post-pliocene forma- 

 tion of South Carolina, consisting of teeth of Bos taurus, teeth of Hog, teeth 

 of Sheep, teeth of Equus fraternus, of deer, of Fiber zabethicus, of Castor 

 Canadensis, of Megatherium, of Cervus Canadensis, of Elephas Americanus. 

 of Alligator Mississippiensis, of Tapir Americanus, and some fragments of 

 Bird bones. All from Ashley river. And teeth of Horse from Cooper river. 

 Also bone of Turtle from same, and teeth of Mastodon from Christ Church 

 Parish and from Cooper river, and Vertebra of Mastodon from same. Pre- 

 sented by Prof. Holmes, of Charleston, S. C. 



Aug. 3d. Peltocephalus. Skull of ? Skin of small Lizard. Amazon. 



Presented by John Krider. 



Specimen of Peat coal. Bahia, Brazil. Bnlimus ovatus. Brazil. Presented 

 by G. W. Farquhar. 



Three specimens of Ictinea Mississippiensis, male, female and young. Red 

 Fork, Arkansas. Presented by S. W. Woodhouse. 



Vireo fiavifrons. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Presented by Wm, H. DeCamp. 

 M. D. 



Upper jaw of Crocodile. Skull of Dicotyles, of Tapirus americanus, of Procyon 

 cancivorus. Specimen of Gutta surinamensis, made from juice of Bally tree. 

 (Lucuma mammosa.) Hides of Myrmecophaga jubata and of Procyon cancri- 

 vorus, Testudo, Peltocephalus, Kinosternum. Surinam. Presented by C. J. 

 Hering. 



Collection of fossil shells and deer's horn, from the marl of New Jersey. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. Slack. 



Aug. 9th. Molar of Elephant, from the tertiary deposit of Williamette 

 Valley, Oregon. Presented by Dr. John Evans. 



Aug. 22d. Three Salamanders. Little Rock, Arkansas. Presented by 

 Francis Richards. 



Several Beetles, from New Jersey. Presented by W. G. E. Agnew. 



A water Beetle, New Jersey. Presented by G. W. Fahnestock. 



1 Lepus, 1 Felis, 2 Sciurus, 1 Scalops, 1 Vespertilio. Presented by George 

 Davidson. 



Fragments of a fossil Turtle. Mullica Hill, N. J. Several Shark teeth. 

 Presented by Mr. Gabb. 



A large Diodon. St. Domingo. Presented by Edward L. Clark. 



Seven Spiza ciris. St. Simons, Georgia. Presented by S. W. Wilson, M. D. 



One Rana Catesbyi. Georgia. Presented by Major Le Conte. 



Sept. 6th. Two fossil antlers of the existing Elk, from the loam above the 



