VI. DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Green Sand. Near Deal, New Jersey. Several fossil shells, rresente "' 

 Aubrey H. Smith. 



Sigillaria in Anthracite. Hazleton, Pa. Presented by Franklin Peale. 



Two Picas ricensis. Presented by Mr. Swift. St. Thomas, W. I 



Salamander. California. Pr sented by George Davidson. 



Bottle of milk of the Cow-tree, Galactodendron. From Venezuela. Pre- 

 sented by Miss Maria Lewis. 



A Cuttle fish, Scolopendra and Phrynosoma. A Pomoxis and Platirostra. 

 From J. A. Florat through Thad. Norris. 



Egg of .the String-ray, with the embryo. Presented by Dr. Dunn, of New- 

 port. 



12 specimens Umbrina alburnus, Leiostomus obliqmis, Seriola chloris, Homo- 

 prion xanthurus, Cybium maculatum, Pomoxis hexacanthus, Bothrolacmus 

 pampanus, Vomer Brownii, Pristopoma fulvomaculata, Elapsaurus. South 

 Carolina. Presented by Dr. Holbrook. 



8 species of fishes, Otolithus, Leiostomus, Temnodon, Bothrolsemus, Pristo- 

 poma, Mugil, Chatcessus. Presented by Dr. J. M. Corse. 



Sept, 13f/i. 13 vertebrae of cetaceans and fishes, 23 shells, 30 teeth of shark?, 

 vegetable impressions, fossil crustaceans, lignite and suite of clays. 3' 

 Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard. 



9 sterna of birds, horn core of Cervus euryceros and do. of Bos primigenius. 

 From Germany. Presented by J. H. Slack. 



Skeleton of Hyla arborea. Deposited by the same. 



5 star fishes, from S. Tufts, Jr. Manchester, Moss. 



Sept. 20th. A small collection of cretaceous and carboniferous fossils from 

 Texas. Presented by Dr. Moore. 



Astrophyton Agassizii St. Eastport, Me. Presented by J. G. Cooper, of 

 Hoboken. 



Specimen of Gold bearing quartz, from the Kansas goldmines, (Pike's Peak). 

 Presented by R. H. Hare. 



Numerous specimens of Mica, from Chester Co. Presented by W. Patter 

 Foulke. 



Oct. 4ih. Sandstone concretion, with a nucleus of metallic iron. Narragansett. 

 Point, R. I. Presented by Dr. Boker. 



Poisoned arrow point. Isthmus of Darien. Presented by Lieut. Thos. Y. 

 Field. 



Fossil fish cranium. From Gayhead. Presented by Mr. Stimpson. 



39 skulls, 36 species mammals. Deposited by Mr. J. H. Slack. 



6 specimens of an Etheostomoid fish. N. Jersey. Collection of fragments 

 <;f a fossil Callianassa. Collection of fossil shells. Crosswicks, New Jersey. 

 Presented by Mr. J. H. Slack. 



Cossack skull from Balaklava. In exchange. 



2 Salmo fontinalis. Lake George. Presented by R. W. Davids. 



3 teeth of Carcharodon and Lamna. Monmouth Co., N. J. Presented by 

 Dr. W. P. Grier. 



Oct. 11th. A large Septaria. From Win. Worrell. 



26 species fishes, 16 Crustacea, 3 radiata, 5 mollusca. From Boston, Martha's 

 Vineyard and Cape Cod. Presented by J. H. Slack. 



Oct. 18th. 8 specimens, 6 species fishes; 6 jars, 6 species mollusca: 9 ra- 

 diata 4; 2 Crustacea 1. 2 jars marine annelidos. Coast of Massachusetts. 

 Presented by J. H. Slack. 



A collection of plants from the Andes, consisting of 43 species. Presented 

 by the Hon. Chas. R. Buckalew, U. S. Minister to Ecuador. 



Nov. 1st. Two large living specimens of Pityophis Sayi, from Rock Island 

 Co., Illinois. Presented by J. D. Sergeant. 



Fossil fern. Schuylkill Co., Pa. Presented by Robt. Pearsall. 



