DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM 



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Anderson, Wm. Sept. 12th. Fossil vertebrae of a whale. York River, Va. 



Burtt, Dr. J. L. July \lth. Two Mercenaria, from the Miocene, 390 feet from 

 the surface at Fort Monroe. 



Canby, W. M. Sept. 5th. Two fishes from Isle of Shoals, N. H. 



Chicago Academy of Sciences. Feb. 14lh. Three species of Mammals, 10 

 species of Birds, and about 50 species of Birds' Eggs. 



Cope, E. D. June20th. Two species of Myriapoda. July Wth. Thirty speci- 

 mens of 7 species of Batrachia, 319 specimens, 70 species of Fishes ; from 

 Western Pennsylvania, Michigan and Europe. 



Corse, Dr. Jas. M. Dec. 19th. Skeleton of the Codfish, Alligator and Dog. 

 Mounted Bull-frog. 



Da Costa, J. Feb. 14th. Tooth of Oxyrhina. Mullica Hill, N. J. 



Du Bois, A. March 1th. Three specimens of Auriferous Pyrites, 1 Aurifer- 

 ous Quartz, Calcedony, Fossil Wood and Fossil Coral. From South Park, 

 Colorado. 



Garnett, Mr., U. S. N.. June 6th. Male flowers of a species of Palm from 

 South America, through Dr. Greenbank. 



Glover, Ridgway. Oct. 3d. Fossil Trionyx Fragment. Camden Co., N. J. 



Guillou, C. Mr. May 23d. Four Viviparous Fishes from California, and a speci- 

 men of Stalactical Lava, from a Lava cave of Sandwich Isles. 



Hamlin, Dr. A. C. Dec. 19th. Large mass of Sulphuret of Copper. From 

 Ducktown Mines, Tenn. 



Hoopes, B. A. Feb. 14th. Native Copper, Lake Superior. 



Klett, Frederick. Oct. 10th. Pyrhotine from Vermont. Six specimens of 

 oolitic phosphates of lime and alumina, and a fossil coral from the Island 

 of Navassa. Some human bones and stone axes from a guano deposit 

 at the depth of eight inches. From the Island of Orchilla, W. I. 



Lea, Isaac. Feb. 21st. Phlogopite, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., do. Jefferson 

 Co., N. Y. Steatite, Chester Co., Pa. Octohedral Iron, Chester Co., Pa. 

 Staurotide, Del. Co., Pa. March 14(h. Marmolite, 2 Lithomarge, Arra- 

 gonite, Actinolite, Melanite, Carbonate of Lime, Blue Quartz and Cubi- 

 cal Pyrites from Chester Co., Pa. Anthracite from Calcareous Sand- 

 rock, Little Falls, N. Y. May lGth. Twenty-one species of Fresh Water 

 Shells, types. May 23d. Specimens of Mica from Delaware Co., and 

 Quartz and Clinochlore from Chester Co. Nov. 14th. Cyauite and As- 

 bestus with Actinolite from Chester Co., Necronite from Newcastle, Del. 

 Nov. 21st. Lymnsea Pingellii, L. Groenlandica, L. Apicana from Green- 

 land and St. Lawrence River. 



Leidy, Dr. Jos. Sept. 19th. Lampugus punctulatus. Nov. 21st. Lymnsea 

 oleacea, L. lanceata, L. catascopium, from Lake Superior. 



Lesley, J. P. Nov. 14th. A collection of Devonian Fossils. From Gaspe" 

 Bay at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. 



Letterman, Dr. Jona. Feb. 14th. Tooth of Mastodon. 



Oman, Benj. Sept. 12th. Specimens of Hyalea from Newport, R. I. 



Mactier, Wm. L. Sept. 12lh. Five specimens, of fossils from the limestone 

 formation near the Ottowa River, 20 miles from Montreal, Ca. 



Manigault, Gabriel E. June 20th. Finely mounted skeleton of a Monkey of 

 South America, and an Owl. 



Miles, Prof. Manly. June 20th. Four species of Myriapoda. 



Newton, Mr. April 11th. Large Spider from Brazil. 



Norris, Thaddeus. Oct. 24th. Leiostomus obliquus, Caranx defensor and 

 Labrax pallidus. From Newport, R. I. 



