1887.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 433 



ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



1887. 



Ethnology and Archeology. 



M. Sommerville. Indian implement, Northampton Co., Pa. 



J. W. Brown. Aboriginal axe (locality unknown). 



W. R. D. Blackwood. Aboriginal club. South Sea Islands. 



A. M. Parsons. Aztec skull, from City of Mexico. 



Mrs. W. Lorenz. Aboriginal celts and copper implements, from Peru. 



C. R. Bee. Spaniard's skull. 



E. T. Ingram. Aboriginal implements from Cope's Mills, near West Chester, Pa. 



Mammalia. 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Petrogale penicillatus, Australia ; Hippo- 

 potamus aviphibius ; Echidna hystfix ; Ovis tragelaphus (Atlas Mts.) ; Ma- 

 cropus giganteus {Kv&XxzXxz.). Wombat; black leopard. 



Smithsonian Institution. Skeleton and hide of bison. 



Academy of Natural Sciences (purchased). Skeleton of bison. 



Frank Thomson. Head of bison. 



Birds. 



J. Dickinson Sergeant. 297 North American birds collected by A. B. Butcher. 

 Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Cacatua sulfurea ; Cacatua galerita ; Crax 



Datibeniotu, Brazil. 

 W. L. Abbott. Collection of between 2000 and 3000 bird-skins, mainly North 



American. 

 P. Schoenberg. Diomedea exulans and Puffinus melanurus, from the S. W. 



coast of South America. 



Reptiles. 



H. C. Young. 33 specimens of Tropidonothus sipedon, taken from a female shot 

 near Salem, N. J. 



Fishes. 



J. Binder. Chilomycterus turgidus, from Atlantic City, N. J. 



Vertebrata (Fossil). 



Thomas Hockley. Carcharodon Melegadon (tooth), S. Carolina. 



B. L. Fetherolf. Amphibian foot-print, Carboniferous of Barnesville, Pa. 

 L. Woolman. Rhizodus (scale), Carboniferous of Mazon Creek, 111. 



J. C. Saltar and Emlen McConnell. Skull, leg-bones, etc., of Mastodon, found 

 near Pemberton, New Jersey. 



Mollusca. 



W. G. Binney. Seven species of American land shells. (Types.) Helix a'itata, 

 Bourg., Algeria. 



E. T. Brown. Buccinum undatuvi, egg capsule, Nahant, Mass. 



J. J. Brown. Unio Catiadeusis and Anodonta Benedictii, from Wisconsin. 



Mrs. S. D. Brown. The A. D. Brown collection of pulmoniferous land shells 

 5404 trays, containing 19,593 specimens. A fine microscope with complete fit- 

 tings. 



S. E. Caldwell. Unio complanatus, Nova Scotia. 



H. C. Chapman. Four species marine shells from Bar Harbor, Maine; Tere- 

 bratulina septentionalis. Bar Harbor, Maine. 



