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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 

 In January and February, 1854. 

 January 107/i. 



Mounted specimen of Ateles hybridus, Geoff. ; from South America. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. John Krider. 



Mounted specimen of Sciurus hudsonicus. From Dr*. Zantzinger. 



Five very fine specimens of Tracks, in the new Red Sandstone, of Brontozoum 

 siganteum, Hitchcock ; from the Connecticut Valley. From Dr. Thomas D. 

 Mutter. 



A collection (40 specimens) of minerals from Peru. From Dr. S. Weir Mit- 

 chell. 



Fossilized Wood, from California. From Capt. John H. Ritchie. 



Specimen of limpid Quartz, cut into facets. From Mr. Isaac Lea. 



January Ylth. 



Three specimens of Spirifer glaber, from Van Diemen's Land ; Casts of Che- 

 Ionian Tracks and rain drops in New Red Sandstone, from Stourton, Great 

 Britain ; and skull of Chelonia midas. From Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Pearl, from the common oyster. From Mr. Z. Hammond, of Newport, R. I. 



Numerous specimens of Pholas , with the animal (in spirits) ; from 



Payta, Peru. From Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Specimen of Locusta , from Nicaragua. From Dr. Woodhouse. 



Febriiary 1th. 



Cranium and Horns of Damalis capensis, from South Africa. From Dr. Watson. 



Iron Ore, from Lancaster Co., Penna. From Dr. Le Conte. 



Very fine specimen of the American Elk (Cervus canadensis), from Potter 

 Co., Penna. Presented by Messrs. Vaux, I. Lea, Carpenter, Leidy, J. L. Le 

 Conte, Watson, McCall, Foulke, Cooke, Sergeant and Lambert. 



Specimens of the wood, bark, leaves and fruit of Wellingtonia gigantea, from 

 California ; wood and leaves of Taxodium sempervirens ; leaves and fruit of 

 Laurus regia, and fruit of iEsculus californicus. Presented by the Acad, of Nat. 

 Sciences of California, at San Francisco. 



An Engraving of the Mammoth Arbor Vitce, of California (Wellingtonia gi- 

 gantea). Presented by the Publishers, Messrs. Britton and Rey. 



February l^tk. 



Anomia ephippium Lin. ; from Beesley's Point, N. J. From Mr. S. Ashmead. 

 Tellina inequistriata Don., from Demarara. From Dr. Samuel Lewis. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY 



In January and February, 1854. 



January 3d. 



American Journal of Science and Arts, January, 1854. From the Editors. 



On the Paragitism of Comandra and Gerardia. By J. Stauffer. From the 

 Author. 



Annals of Science, Vol. 2, No. 1. From the Editors. 



The New York Journal of Medicine, Vol. 12, No. 1. From the Editors. 



Virginia Medical and Surgical Journal, Dec, 1853. From the Editors. 



Description de Nouveaux Oiseaux d'Afrique decouverts et dessines d'apres 

 nature. Par le Baron J. W. De Muller. lme liv. From the Author. 



Des causes de la coloration de la peau, et des differences dans les formes du 

 Crane. Par le Baron de Muller. From the same. 



Ueber Hautfarbe und Schiidelbildung als ethnologisches Princep vom physi- 

 ologischen Standpunkt. Von J. W. De Muller. From the same. 



