XI. 



DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 



In August, 1854. 



August 1st. 



Very large specimen of Testudinaria elephantipes. From Mr. James Dundas. 

 A collection of Cretaceous Fossils from Alabama; also a collection of Fossils 

 from the Eocene of Virginia. Presented by Mr. Joseph Jones, of Georgia. 



Fruit of Quercus , from Greece. From Dr. P. B. Goddard. 



A collection of fresh-water Shells, from Buenos Ayres. From Dr. Kennedy. 

 Crotalophorus Kirtlandii. From Prof. Holbrook. 



August Sth. 



A collection of Cretaceous Fossils from Dallas Co., Texas. From Mr. A. 

 Gouhenaut. 



Silurian Fossils from Shenandoah Co., Virginia. From Dr. J. C. Fisher. 



Condylura cristata from Maine. From Mr. John Merrick. 



Centipede, a Mygale, and Hymenopterus insects from Dallas Co., Texas. 

 From Dr. Chas. R. Pryor. 



Fossils from San Pedro and Santa Barbara, California ; fragments of Fossil 

 wood and two species of fossil Ostrea, from the Desert of the Colorado; speci- 

 mens of Lead and Fluor from Mesilla Valley, N. M. ; Copper Ore from Sonora, 

 Mexico; Cinnabar from San Joaquin, California, and fragment of Meteoric Iron 

 from an annular mass weighing 1200 lbs., at Teucson, Mexico ; also an Indian 

 Cranium from Pinos village, Mexico. Presented by Dr. A. L. Heermann. 



August 22d. 



Five specimens of Birds and three Mammals, from Honduras. Presented by 

 Mr. Amory Edwards. 



Coal Fossils, from Boone Co., Virginia. From Mr. T. F. Moss. 



Two specimens of Crotalophorus Kirtlandii, from Ohio. Presented by Prof. 

 Kirtland. 



DONATIONS TO LIBRARY 

 In July and August, 1854. 

 July lth> 



Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. No. 38. From the 

 Society. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Nat. History, vol. 4, pp. 337 352 and 

 401 416; Index and title page, vol. 4. From the Society. 



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



July \\th. 



The following were presented by Dr. Wilson, on the usual condition : 



Revue et Magasin de Zoolosie, 1853, No. 10. 



Comptes Rendus. Tome 38, No. 21. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. May and June, 1854. 



Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Tome 20, No. 6. 



Schreber "Die Saugthiere" Fortgesetzt von Wagner. Supplementband, 5 Abth. 

 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Lief. 



Naumannia. Archiv. fiir die Ornithologie vorzugsweise Europa's. Herausg. 

 von E. Baldanus. 1853, No. 3. 



London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine. Mav and June, 1854. 



Conchologia iconica. By Lovell Reeve. Nos. 127, 128, 12*9. 



Palaeontographica. Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte der Vorwelt. Von W. Dun- 

 ker und H. Von Meyer. 4 band, lste lief. 4to. 



Illustrations of the Birds of California, &c. By John Cassin. No. 5. 



