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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM, 

 In Jan. and Feb., 1852. 



January 6tk. 



A small collection of Fishes, Insects, &c., from the West Coast of. Africa. 

 Presented by Dr. Henderson, U. S. N. 



Vespertilio noveboracencis, from N. Carolina. From Mr. John Cassin. 



Pteropus Leachii, West Coast of Africa, and Scarabaeus , from do. From 



Dr. Isaac Hays. 



Noctilio leporinus Lin. from Nicaragua. From Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Fossil Spatangus, from Georgia. From Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Fruit of the Doum Palm, from Thebes. From Dr. Sharpless. 



Specimens from which have have been characterised the following by Dr. 

 Le Conte, viz : Dicotyles depressifrons, D. cristatus, Procyon priscus, Protochoe- 

 rus prismaticus ; from Clinton Co., Missouri. Presented by Dr. J. L. Le Conte. 



Anomodon Snyderi Le Co?ite, from Galena, Illinois, and Galeodes , from 



Guatemala. From the same. 



Bicarbonate of Ammonia, in masses ; from Patagonia. From Dr. Burtt, 

 U. S. N. 



Fossil Gnathodon, from the Desert of the Colorado. From Dr. Le Conte. 



January 13th. 



Phosphate of Lime, from Sussex Co., New Jersey, and a specimen of Adi- 

 pocire. From J. Price Wetherill, Esq. 



Skin of Ursus Americanus, (American Black Bear). From Dr. D. Leasure, 

 of Lawrence Co., Penn. 



Antlers of Cervus virginianus. From John Cuttle, Esq., of Clearfield Co., 

 Pennsylvania. 



February 3d. 



Skin, and entire skeleton of Hippopotamus Liberiensis, Morton, from the 

 River St. Paul's, West Africa. Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Very beautiful and perfect specimen of Troglodytes gorilla. Savage, and a 

 specimen of the hair of the same, several Serpents, Lizards and Insects ; from 

 the Gaboon River, Western Africa. From Dr. Henry A. Ford of Glasstown, 

 W. Africa. 



Fossil Zoophyte. From Mrs. Dr. Morton. 



A collection of Fossils and recent Shells. From Dr. Caspar Wister. 



February \Oth. 



A collection of Shells, Sharks' Teeth, Coprolites, a fragment of bone from 

 the Reg Crag, Suffolk, England, and specimens of Corundum, from Hindostan. 

 From Mr. Thomas Fisher. 



Several specimens of Clinochlore, from Chester Co., Penn. From Dr. W. 

 D. Hartman, of Westchester. 



Tooth of Ptychodus, and two do. of Lanma elegans, from the Cretaceous of 

 Alabama. Presented by Mr. Joseph Jones. 



Twelve specimens of Coal Fossils, Carbonate of Iron with Blende, Carbonate 

 of Iron wnth Quartz ; from the vicinity of Blairsville, Penn. From Edward 

 Miller, Esq. 



Acicular Sulphate of Barytes, a very beautiful specimen, from Perkiomen, 

 Penn. From R. P. Remington, Esq. 



February I9th. 



Nidus of Natica heros, from New Jersey. From Mr. Isaac Lea. 



A collection of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera from the vicinity of Westchester, 

 Pa. From Dr. W. D. Hartman, of Westchester. 



Numerous specimens of Ampullaria Cornu Arietis. From Mr. John Krider. 



Cranium phrenologically marked, according to Dr. Spurzheim. From Dr. 

 Ruschenberger. 



