11. DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



Tooth of Carcharodon acutidens, from J. H. Slack. 



A specimen of Meteoric Iron, from Xiquipilco near Toluco, Mexico. Pre- 

 sented by Wm. S. Vanx. 



March 6th. Collection of coal plants 20 specimens, 15 species, from Carbon- 

 dale, Pa. Presented by Wm. S. Vaux. 



Two specimens of Crinoid stems, from White Creek Spring, Davidson Co., 

 Tenn. Presented by Wm. S. Vaux. 



Crocodile vertebra, and two phalanges of a saurian, cretaceous, from Mon- 

 mouth Co., New Jersey. Presented by C. C. Abbott. 



Skin of ocelot, Felis pardalis, from Central America. Presented by Dr. 

 Wilson, U. S. Navy. 



Miocene leaves, from Bridgeton, New Jersey. Presented by C. C. Abbott. 



Hyalonema mirabilis, from Hakodadi, Japan. Presented by Dr. Ruschen- 

 berger. 



ISth. Collection of Birds from Hudson's Bay, viz : 



Nyctea nivea, Bubo virginianus, Somatera molissima, Astur atricapillus, 

 Surnia ulula, 2 Dafila acuta, Anas boschas, Mergus serrator, 2 Nettion Caroli- 

 nensis, Bucephala albiola, Forlea affmis, Pelionetta perspicillata, Spatula cly- 

 peata, Podiceps cornuta, Bucephala Americana, Ceryle alcyon, Chroicoce- 

 phalus Philadelphia. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 



Lorius coccineus, from the Feejee Islands ; tail feathers of Phsethon rubri- 

 c-auda ; 5 specimens of Echinoderms and Star-fish, from Guaymas, Gulf of 

 California ; 2 specimens of shells from Panama. Presented by Joseph Wilson, 

 Jr., M. D., U. S. Navy. 



Model of a Catamaran. Deposited by J. H. Slack. 



Specimens of Helocfetes ferianum, from Gloucester, N. J. Presented by Theo. 

 Scattergood. 



Unio obesus, from specimens of different ages, from Brunswick, Geo. Pre- 

 sented by Isaac Lea, LL. D. 



20th. Four bones of the Hippopotamus major, from Florence, Italy. Pre- 

 sented by Isaac Lea, LL. D. 



Specimens of Galena, 2 of Iron pyrites and 1 of limestone, from Hakodadi, 

 Japan. Presented by Capt. Nicholson. 



Specimen of crystallized phosphate of lime in guano, from Avis Island, Ca- 

 ribbean Sea. Presented by Potts & Klett. 



Unio Wilsoni, Lea, from N. South Wales. Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



A collection of mounted birds, numbering about 26,000 specimens, and a 

 collection of bird skins, chiefly duplicates, now in the Hall of the Academy, 

 about 2000 specimens, being his entire collection heretofore deposited. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. Thomas B. Wilson. 



April 3d. Specimens in Alcohol of Dryophis fulgida, Boa constrictor, Cse- 

 oilia, Imantodes curchoa, Bufo, Tiliqua, Bats, Insects, Scorpions and Myria- 

 pods, from near Vole. Palco, San Salvador. 



Crabs and ophiocoma, from Panama. Presented by Capt. John M. Dow. 



Euprepis, Euprepis Harlani, Boodon, Agama, Atractaspis irregularis, Pari- 

 aspis plumbeatra, Dryophis Kirtlandi, Triglyphodon pulverulentus, from Li- 

 beria. Presented by E. T. Cresson. 



Specimens of Chameleon and Mantis, from West Coast, Africa. Presented 

 by Dr. Semple, U. S. Navy. 



10th. Tooth of Mastodon, from Benton Co., Mo. Presented by A. C. Orrick, 

 Esq. 



Skull of the Walrus. Presented by Dr. John K. Kane. 



Sulphate of Barytes, from England. Presented by Wm. S. Vaux. 



Three jars with bats, reptiles and fishes, from S. Carolina. Presented by 

 Major Le Conte. 



