DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 111. 



11th. 18 species of pulmonate shells, from the Smithsonian Institution ; 15 

 do. from W. G. Binney ; 1 do. from Mr. Powel ; 2 species of marine shells, from 

 Capt. Miles Blanchard. 



Eunectes murinus, from Surinam. Presented by G. W. Fahnestqck. 



Two Owls, from Realijo, Nicaragua ; a large Pinna, and ligneous texture of 

 an Aloe. Presented by Lieut. Thomas Y. Field. 



Two Geomys pinetis, Mastela noveboracensis, from Georgia. Presented by 

 David Samuel. 



White ant of Africa ; and polyps, from the Atlantic Ocean. Presented by 

 J. C. Semple, M. D., U. S. Navy. 



Pseudoapatite, from Freibei-g, Saxony. Presented by T. F. Moss. 



Bradypus tridactylus. Presented by C. J. Hering. 



A topaz. Presented by I. G. Cassatt and C. W. Frost. 



Mai/ 1st. Carbonate of Copper, from Chili. Presented by P. C. Horn. 



Fragments of the jaw of a crocodile, from the Green Sand of Monmouth 

 Co., N. J. Presented by H. C. Wood, Jr. 



Palatine plate of Myliobates, fragments of teeth of Mosasaurus, and a col- 

 lection of shells and belemnites, from Monmouth Co., N. J. Presented by Dr. 

 J. H. Slack. 



8th. Specimen of Stilbite, and one of Stilbite and Heulandite, from Flat 

 Rock Tunnel ; large fungus, found growing on a paper mulberry tree, Phila- 

 delphia. Presented by T. B. Rand. 



15th. Specimen of Tringa Temminckii, from Marquesas Island. Presented 

 by Joseph Wilson, M. D., U. S. Navy. 



Eleven specimens of birds' eggs, collected by Dr. Kane in the Arctic region. 

 Presented by Dr. J. K. Kane. 



Fifty-one species of TJ. S. fiuviatile gasteropods, not in the collection of the 

 Academy. Presented by J. S. Phillips. 



A fine specimen of the Moose, Cervus alces, from Moose-head Lake, Maine. 

 Presented by H. T. Desilver. 



Specimens of Lepidoptera, from Manilla. 



Fishes, 6 species 4 genera, from the Atlantic Ocean. Presented by Isaac Tyson. 



Tropidonotus sirtalis, from Darby, Pa., Bascanion constrictor, from do. He- 

 terodon platyrhinus, from N. Jersey. Presented by Dr. Leidy. 



22c?. Specimen of Cannal coal, from Armstrong Co., Pa.; do. coal oil crude, 

 from Sucesco Works, Pa.; do. do. refined, from Penna. Salt Co., Pa.; do. Pe- 

 troleum crude, from Oil Creek, Pa.; do. do. refined, from Penna. Salt Co., 

 Pa.; do. do. once distilled, from Peterson's Well, Pa.; do. do. crude, from 

 Paint Creek, Johnson Co., Ky. From Geo. T. Lewis, E?q. 



Specimens of Unionidje. Presented by Isaac Lea, LL. D. 



June 5th. Tarantula and 7 scorpions, from Cuba. Presented by Dr. Au- 

 gustus Milson, through Dr. Atlee. 



Eggs of Ampularia, from Florida. Presented by R. Harris, M. D. 



Specimen of Bryttus Chsetodon, from Trenton. Presented by C. C. Abbott. 



Between 3 and 400 species of 65 genera of marine and terrestrial shells of 

 Wilkes Exploring Expedition. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 



One hundred and thirty species of Palaeozoic fossils, from Iowa. Received 

 in exchange from J. N. H. Barris. 



Two salamanders, and a small collection of Myriapods ; a crab, from New- 

 port. From Mr. Powel. 



19th. Twelve specimens of ores of zinc, from Bethlehem, Pa., from Mr. 

 Roepper in exchange. 



