DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. V. 



56 specimens of Spiders, 23 species from Pennsylvania and Maryland. Pre- 

 sented by G. H. Horn. 



18th. A large and interesting collection of birds, from the Island of St. 

 Tbomas, West Indies. Presented by Mr. Robert Swift. 



A collection of birds from New Grenada, Soutb America. Presented by Wm. 

 P. Breed. 



Cistudo , from Londongrove, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Presented 



by E. D. Cope. 



Large and fine specimen of Nickel, from Litchfield, Conn. Presented by 

 Mr. H. C. Hanson. 



Fine specimen of Sigillaria, from the mines of Messrs. Geo. Wiggins & Son, 

 Tamaqua, Penn. Presented by Mr. John T. Piggott. 



October 2d. Specimens of Millerite. Gap Mine, Lancaster Co., Pa. Pre- 

 sented by F. S. Hceekley. 



Specimens of Chlorastrolites. Isle Royal, Lake Superior. Presented by J. ' 

 Newton Pierce. 



25 specimens of Araneidse, from Chester Co. Presented by E. D. Cope. 



Sphseria Robertsii. Presented by Dr. Huffnagle. 



A fish (Plectropoma,) from Newport, R. I., and a spectrum from Florida. 

 Presented by Dr. R. P. Harris. 



Dromicus fugitivus, Trinidad. Presented by Dr. S. W. Mitchell. 



A collection, of hairs of various animals, made by the late Peter A. Browne, 

 Esq. Presented by Mrs. P. A. Browne. 



9th. 7 specimens 5 species of rodents. Presented by Mr. Krider. 



Thamnophis radix, T. sirtalis, Tropidonotus sipedon, Rana Halecina, from 

 Kansas. Presented by Mr. Krider. 



Eleuteres cuspicauda, Morrhua pruinosa, Anguilla oceanica, Argyreiosus 

 vomer, Saurus fcetens, Hippocampus hudsonius, Ophidium marginatum. 

 From Beesley's Point, New Jersey. Presented by Mr. S. Ashmead. 



A deformed leopard crab, having the left fore claw double. Presented by 

 Mr. S. Ashmead. 



100 specimens, 17 species of Araneidse, from the neighborhood of Phila- 

 delphia. Presented by H. C. Wood, Jr. 



66 specimens, 48 species of reptiles. 9 species of Thamnophis, 1 Basca- 

 nion, 2 Pityophis, 1 Elaps, 1 Siren. From Nebraska, Puget's Sound, Geor- 

 gia, California, &c. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 



A small collection of cretaceous and carboniferous fossils, from Texas. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. Moore. 



115th. Shark (Alopias vulpes.) From Newport. Presented by Dr. T. C. 

 Dunn through Mr. Powel. 



An Iguana, and palatal teeth of the Drum-fish. Presented by Samuel Dar- 

 rach through Dr. James Darrach. 



Meriones Hudsonius. Presented by Dr. James M. Corse. 



4 specimens of Achatina and 3 of Helix, from Cuba. Presented by Dr. N. 

 Kollar. 



Pomotis, n. s.; Plagyrus cornutus, Hydrargyra. New Jersey. Presented 

 by W. Coleman, Esq. 



200 specimens of Spiders, from near Trenton, N. J. Presented by C. C. 

 Abbott. 



Catastomus tuberculatus ; C. gibbosus ; Pomotis appendix ; Luxilus argen- 

 teus ; Hygostoma Newmanii ; Pimelodus catus ; Ambloplites pomotis. Dela- 

 ware River. Presented by C. C. Abbott. 



A Unio. Presented by Isaac Lea, LL. D. 



Three Land Shells. Presented by Temple Prime. 



15 species of Marine Shells. Presented by W. G. Binney. 



