VI. DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



11 species of Shells, types of descriptions in Wilkes' Exploring Expedition. 

 Presented by Dr. A. A. Gould. 



93 species of Cuban Terrestrial Shells. Presented by F. A. Sauvalle. 



9 species of Shells, from the Spanish Main. Presented by R. Swift. 



42 Fluviatile Shells, types of descriptions and figures. Presented by Prof. S. 

 S. Haldeman. 



23d. Four Fossil Vertebrae, fragment of Fish-Jaw, and Teeth, from Mul- 

 lica Hill, Gloucester Co., N. J. Presented by Chas. C. Abbott. 



Coregonus albus, from Lake Champlain ; Morone Americana, from New- 

 York ; Morone pallida, from Delaware River. Presented by Thaddeus W. 

 Norris. 



November 6th. Calyptraphorus trinodiferus, Athleta Tuomeyi. Eocene 

 fossils, from Alabama. Presented by T. A. Conrad. 



Hyalonema Sieboldii. Skin of Galeopithecus. From Japan. Presented 

 by Dr. Sinclair, U. S. N., through Dr. I. Hays. 



" Two Baculites, from the New Jersey Green Sand. Presented by C. C. Cad- 

 walader. 



Two Coal Plants, from Virginia. Presented by Dr. Dixon. 



'13th. Retepora, a Devonian fossil, from Huntingdon Co., Pa. Presented 

 by W. J. Taylor. 



Pomotis auritus and Leuceoperca Americana, from Lake Erie. Presented by 

 Dr. J. C. Morris. 



20th. 27 specimens of Birds, from Jalapa, Mexico. Presented by Dr. Thos. 

 B. Wilson. 



Skull of a Camanche Chief, supposed to be that of Yellow Jack, from Texas. 

 Presented by A. E. Carothers. 



December 4th. The following Birds, collected by P. B. Du Chaillu in Western 

 Africa : 



1 Gypohierax angolensis, (young,) from Cape Lopez. Presented by Dr. T, 

 B. Wilson. 



2 Spizaetos, from Ogobai River. Presented by Mr. Joseph Jeanes. 



1 Micrastur macrourus, from Ogobai River. Presented by Mr. Samuel 

 Jeanes. 



1 Aviceda cuculoides, from Ogobai River. Presented by Prof. Jos. Leidy. 



1 Accipiter Toussenelli, 1 Accipiter Hartlaubii, from Ogobai River. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. Wm. S. Vaux. 



1 Scotopelia Peli, from Moonda River ; 1 Syrnium Woodfordii, from Moonda 

 River; 3 Syrnium, (young,) from Ogobai River. Presented by Dr. Thos. B. 

 Wilson. 



2 Numida plumifera, from Cape Lopez. Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. , 

 2 Phasidus niger, from Cape Lopez. Presented by Mr. Joseph Jeanes. 

 Five Coleoptera. Presented by E. D. Cope. 



A collection of 150 Coleoptera, from Upshur Co., Texas. Presented by J. M. 

 Glasco. 



A collection of Vertebrae and fragments of Jaw of Priscodelphinus. Frag- 

 ments of Crocodile and Turtle bones, together with an Ostrea. From the 

 Miocene Marl of Shiloh, N. J. Presented by H. C. Wood, Jr. 



Four Coal Plants, and a small collection of Carboniferous Fossil Shells. 

 From Broad Top, Pa. Several specimens of Cyathophyllum. 50 species of 

 Native Mosses. Presented by H. C. Wood, Jr. 



Fragment of an Indian Cranium, from near Trenton, N. J. Presented by 

 0. C. Abbott. 



