DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM 



1864. 



Abadie, Dr. E. H. Nov. 22. Skull of a Mescalero Apache Indian. From the 

 Desert of the Black Hills, Texas. 



Algae. A collection of Marine and Fluviatile Algae, consisting of about 700 

 species. Purchased. 



American Philosophical Society. A large collection of Minerals, Fossils, 

 Shells, &c, formerly comprising the natural history cabinet of the Ameri- 

 can Philosophical Society. Deposited. 



Ashmead, S. Apr. 19th. Recurvirostra americana, Beesley's Point, N. J. 

 A large collection of Minerals, being a selection from the cabinet of our 

 late fellow member Samuel Ashmead, and the entire collection of North 

 American Marine Algae, contained in twelve quarto volumes, formerly be- 

 longing to the same. A bequest. 



Bingham, F. R. Jan. 19th. Three species "of Serpents, a Centipede, two 

 insect Larvae and a large Tadpole. From Demarara. 



Cope, Edward D. May 11th. Six specimens of a large Ganoid Fish. Two 

 Skulls, two Muzzles, an entire Animal and a sclerotal ring of Ichthyo- 

 saurus (two species.) Paddle of Ichthyosaurus, with the impression of 

 the Skin. From the Lias of Barrow, Leicestershire, England. Cast of 

 Prof. Fuhlrott's Neanderthal Skull. 



Cunningham, A. Nov. 22c/. Large Fungus, Mt. Ephraim, N. J. 



Davidson, George. March 8th. A small collection of Mollusks and Crusta- 

 ceans, from Florida Reef. 



Draper, E. Oct. 4th. Young Coluber eximius. 



Fisher, Dr. J. C. Nov. 15th. Cray Fish, from the Mississippi at New Orleans. 

 Large Oyster Shell, from Barataria Bay. 



Frazer, J. F. Dec. 20th. Two Fossil Whale Vertebrae, from a bluff of York 

 River about five mi ! es above Yorktown. 



Frazer, Robert. April 19th. Anas boschas, var., Atlantic City, N. J. 



Gilbert, Dr. D. Feb. 2d. Two embryo Turtles and Nest of the Hanging Bird. 



Gould, A. A. Jan. 5th. Six species of Strepomatidae. 



Guernsey, Lieut. A. W. Sept. 20th. Three Fossil Shells and the caudal 

 vertebra of a Whale, from the miocene formation, near City Point, Va. 



Gundlach, Dr. July 19th. Twenty species of Terrestrial Mollusks, from Cuba. 



Hartrauft, Gen. J. F. Nov. 15th. Fossil Whale "Vertebra, from the miocene, 

 near Petersburg, Va. 



Hoopes, B. A. Nov. 15th. Stone Hammer, from the ancient copper mine pits 

 of Lake Superior. 



Jeanes, Joseph. Twenty-seven specimens, of thirteen species of Birds, from 

 Du Chaillu's collections in Western Africa. Forty-seven specimens, 18 

 species of Birds, from Mr. D'Oca's collections at Jalapa, Mexico. 



Kennicott, Robert. Feb. 9th. Five specimens, of four species of Mammals, 

 from Arctic America. March 8th. Twenty-two specimens, of twenty- 

 one species of Birds, from Arctic America. 



Kingsbury, Dr. Charles A. Oct. 4th. Salmo fontinalis, Hartford, Conn., and 

 Salmo amethjstus, from Maidstone Lake, Essex Co., Vt. 



Knight, R. E. Specimen of Sigillaria, from Carroll Co., Ohio. 



Krider, John. Apr. 19th. Gerbillus canadensis, Bristol, Bucks Co., Pa. 

 Three species of Birds. 



