1917.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 359 



E. ^^'. WooLMAN. American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) , Phila- 

 delphia. 



Mrs. Samuel Wright. Collection of local bird skins, made by the late 

 Samuel Wright. " ' 



Zoological Society of Philadelphia. Specimens prepared in the following 

 manner: Mounted: Condor {Sarcorhamphus gryphus). Skins: Black-footed 

 Penguin {Spheniscus demersus), Goliath Heron {Ardea golialh), Stanley 

 Crane {Tetrapteryx paradisea), Helmeted Guinea-fowl {Numida coronota), 

 Chattering Lorj' {Lorius garrulus), Blue-orbited Passerine Parrakeet {Psittacula 

 conspicillata), White-crowned Turacou {Turacus leucolophus), Great Barbet 

 {Megalcema virens), Great Bird of Paradise {Paradisea apoda), Painted 

 Bunting {Passerina ledaucheri), Tanager {Schistochlamys capislratus) . Skull 

 and Sternum: Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax). 



By Purchase. Three hundred specimens of Colombian Birds. Ninety-two 

 specimens of Hummingbirds. 



Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. Six nests and eggs of Pennsyl- 

 vania and New Jersey birds and foiu- mounted birds. 



Reptiles and Amphibians. 



Arthur A. Baur. Portion of skin of Alligator {Alligator sp?), Guayaquil, 

 Equador. 



Jack Dorsett. Jar of reptiles and amphibians, North Carolina. 

 Philip Laurent. Skink {Eumeces sp.), Florida. 

 Bayard Long. Hyla picheringii, New Jersey. 



E. S. and W^. 1. Mattern and H. W. Fowler. Collection of amphibians, 

 Pennsylvania. 



S. N. Rhoads. Collection of reptiles and amphibians, Wilmington, N. C. 



A. F. Satterthwait. Four Cricket Frogs {Acris gryllus), Charleston, 

 Missouri. Three Frogs, near Charleston, Missouri. 



Dr. Witmer Stone. Collection of reptiles and amphibians. South Caro- 

 lina. Collection of amphibians. New Jersey. Several reptiles and amphibians, 

 California and Arizona. 



J. F. Street. Virginia Snake {Virginia Valeria;), Virginia. 



Purchased. Collection of reptiles and amphibians obtained by D. E.. nar- 

 rower in Panama. 



Fishes. 



R. M. Abbott. Bottle of small fishes, South River, Maryland. 

 H H. Burton and H. W. Fowler. Jar of fishes, Pennsylvania. 

 Messrs. Corman amd Lipschultz. Thread Mackerel {Blepharis crinitus), 

 New Jersey. 



H. W. Fowler. Collection of fishes, Virginia. 



J. H. Ferriss. Eggs of darter, Illinois. 



Dr. W. E. Hughes. Two Brook Trout {Salvelinus fontinalis), Maine. 



W. T. Innes. Jar of aquarium fishes. 



F. J. Keeley. Blenny, Florida. 



Walter I. Mattern. Blue Sunfish {Lepomis incisor), Pennsylvania. 

 Jar of fishes, Maryland. 



E. S. and W. I. Mattern. Three collections of fishes, Pennsylvania. 



