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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM, 

 In March and Apeil, 1849. 



MarchUh. 



Four specimens of native Copper from Lake Superior. Presented byMr.W. L. 

 Newbold. 



The " Des Murs" collection of Bird's eggs, containing 3449 specimens, com- 

 prising 1281 species, 1041 of which are named. Also the Gould collection of 

 Australian Birds egijs, containing 976 specimens, 295 species of which are named 

 and S unnamed. Deposited by Dr. Wilson. 



Mirch 13tk. 



Stellate mass of Sulphuret of Iron in Lias, from England. Presented by Dr. 

 Wilson. 



Twenty-five minerals from Hungary. Presented by Mr. Theodore F. Moss. 



Two eggs of Struthio camelus, from Algoa Bay, Africa. Presented by Mr. 

 Jno. Watson through Dr. G. Watson. 



April 3d. 



Thallasseus regius, Gamb. ; T. acuflavida; Sternula frenata, Gamb. Presented 

 by Dr. Heerman. 



Xema Bonapartii ; Callipepla elegans, male and female, (C. Douglassi;) Podi- 

 ceps Californicus ; P. Dominicus ; Fringilla Gambelii; Tardus olivaceus, 2 spe- 

 cimens ; T. minor, 4 specimens; T. Wilsonii; and a bird from the Marquesas 

 Islands. Presented by Dr. Gambel. 



Bulimus Laurentii; os penis of Meles Labradorica ; Sertularia, 3 species; from 

 California. From the same. 



Actinia marginata, from Newport, R. I. From Miss E. C. Morris. 



Thirty-four specimens of Shells of the genera Turbo, Haliotis, Trochus, Conus, 

 Patella, Fusus, Buccinum, Triton, from Algoa Bay. Presented by Mr. J. Watson 

 through Dr. Watson. 



Six casts in plaster of portions of the Maxillas and teeth of Basilosaurus 

 cetoides. In exchange from Dr. J. C. Warren, of Boston, throuiih Dr. Wilson. 



The following were received for exchange from the Australian Museum, through 

 Dr. Charles Nicholson, of Sydney, N. S. W., viz: — 



Thirty-three specimens of Birds of the genera, Aquila, Jeracidea, Corvus, 

 Strepera, Struthidea, Oreica, Chlamydera, Pomatorhinus, Ardea, Sericulus, 

 Platycercus, Psephotus, Pezoporus, Trichoglossus, Tropidorhynchus, Acantho- 

 genys, Ptilotis, Meliphaga, Malurus, Pardalotus, Poephila, Amadina, Fringilla, 

 Geopelia, Columba, Vanellus, ^Hiaticula, and Podiceps. Two Reptilia, viz., 



Cyclodus flavigularis, Wagler, and Gramatophora ; 328 shells, viz., 137 



fresh water and terrestrial, and 148 marine, from Australia, 10 do. New Zealand, 

 and 36 do. from South Sea Islands ; 150 Australian Insects, and two crania of 

 Australian aborigines, male and female, from Moreton Bay. 



April lOtk. 



Four teeth and a vertebra of a Carcharodon, 19 other teeth of Squalid.^, 3 ver- 

 tebrae of fish, portion of beak of Coelorhynchus ?, portions of palatine teeth of two 

 species of Myliobates, large and perfect specimen of Exo^yra costata, cast of 

 chamber of a Nautilus ?, 2 specimens of Mesodesma, 1 Ovula, 3 Isocardium, 2 

 Venus, 8 Teredo, 4 Area, 1 Cucullaea, and 33 other shells; 3 Belemnites, and a 

 fine specimen of Phosphate of Iron; 1 Scalaria, 1 Saleiiia, tooth of Equus Ameri- 

 canus, and fragments of fossil wood, all from Burlington county, N. J. Presented 

 by Dr. Charles T. Budd. 



Mounted specimen of Ornithorynchus paradoxus. Presented by Captain W. 

 Michael through Dr. Ruschenberger, U. S. N. 



Eleven serpents, of the genera Hydrophis, (from the Canton River,) Coluber, 



