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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM 



In Skptkmber and October, 1848. 



September 5th. 



Saurian Vertebra, from a marl bed on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 

 From Mr. D. M. Sanborn. 



Fruit of Mammea Americana. From Mr. Wm. Butcher, through Mr. Cassin. 



Large and fine specimen of Ammonites Delawarensis Morton, from Centreton, 

 New Jersey ; Exogyra costata, two Rostellaria, a series of Coprolites, Yellow 

 ochre, and Fossil wood, from New Jersey. Also two specimens of Gordius 

 Aquaticus, from Burlington, New Jersey. From Mr. L. J. Germain. 



Portion of the jaw of Mosasaurus with two nearly perfect teeth, from Freehold, 

 New Jersey, and a fine specimen of Voluta imperialis and Natica fluctuatus. 

 From Burlington College, in exchange. ^ 



September VJth, 



Hippocampus , from India, and a collection of Reptilia and LarvjB. 



From Burlington College, in exchange. 



Iron Geode, from President's Island, Mississippi. From Prof. Haldeman. 



Tooth of Elephas primogenius, from Mississippi, and a collection of Fish and 

 Crustacea. From W. C. Bryan, Esq., of New York, through Prof. Haldeman. 



October 3d. 



Casts of teeth of Dorudon serratus, Gibbes, and of five species of Charcharodon. 

 From Dr. R. W. Gibbes, of Columbia, S. C. 



Coluber eximius (young), and two specimens of Quartz. Presented by Dr. 

 Hallowell. 



Two stuffed serpents, from New Jerusalem. Presented by Mr. H. E. Ashmead, 

 of Philadelphia. 



Mounted specimen of Tenosaura acanthura, Scincus fasciatus, and a specimen 

 of Endymion regalis, from Tampico. Presented by Lieut. Haldeman, U. S. A., 

 through Prof. Haldeman. 



Three specimens of SphaeriaRoberti, growing from the head of the larva of Va- 

 nessa itea, from New Holland. Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Medallion cast of the head of John Gould, Esq., F. R. S., of London, the cele- 

 brated ornithologist. From the same. 



Numerous fragments of fossil shells, from the drift hills of Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Presented by William C. Redfield, Esq., of New York. 



Crassatella Mississippiensis, and Ostrea Georgiana, from Vicksburg, Miss. 

 From Mr. J. D. Anderson, through Mr. Conrad. 



Fine casts of Anoplotherium commune, (Cuv.) and Paloeotherium medium, 

 (Cuv.) From the Professors of the " Jardin des Plantes " of Paris, through Dr. 

 Leidy. 



October 10th. 



Mr. W. S. Vaux presented a crystal of Beryl, from Aworth, New Hampshire, 

 weighing 185 pounds, and measuring three feet three inches in circumference and 

 eighteen inches in length. 



Specimen of polished Quartz. From Dr. Dawson, of Philadelphia. 



A very fine collection of British Coleoptera, numbering between eight hundred 

 and nine hundred species, systematically arranged and labelled. Presented by 

 Mr. Edward Doubleday, of London. 



A collection of Minerals, chiefly iron ores. Collected and presented by Mr. 

 George B. Allinson. 



Several very fine specimens of Elba iron ore. Presented by Dr. Joseph Carson. 



One hundred and nineteen mounted specimens of American birds. Presented 

 by Mr. Edward Harris. 



