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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM 



IN January and February, 1848. 



Jamiary Ath. 



Cynocephalus Sphjmx. From Dr. G. Wat?on. 



Scolopendra gigas/, from jMaracaibo. From Dr. C. D. Meigs. 



Copper Ore, from the vicinity of Princeton,. N. J. From Dr. D. C. Skerrett. 



Specimen of a Taenia, and an Ascaris, from the intestine of an ox. From Dr. 

 Dickeson. 



Dr. Wilson presented crania of the following : — Yulpes fulvus, Procyon lotor, 

 Felis domesticus, Putorius vison, Scalops aquaticus, Sciuriis vulpinus, S. striatus, 

 Strix nasvia, Quiscalus versicolor, Picus auratus, Chelonura serpentina, Rana 

 pipiens. 



January Wth. 



Mounted specimen of Felis chibi-gouazou. From Dr. P. B. Goddard. 



Two hundred and twenty-six specimens of shells, comprising sixty genera and 

 one hundred and twenty species, from Western Africa. From the Rev. Thos. S. 

 Savage. 



Two species of Serpula and one of Spatangus, and specimens of Achatina perdix, 

 A. striata, and A. purpurea. From the same. 



January 18fA. 



Mounted skeleton of Trionyx ferox. From Dr. Meigs. 



Mounted skeleton of Bubo virginianus. From Mr. Lambert. 



Mounted skeletons of Falco lineatus, Sturnus ludovicianus, and Scolopax Wilsoni. 

 From Dr. Wilson. 



Procyon lotor, and Hapale cedipus, (two specimens.) From Dr. Watson. 



Mass of Fossil Corallines, from Havana; and six species of fossil Helix, one of 

 Paludina, one of Helicina and one of Pupa, from the Drift, West of Natchez, 

 Miss. From Dr. Dickeson. 



Five Peruvian crania, and fragments of two others, presented to Dr. Morton 

 by Dr. Joseph Wilson, U. S. N. Deposited by Dr. Morton. 



Medallion of Cuvier. Presented by the artist, Mons. A. Bovy, through Mr. 

 Vattemare. 



Fehrziary 1st. 



Eggs of fifty-six species, and the nests of twenty-four species, of American 

 Birds. Presented by Prof. S. F. Baird, of Carlisle, Pa. 



The Ornithological collection of M. Boucier, of Lyons, consisting of 1039 speci- 

 mens. Deposited by Dr. Wilson. 



Fehruary^Sth. 



Dr. Dickeson deposited Chelonura Temminckii, (head, carapace and sternum,) 

 head of a Chelonian, crania of Kinostenaon pennsylvanicum, Emys picta, E. mo- 

 bilensis, E. floridana, E. serrata, and E. insculpta ? 



Mounted specimen of Hapale ccdipus. From Dr. Watson. 



Mounted specimen of Gerbillus canadensis. From Dr. Wilson. 



February 15tk. 



Trionyx ferox, (mounted,) and a remarkable dwarf variety of Gallus domesti- 

 cus. From Mr. Wm. S. Wood. 



Mounted skeleton of Ardea herodias. From Dr. Wilson. 



Cynocephalus sphynx. From Dr. Watson. 



Specimen of Lophius piscatorius, from Manhattan Bay. Presented by Messrs. 

 Ashmead, Pearsall, Percival, Hallowell, Wilson and others. 



Vomer , from , in spirits. From Mr. Samuel Ashmead. 



