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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 



In January and February. 



January 9tk. 



A mounted and very beautiful specimen of an albino Cervus Virginianus, 

 From Wayne county, Pennsylvania. Presented by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Three Motacilla, 2 species ; oneBudytes; three Phasianus ; one Rhanphoceles. 

 Nine specimens, 8 species, of birds egi^s, S. Africa; one do. S. America; one 

 do. India; 8 species of bird's nests, England. Deposited by Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Carpal bones of Apteryx Oweni. Presented by Dr. Wilson. 



Three casts of crania of a large species of Ourang from Gamboon, W. Africa. 

 Presented by the Bristol Institution, through Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Twenty-two shells from Australia, of the genera Chiton, Struthiolaria, Tel- 

 lina, Bulimus, Cardium, Trigonia, Myochama, and Clavagella. Eighty-seven 

 shells from Californiaand Peru, of the genera Venus, Cytherea,Chama, Cardium, 

 Spondylus, Amphidesma, Area, Donax, Nytilus, Anomia, Mytilicardia, Mactra, 

 Pholas, Parapholas, Petricola, Anatina, Sanguinolaria, Mysia, Pectunculns, 

 Ranella, Murex, Purpura, Oliva, Cassis, Cancellaria, Conus, Pyrena, Ovuia, 

 Triton, and Coronula. Presented by Dr. Wilson. 



Numerous small and rare British shells, and a stone with Orbicula adhering, 

 comprising 18 species dredged up on the English coast, and 3 species Helix. 

 Presented by Mr. McAndrew, of England, through Dr. Wilson. 



Fifteen fossil shells from the Miocene of France, and a group of fossil fish 

 from the tertiary of France. Presented by M. Ed. Verreux, of Paris, through Dr. 

 Wilson. 



A fossil fish from Oberstein. Presented by Mr. Weissmuller, of Paris, through 

 Dr. Wilson. 



Specimen of labarynthine Coal, from England. Presented by the Bristol 

 Institution, through Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Fine specimen Solaster papposa, Pembrokeshire; and two specimens Sphinx, 

 one species; Metopsilis, one species; Smerinthus, one. From Pembrokeshire, 

 S. Wales. Presented by Mr. Edward Wilson. 



January 16th. 



Two specimens of Blennius punctatus, from Cape May, New Jersey. From 

 Mr. Theoph. Beasley. 



February Gth. 



Nine species Helix, one Helicina, one Physa, three Pupa, five Cylindrella, one 

 Succinea; from Florida and Cuba. Presented by Dr. A. A. Gould. 



FU'ty specimens, twenty-two species of Shells from Scotland, of the following 

 genera: Pecten, Mactra, Venerupis, Modiola, Alasmodonta, Nassa, Cardium, 

 Venus, Trochus, Cytherea, Natica, Bulla, Psammobia, Lima, Nerita, Lottia. 

 Received from Wm. Gourlie, Jr., of Glasgow, through Dr. Watson, in exchange. 



Ten species of Shells, from Cape May. Seventy-three specimens, twelve spe- 

 cies, Crustacea, from Cape May, of the following genera: Platyonichiis, Lupa, 

 Ocypode, Gelasimus, Hippa, Pagurus, Palaemon, Caprella, Amphithoe, Stenosoma, 

 Sphreroma. Presented by M. E. Griffith. 



Four specimens Libinia dubia, and one of Platyonichus, from Beesley's Point, 

 N. J. Ei'dit specimens, six species of Birds, from Great Egg Harbor, as follows : 

 Turdus, Calidris, Fringilla, Charadrius, Tringa. Presented by Mr. Samuel Ash- 

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Five specimens, two species, of Ammodytes and Lebias— and the head ol 

 Carcharias. Cape May : three Sertularia, three Cirrhipeda, and three Annelida, 

 from Cape May. From M. E. Grifl=ith. 



