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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM 



In November and December. 



November 1th. 



Cranium of Allisrator Mississippiensis, one of a Delphinus, three of the Orang 

 of Borneo, and one of a Simla. Deposited by Dr. Morton. 



Two living specimens of Phrynosoma cornuta, from New Mexico. From Dr. 

 McMurtrie. 



Two specimens S and % of Sciurus cinereus, from Delaware. Presented by 

 Dr. Heerman. 



Trichiurus lepturus, from Long Island. From Mrs. Jane E. Spooner, of New 

 York, through Prof. Germain. 



A curious variety of the domestic duck (Anas boschus) having the toes uncon- 

 nected by webs; raised near Mount Laurel, N. J. Presented by Mr. Percival. 



One hundred specimens of Reptilia, collected in South Carolina, and presented 

 by Mr. Reid. 



November Wth. 



Numerous specimens of Salt from Mingo lake, in Texas, about'50 miles from 

 Metamoras, Mexico ; with the following memorandum : " The lake is a mile and 

 a half in length, and half a mile in width, and so strongly formed is the body of 

 salt on the surface, that wagons, or loaded mules, can be driven over it, without 

 danger of breaking through. The rapidity of its formation, without any artificial 

 process, or mechanical aid, is most remarkable, as the inhabitants cut it out, in 

 large blocks, or cakes, around the margin of the lake, and in a day or two it is 

 replaced by another supply, equally thick." Brought from Metamoras by Col. 

 Wm. Davenport, U. S. A., and presented by Mrs. Davenport. 



Eleven human Crania — Shawnee, Seminole, and nine Peruvian, and one cast of 

 a Caffre. Deposited by Dr. S. G. Morton. 



Cranium of Emys — River Amazon, 



Four large specimens of Ostrea Georgiana, from Shell Bluff, Savannah river. 

 From Mr. Reid, of S. Carolina. 



Ardea rufescens, young, and Picas tridactylis, t and % from Europe. From 

 Dr. Heerman. 



Three fragments of maxillae of fossil Tapirus Americanus ? described in Silli- 

 man's Journal for 1846. From Texas. Presented by the late Wm. M. Carpenter, 

 M. D., of New Orleans, through Mr. B. M. Norman. 



November 21st. 



Cast of an Asterias found at Scoharie, N. S. Presented by Mrs. J. E. Spooner, 

 through Prof. L. J. Germain. 



Four specimens of Fossils from Catskill, and one specimen of an Orthoceras. 

 Presented by Prof. L. J. Germain. 



Fourteen hundred and ninety-three specimens of foreign minerals ; 21 speci- 

 mens of American minerals ; 135 specimens of Vesuvian m.inerals ; 90 specimens 

 of Auvergne minerals and rocks, and 300 specimens of New Holland minerals and 

 rocks. Presented by Dr. Wilson. 



Seventy specimens of blue and green Carbonate of Copper, from Chessy, France. 

 Presented by Mons. Bourcier, of Lyons, through Dr. Wilson. 



Specimen of Chromate of Lead from Berisoff, Siberia. Presented by Mr. 

 H. Heuland, of London, through Dr. Wilson. 



A large specimen of Stalactite, from Derbyshire, presented by Mr. Adams, of 

 Derbyshire, through Dr. Wilson. 



One hundred and sixty-five species (427 specimens) of British Fossils, chiefly 

 from the Chalk, Wealden, Oolite, Carboniferous, Limestone and old Red Sandstone 

 formations; 150 species (643 additional specimens) from the Bennett collection ; 



