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DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



In September and Octobke, 1849. 

 September 4th, 



Twenty-two Skeletons of Birds, as follows : Cygnus atratus, Aquila fusca, 

 Milvus sph.'Enurus, Talegalus Lathami, Centropus gigas, Calyptoiynchus xantho- 

 notus, Dacelo gigantea, Podargiis cinereus, Botauriis australis, Craclicus hypoleu- 

 cus, Corcorax australis, Graucalus parvirostris, Myzantha pumila, Anthochoera 

 Lewinii, Hsematopodus varius, Cuculus cinerascens, Platycircus pailiceps, Ceyx 

 azureus, Acanthyza diemensensis, Coronica australis, Megapodius tremulus, 

 Diomedea exulans. From Dr. T. B. Wilson. 



Coronella doliata, from Louisiana. From J. Coleman Fisher, Esq. 



A species of Diodon, and several specimeas of Corals and Shells from Long 

 Branch, N. J. From Samuel Powel, Esq. 



Septemher Wth. 



Forty specimens of Gold, Silver and Lead Ores, from the mines of Cordova, 

 South America. From T. F. Moss, Esq. 



Ichthyophilus from Sargus ovis, from Beasley's Point, N. J. From Samuel Ash- 

 mead, Esq. 



September \Sth. 



A collection of Shells and Minerals. From Dr. E. J. Lewis. 

 Stilbite, from Nova Scotia. From Dr. Hallowell. 



Metatarsal bone of Anoplotherium commune, from Montmartre, France. 

 Deposited by same. 



October 2d. 



Mounted specimen of Lepidosteus ferox, from the Mississippi river. From Mr. 

 J. D. Anderson. 



Teredo navalis. From R. Pitcher, U. S. N. 



Coluber , from Trinidad. From Dr. Watson. 



Aragonite, from Styria, Native Mercury from Idria, Miargerite and Feather 



Ore from BraundorfT, White Antimony from do., Pecten from the Jura of , 



Pecopterus, from Saxony. Presented by Theo. F. Moss, Esq. 



Fossil Wood from the Drift of New Jersey ; from Long Branch. Deposited 

 by Mr. Samuel Powel. 



Stone Adze, found in New Jersey. From the same. 



October IQth. 



A collection of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. Presented by Dr. John Neill. 



Mounted specimen of Chlamyphorus truncatus, (the original specimen descri- 

 bed by Dr. R. Harlan in Vol. 1., Annals of Lyceum of New Yorkj. Also the 

 cranium of the same. Presented by Dr. Wilson. 



Dwarf variety of Gallus Bankiva. From Dr; Wistar, of Germantown. 



Hybrid between the Mallard duckand the Muscovy. FromMr. Edward Harris. 



October 23d. 



Panopens, Grapsus, Dromia, Porcellana, Achelous, Sesarma, and two species 

 not named, from Brazil ; Spondylus varius, and BuHmus haemastomus, from Para, 

 Pholadomya, and Mountain Limestone, from South Wales. Presented by Dr. 

 Wilson. 



Coryctes, Piremela, Porcellana, from England; Uraster, Ophiscoma, from 

 Pembrokeshire, England. Presented by E. T. and C. W. W^son, of South Wales. 



Fine fragment of the inferior maxilla with bases of four teeth, of Mosasaurus 



, from the Green Sand, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Presented by Dr. S. G. 



Morton. 



Dr. Morton also presented to the Society all those fragments of Mosasaurus, 

 heretofore deposited by him. 



Taphozousrufus, Harlan, captured on Quercus ferruginea. From Dr. Alexander. 



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