DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 111. 



A small collection of Minerals and Fossils. Presented by Dr. I. Hays. 

 Do. do. do. do. 



Six specimens Fossil Helix and bones of Cervus virginianus, from 25 feet 

 loess in the valley of the Vermilion, Illinois. Presented by J. W. Foster, Esq. 



One large Catfish and one large White Perch, from Mississippi River. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. E. D. Kittoe, of Galena. 



Specimens of Cottonwood and Chips cut by the Beaver, from the Missouri 

 River. Presented by Edward Harris, Esq. 



Six specimens Anolius, 7 Ameiva, 10 Iguana, from St. Thomas, W. I. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. Swift. 



I9ih. Four Tropidonotus, from Fort Delaware. Four Skulls of Canis, from 

 New Mexico and Red Fork of Arkansas. Three fine specimens of Opal, from 

 Honduras. Malachite and Sulphuret of Copper, from North Carolina. One 

 hundred and twenty-six specimens, 23 species, Unio, Anodon, and Margaritina, 

 collected on the tributaries of the Arkansas River. Presented by Dr. S. W. 

 Woodhouse. 



June 2d. Ten specimens Fossil Fishes, Mecolepis, Elonichthys, and Diplodus, 

 from the coal field of Linton, Jefferson Co., Ohio. Presented by C. M. Wheatley. 



Two Fossil Plants, from Mary's Point, Bay of Fundy. Presented by Wm. 

 Struthers. 



Helix plicata; Neretina; Fulgur, 3 Orthoptera, 3 sp. ; 6 Coleoptera, 6 sp. ; 

 7 Scorpions, 1 sp. ; 3 Polydermus, 2 sp. ; Synbranchus ; Carapus trachinus ; 

 from New Granada, Presented by R. W. Mitchell. 



One Blennius, 1 Gunellus, from Puget Sound. Presented by R. Davidson. 



A fine specimen of the Skeleton of the Camel, from Tunis, Africa. Presented 

 bj Wm. S. Vaux. 



9th. Forty-two specimens Plestiodon, Anolius, Crotalophorus, Tropidonotus, 

 Plethodon, Hyla, and Acris, from South Carolina. Presented by Drs. Hallowell 

 and Leidy. 



Thirty-eight specimens Lygosoma, Ophisaurus, Simotes. Rana, Cystignathus, 

 Hyla, Acris, Engystoma, Plethodon, Ambystoma, Siren. Presented by Major 

 .1. LeConte. 



Twenty-nine specimens Emys, Kinosternon, Crocodilus, Ameiva, Helicops, 

 Calopisura, Herpetodryas, Elaphis, Bufo, from Surinam. By Mr. Chas. Herring. 



One Euprepes, from Upolu, Navigator Islands. Presented by Dr. Ruschen- 

 berger. 



One Menobranchus, from the Wabash River. Presented by Dr. Blackwood. 



Two specimens Tropidonotus and Gerrhonotus, from Admiralty Inlet and 

 Puget Sound. Presented by Geo. Davidson. 



One Rana. Dr. Uhler. Three Ambystoma, from New Jersey. C. Ashmead. 



Twenty-four specimens Anolius, Draconura, Bothrops, Flaps, Oxybelis, Lep- 

 tophis, &c., from Cocuyas de Veraguas, N. Grenada. Presented by R. Walsh 

 Mitchell. 



One hundred and fifty specimens Draco, Calotes, Bronchocela, Trigono- 

 cephalus, Bothrops, Hydrophis, Lycodon, Tropidonotus, Rhinophis, Oligodon, 

 Aspidura, Calamaria, Dendrophis, Herpetodryas, Leptophis, &c., from Ceylon 

 and the Phillipine Islands. In exchange from Mr. Cuming. 



Twenty-three specimens Iguana, Anelius, Ameiva, from St. Thomas, W. I. 

 Preaented by Mr. Swift. 



One Anolius equestris, from Cuba. Presented by Maj. LeConte. 



Twelve specimens Posidonia Shales and Coprolites, and a Fossil Fish Jaw, 

 from the Triassic rocks of Black Rock Tunnel near Phcenixville, Chester Co., 

 Pa. Presented by T. Conrad and Jos. Leidy. 



Magnetic Iron Ore, from Danbury, N. C. Presented by R. D. Golding. 



Three specimens Sulphuret of Iron, from Isle of Wight. Presented by J. 

 Lambert. 



