VI. DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 



One Copris, from Upper Egypt. Presented by J. H. Slack. 



15ih. Scops portoricensis, from the Island of St. Thomas, West Indies. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. Robert Swift. 



A collection of birds from the province of Varagua, New Grenada. Presented 

 by Mr. Robert W. Mitchell. 



A small collection of birds from Nicaragua, and three species of Humming 

 Birds from New Grenada. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 



Lepus palustris, from Georgia, and Lepus americanus, from New York. Pre- 

 sented by the Smithsonian Institution. 



Four hundred and forty-five specimens, 232 species Coleopterous insects of the 

 Middle States. Presented by Dr. Joseph Leidy. 



Six specimens Sulphate of Lime, and 1 Cray-fish, from Mammoth Cave, Ken- 

 tucky. Presented by Samuel Hazard, Jr. 



2'2nd. Seven specimens silver ores from Peru. Presented by Col. G. M. 

 Totten, of Aspinwall, through Dr. Ruschenberger. 



Seven specimens copper ores, from Coro Coro, Bolivia. Presented by the same. 



Thirteen specimens, 2 species fossils, from Rio Pecos, Texas ; 3 subcarbonif- 

 erous fossils, from Illinois River, Illinois ; Skulls of Sciurus Aberti, Woodhouse, 

 an(J Dipodomys Ordii, Woodhouse ; Zonotricha pileata or Fringilla Mortoni, 

 the original specimen from Dr. Townsend's collection. Presented by Dr. S W. 

 Woodhouse. 



October 6tk. A collection of birds collected at Ringgold Barracks, Texas. Pre- 

 sented by Capt. John P. McCown, U. S. Army. 



Sturnella ludoviciana, Common Lark, curious variety, with the entire under 

 parts black instead of yellow, from Haddonfield, New Jersey. Presented by Mr. 

 B. B. Willis. 



Collection of Daguerreotypes — views of places in the vicinity of Manilla, and 

 portraits of the native people. Presented by Mr. W. W. Wood, of Manilla. 



Volcanic scoria, from Tuscany. Tinnunculus alaudarius, from Egypt. Pre- 

 sented by Mr. J. H. Slack. 



Corvus ossifragus, from River Delaware, near Chester. Presented by Mr. Wm. 

 S. Wood. 



Fine specimen native copper, from Portage mine, Lake Superior. Presented 

 by H. Denckla, Esq., through Dr. Weir. 



Three cretaceous fossils, from Tennessee. Presented by Edwin Lehman, Esq. 



Two skulls of the four-horned variety of the domestic sheep. 1 Siredon, 1 

 Ambystoma, from New Mexico. Presented by Dr. J. H. B. McClellan. 



One Carphophus, 1 Ablabes, from New Jersey. Presented by Mr. Tiffany. 



One Ambystoma, from New Jersey. Presented by Mr. Ashmead. 



Two Rana, 2 Lygosoma, 2 Menopoma, 2 Tropidonotus, 2 Herpetodryas, 1 

 Ablabes, from Maryland. Presented by J. C. Front, M. D. 



One Plestiodon, 1 Nerodia, 1 Tropidonotus, 2 Ablabes, 2 Ambystoma, 5 Die- 

 myctj'lus, from Columbus, Ohio. Presented by Leo Lesquereux. 



One Rana, from Sandusky, Ohio. Presented by Dr. J. J. Hayes. 



One Alligator, 1 Cnemidophorus, 1 Periops, 1 Heterodon, 1 Cnemidophorus, I 

 Tropidonotus, 1 Heterodon, 1 Platurus, 2 Bothrops, 1 Elaps, 1 Crotalus. Pre- 

 sented by Dr. Joseph Wilson, U. S. N. 



Two Tropidonotus, from New Jersey. Presented by W. G. Binney. 



One Kinosternon, 2 Coryphodon, 6 Hyla, 1 Herpetodryas, 1 Ischognathus, 1 

 Tropidonotus, 1 Ophisaurus, 1 Rana, 3 Bufo, 1 Crotalus, 1 Coronella, 1 Liophis, 

 2 Cbamaeleo. Presented by T. B. Wilson. 



Fourteen Plethodon, 2 Spelerpes, 2 Rana, from Philadelphia. Presented by 

 Dr. Uhler. 



Two Spelerpes, 1 Plethodon, 1 Ambystoma, 1 Diemyctylus, from Ohio. Pre- 

 sented by S. M. Luther. 



One large Balanus. Presented by W. P. Foulke. 



Specimens of Reptiles, Fishes, &c., collected in Kansas Territory. Presented; 

 by Dr. W. A. Hammond, U. S. A. Reptiles : — 5 specimens Plestiodon, I species . 



