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Donors' Names. 



Principal Dawson. 



Donations. 



G. Barnston, Esq. 

 Mr. W. Hunter. . . 



John Gilmour, Esq., Que- 

 bec 



Jas. Ferrier, jun., Esq.. . 



Jas. Ferrier, jun., Esq. . . 



October 26th, 1863. 



The banded pipe-fish, (Syn^nathus fasciatus, 

 DeKay) from Nova Scotia, also an exotic 

 species of Synf^nathus. 



Two corallines from Florida. (Lepiogors^ia 

 virgata, and Ziphigorgia anceps, both of Ed- 

 wards and Plaime.) 



Star fish, (Ophiura Egertoni,) from the Lias of 

 Lyme Regis, England. 



8 specimens of native copper, from the Lake 

 Superior district. 



1 example of iron pyrites, in conglomerate 

 from Massachusetts. 



Meadow mouse. {Arvicola riparia, Ord.) 

 Head of the common or woodland caribou, 

 (Rangifer Caribou, Audubon and Bachman.) 



2 sea-gulls, in immature plumage, species un- 

 determined. 



November 30th, 1863, 



I specimen of the hooded merganser. (Lopho- 

 dytes cucullatus, Reich.) 

 Rev. 0. Brunet, Laval 2 species of exotic starfishes. 



University, Quebec. 

 J. F.Whiteaves, Esq . 



Mr. W. Hunter. 



Principal Dawson. 



C. Robb, Esq., C. E 



A. Rimmer, Esq 



Captain Noble 



Jno. Brown, Esq., Hamil- 

 ton, C. W 



M. Cochrane, Esq 



W. Learmont, Esq 



Rev. M. De Villeneuve. . 

 Rev. M. Billion 



8 " of foreign shells. 



2 species of foreign shells. 



21 fossils (named), from the Trenton lime- 

 stone, near Quebec. 



Specimen of the chipmunk or striped ground- 

 squirrel. (Tui/iias striatus, Linnteus.) 



7 " cone in cone" concretions from the coal 

 fields of Glace Bay, Cape Breton. 



December 28th, 1863. 



Star-nosed mole. (Condylura cristata, Linnaeus.) 

 The mole shrew. (Blarina talpoides, Gray.) 

 Snowy owl. (Nycteanivea, Gray.) 

 The double crested cormorant. {Graculus dilo- 



phus, Gray.) 

 Specimen of the spotted Menobranchus, {Meno- 



branchus lateralis, Say) in spirits. 

 Cairngorm stone, cut and polished. 



Jan. 25th, 1864. 



8 species of Chinese marine shells. 



I example of Andonta implicata, Say. (^A 

 rather scarce Lower Canadian fresh-water 

 bivalve shell.) 



