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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



[Aug. 



Donors' Names. 



Andrew Allan, Esq. . . 

 H. G. Vennor, Esq.. .. 



Prof. Miles, Lennoxville. 



Principal Dawson. 

 Mr. W. Hunter. . . . 



Jas. Ferrier, jun., Esq.. . 



Donations. 



Jan. 25th, 1864. (Continued.) 



Star-Fisb, (Jstrophyton —?) from the Gulf of 



St. Lawrence. 

 Two specimens of the "drinker" moth, (Gon- 



optera libatrix,) from a cave at the Cote St. 



Michel, near Montreal. 



February 29th, 1864. 



2 Specimens of gutta perchain its crude state, 

 of qualities No. 1 and 2. 



Fibres from the bark of the Spanish aloe, 

 (^gave,) as extracted by machinery. 



Another example of aloe fibre. 



Specimeu of Cingalese aloe fibre, with piece of 

 cord made from the same and reddened by 

 vegetable juices. 



2 examples of raw mohair, as it comes from 

 the animal, — of two intermediate qualities. 



Another sample of mohair. 



Specimeu of pure mohair " top," combed in 

 preparation for manufacture. 



Example of yarn spun from pure mohair 

 " top." 



2 specimens of down of the silk cotton tree. 

 (Eriodendron anfractuosum.) 



Prepared Sarracenia purpurea, {The pitcher- 

 plant^) the Indian remedy for small-pox, 

 as used by the Micmacs ; from Nova Scotia. 



Samples of Mr. Harbeu's proposed substitute 

 for cotton, the fibrous alva. 



Specimen of a Javan vegetable fibre proposed 

 as a substitute for cotton,but as prepared for 

 manufacture by Messrs. Marshall & Dalmer 

 of London, (England,) found to answer bet- 

 ter in admixture with silk. 



10 specimens of fossil plants (named), from 

 the coal measures of Nova Scotia. 



Small brown weasel. (^Putorius cigognanii^ 

 Bonaparte. 



Hairy woodpecker, variety. (^Picus villosus, 

 Linn?eus.) 



Bohemian chatterer.. (jimpelis garrulus, 

 Linnaeus.) 



March 28 th, 1364. 



1 stuffed specimen of the goshawk, female, 

 {Astur atricapilluSj Bonaparte.) 



