DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



January 6, 1858. Female Anableps Gronovii, with ovary, distended by tlie 

 embryos, exposed to view; Aspredo leris, with its ova adherent to the abdominal 

 surface; and a species of Bagre; all from Surinam; by John Green, Jr. Osse- 

 ous Schlerotic coat of the eye of a S word-Fish, and a large Hornet's Nest; by 

 Theodore Parker. Fossils and Reptiles; by H. Davis. 



January 20. A Chinese Yam, Dioscorea batatas ; by D. T. Curtis. A large 

 and very valuable collection of Shells from the coast of Mazatlan; by A. A. 

 Gould. Lava from Mount Vesuvius; by T. J. Whittemore. Silicious Infusorial 

 Earth from Dedham ; by Tliomas Hollis. Shells, Mollusks, and Sponges, by N. 

 E. Atwood. 



February 3. An immature specimen of Cordiceps growing upon a 



common Fly; by Townend Glover. Specimens of the Spanish Earth Almond, 

 Cyperus esculentus ; by Dr. C. T. Jackson. Clinton Iron Ore; from Dr. H. Bry- 

 ant. Skull of a Pointer Dog; by E. Samuels. Ruddy Duck, Erismatura rubi- 

 ffo, from Massachusetts, and Labrador Duck, CamjMlaimus Labrador us ; by Caleb 



Loring, Jr. A Parrot, Psittaculus ; by Dr. S. Cabot, Jr. Gampsonyx 



Swainsoni from South America; by J. ^\. Forbes. 



February 17. Larvaj of Buprestis which had eaten into wood, and a very 

 large crop of the Turkey; by Dr. H. Bryant. Banded Gurnard, Prionotus Unealusi 

 Dekay, and two specimens of American Hound-Fish, Mustelus canis, Dekay; by 

 Dr. J. N. Borland. 



March 3. Skin of the Silky Monkey of Northern Brazil, Midas rosalia, Geof- 

 froy; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. Whin-Chat Warbler, Pratincola rubetra ; Euro- 

 pean Tree-Sparrow, Passer montanus ; Tawny Pipit, AntJnts campestris; Reed 

 Wren, Cysticola arundinncea ; Great Tit, Parus major ; Java Sparrow, Amadina 

 oryzivora ; Crested Lark, Alauda cristnfor ; Golden-tailed Parrot, Psittacula 

 surda; Hooded Crow, Corvus comix; by Dr. F. J. Bumstead; Sickle-billed Tree- 

 Creeper, Xiphorhynclms Irochilirostris ; by J. M. Forbes. 



Jlarch 17. An excrescence upon the roots of coniferous trees, known as the 

 White Mountain Potato; by L. M. Sargent, Jr. Tobacco-pipe Fish, Fistidaria 

 labaccaria, from the coast of Massachusetts; by Dr. Brown, of Holmes's Hole. 

 Barnacles from George's Bank; by Addison Gott. Nutmeg Pigeon, Carpophar/a 

 cBTiea, Lin. ; by Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr. Brown-headed Barbet, Megalaima caniceps, 

 Frank.; Red-backed Woodpecker, Bravlujplerix erythronotus, Vieil., male; ex- 

 change with J. W. R. Jenks. Great Tit, Partis major, Lin.; Cut-throat Finch, 

 Amadina fasciata, Gmel. ; Common Eui-opean Quail, Coiurnix communis, Bonn, 

 female; Blue I'xt, Parus caruleus, Lin., male; Grey Partridge, Perdix cinerea, 

 Lin., young; Double Snipe, Gallinngo major, Lin., female; Marmora's Warbler, 

 Sylvia sarda, Marm. ; two specimens of European House Wren, Troglodytes par- 

 vulus, Koch., male and female; by Dr. F. J. Bumstead. Red-headed Guinea 

 Parrakeet, Psittacula puUaria, Lin., female; by Dr. J. N. Borland. 



