56 DAYENPOKT ACADE:MY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



Contributions to the Museum during 1878.* 



Abbott, Dr. J. T., Manchester, Iowa. A box of fossils from that locality. 



Allen, M. T., Smithville, Miss. Ancient stone implement. 



Andell, W., Clifton^ Tenn. Three arrows. 



Atchison, Barton F., Miilry, Ala. Two fossil star fish. 



Atchison, Rodolph, " " Two fossil shark's teeth. 



Atwood, H. F., Chicago, Ills. Twenty-five microscopic slides — Diatoms, 



Foraminifera, Seeds, Sands, &c. 

 Barris. Prof. W. H., Davenport. A collection of local Devonian fossils. 

 Barrows, Dr. E. S., Davenport. Ball invitation cai'd on silk, 1838. 

 Bartlett, Frank, Demopolis, Ala. One arrow head. 

 Bateman, Hardin, Bandolph, Tenn. Two Hint implements. 

 Bare, David F., Smithville, Miss. Six arrows. 

 Beck-erstack, W. G., Highland, Miss. Two arrows. 



Bellfrage, G. W., Clifton, Texas. Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, 246 spe- 

 cies, 449 specimens. 

 Berdan, Judge Jas., Jacksonville, Ills. A walrus tusk, and a bowi made 



of the shell of a fruit of South America. 

 Blattner, Charles, Grand Tower, Ills. Two flint arrows. 

 Boatwright, John T.. Fulton, Miss. Ancient stone axe. 

 Boudiuot. Frank, Davenport. Cone-in-cone, from Marion county. 

 Boykin, W. F., Bladen Spirings, Ala. Three flint implements. 

 Brock, R. A., Richmond, Va. Two cocoons of Collosamia promithia. 

 Butler, Mary J., Bonfonca, La. Three flint implements. 

 Eyrnes, Dr. R. M., Walcott, Iowa. A three-legged goose. 

 Calkins, J. W.. Santa Barbara, Cal. Five flints from burial mounds; 



also shell beads, flint awls, stone pipe. 

 Calkins, W. W., Chicago. Ills. Collections of marine, fresh water and 



land shells. 273 species, 1366 specimens ; Florida plants, 10 species ; 



fossils, 129 species, 16S specimens. 

 Carmichael. J. E., Davenport. Skull of some animal, undetermined. 

 Carroll, Mary A., CUfton, Tenn. Discoidal stone. 

 Champlin. .John, Highland, Miss. Five arrows. 

 Cheney. W. P., Demopolis, Ala. Four arrows. 

 Clark, T. B., Scranton, Miss. Two specimens French slate. 

 Clark, Hon. Wm. Penn, Davenport. A fine specimen of Syringopora 



musica, a red coral. 

 Clement, P. A., Warsaw, Ala. One arrow; one discoidal stone. 

 Coleman, W. B., Cypress, Tenn. Stone axe; six arrows. 

 Collier, M. V., Eastman, Miss. Fourteen arrows. 

 CoUum, P. F., " " Four arrows. 



CoUum, R. S., " " Three arrows. 



Comstock, G. W. R., Brooklyn, N. Y. Chameleon bugs from Yucatan; 



shells from Bermuda ; stalactite from the cave at Matanzas, Cuba. 

 Crampton. Charles and George, Moline, Ills. Large collection of local 



spiders. 



* From ihe records of the Curator. 



