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Additions to the Museum and Library during October, 

 November, and December, 1866. 



TO THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT. 

 BY DONATION. 



ASHBY, W. A., Salem. Specimen of the Widah Bird, female. 



BABCOCK, AMORY L., Sherborn, Mass. Native Birds, from Slier- 

 born. 



BEAL, W. J., Union Springs, N. Y. Three Specimens of Gfasteros- 

 teus, from Union Springs. 



BERTRAM, Capt. JOHN, Salem. Malformed Egg of the domestic fowl. 



BOLLES, Rev. E. C., Portland, Me. Three bottles of Insects in al- 

 cohol, from Westbrook, Me. Guano, from a northern locality. 



BUTTRICK, S. B., Salem. Piece of Trap Rock, from Buddy Getch- 

 ell's Swamp, Marblehead. 



CALEF, G. F., Saco, Me. Specimens of Grass from marshes in the 

 vicinity of Saco. "Six weeks' Corn," from Fort Randall, Dacotah. 

 Sand, from Prout's Neck, Scarboro', Me. 



CARLTON, OLIVER, Salem. Quartz, from Lyndeborough, N. H. 



COOKE, C., Salem. Portion of Skull of an adult Indian; also por- 

 tions of the Skull and the Femurs of a young Indian, dug up at Ando- 

 ver, on the banks of the Merrimac River. Specimen of Field Mouse 

 and its Nest, from Andover. Parasitic Worms from a Flounder taken 

 in Salem Harbor. Specimens of Sponge from beaches in Beverly. 

 Two young White Rats, raised in Salem. 



COOKE, Mrs. WILLIAM, Salem. Snow-bird, from Salem. 



COVIL, T. N., Salem. Three specimens of Venus mercinana, from 

 Virginia. 



DOWBRIDGE, ANDREW, jr., Salem. Specimen of a young Halibut 

 (Hippoglossus Americanus), weighing two pounds, taken near Half-way 

 Rock, off Swampscott. 



DRINELL, JOSEPH. Living specimen of Fish Hawk, taken at Liberty 

 Hill, North Salem. 



EMERTON, JAMES H., Salem. Red- throated Diver, taken at Salem. 



FELT, JOHN, Salem. Portion of the right side of the under jaw, 

 and a vertebra of an Indian Skeleton dug up in Lagrange street, South 

 Salem, October, 1866. 



GOULD, JOHN M., Yohanny, Georgetown District, S. C. Several 

 specimens of Frogs and Insects, from Yohanny. 



GROVER, WILLIAM, Salem. The large Claws of Lupa dicantha, 

 taken alive in the Mill-pond, Salem, Mass., Dec. 13, 1866. 



JOHNSON, EMERY S., Salem. Specimen of Ruddy Duck (Erisma- 

 tura rubida Bon.), female, shot in South Salem. 



