DONATIONS. 



The following comprises the donations to the Institute during 

 the year 1 899 : 



BIRDS. 



Ardea virescens ( Green Heron ) ; Plectrophenax nivalis, ( Snow Bunting ) mount- 

 ed skeleton. George E. Bumham. 



Accipiter fuscus ( Sharp-shinned Hawk ) ; Cyanocitta cristata ( Blue Jay.) Frank 

 C. Twombly. 



Colaptes auratus (Flicker — Hairy Wicket.) William H. Huse. 



Sialia sialis ( Blue Bird ) ; Dolichonyx oryzivorus ( Bobolink ) ; Ardea herodias 

 ( Great Blue Heron ) ; Agelaius phoeniceus ( Red-winged Blackbird, pair; Nyc- 

 tala acadica (Saw-whet Owl); Ardea virescens (Green Heron); Botaurus 

 lentiginosus ( Least Bittern.) Adam Graf. 



ANIMALS. 



Cervus Virginianus (Virginia Deer) — two specimens. Manchester St. Railway. 

 Procyon lotor ( Raccoon ) ; Felis catus ( Wildcat or Bob-cat ) ; Vulpes fulvus ( Red 



Fox ) ; Fiber zibethicus ( Muskrat ) ; Sciurus carolinensis ( Gray Squirrel.) 



Harrie M. Young and Mrs. Mary S. Young. 

 Alces americana ( Moose) mounted head. Frank E. Heald. 

 Felis catus ( Wildcat or Bob-cat.) William H. Huse. 

 Sciurus hudsonius (Red Squirrel) — mounted skeleton. George E. Bumham. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. 



Order Odonata — 57 specimens ; Order Orthoptera — 38 specimens ; Order Hemip- 

 tera— 63 specimens; Order Neuroptera — 12 specimens; Order Lepidoptera — 

 56 specimens; Order Diptera — 32 specimens; Order Coleoptera — 272 speci- 

 mens ; Order Hymenoptera — 98 specimens ; total, 628 specimens. Edward 

 J. and George E. Burnham. 



2 Cuckoo Flies, 3 rare Moths, i Worker Bee, i Ichneumon Fly, i Butterfly, i Cal- 

 osoma scrutator. Edwin A. Jones, Orlando, Florida. 



Calosamia secropia, female. Miss Minnie Dustin. 



Calosoma scrutator, 2 grasshoppers. Frank Davis, Orlando, Florida. 



Several cases of insects, as a memorial to her son. Mrs. Hannah C. Marshall. 



