DONATIONS. 



The following comprises the donations to the Institute during 

 the year 1900. 



BIRDS. 



Nyctalaacadia (Acadian Owl) ; Mrs. Jennie Hackett Farnham. 



Botaurus lentiginosus (American Bittern, young); Buteo latis- 

 simus (Broad-winged Hawk); Syrnium nebulosum (Barred 

 Owl); Zonotrichia albicollis (White-throated Sparrow, im- 

 mature); William H. Huse. 



Accipiter atricapillus (Goshawk, unmounted); George Hosser. 



ANIMAIvS. 



lycpus nuttalli mallurus (Rabbitt); Condylura cristata (Star- 

 nosed mole);Putoriusnoveboracensis (Weasel, 2); Calomys 

 americanus (Mouse) ; W. H. Thompson, Pembroke, N. H. 



lyUtra canadensis (Otter); Mrs. ly. B. Clough. 



Skull and spinal column of Felis domestica (common cat); B. 

 J. Burnliam. 



Cynomis ludovicianus (Prairie Dog); George I. Hopkins. 



INSECTS. 



Collection of Lepidoptera embracing 12 Sphingidse, 7 other moths 



and 21 Rhopalocera ; Frank E. Heald. 

 Basilarchia arthemis, Basilarchia astyanax ; Miss Julia McDo- 



nough, Suncook, N. H. 

 Collection of insects ; Harrie M. Young. 



MINERALS. 



Specimens ; Albert E. Clough. 



Collection of minerals ; John R. Bruce. 



Collection of minerals ; Wallace G. Stone. 



Crystals of feldspar and quartz from Ossipee ; Specimens of pseu- 

 domorphs.of quartz after calcite ; Bela H. Emerson, Hook- 

 sett, N. H. 



Sponge Coral from the Indian Ocean ; Miss Eouise E. Newell. 



Collection of clay stones ; A. C. Osgood. 

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