276 LIST OF DONATIONS 



Skeleton of Horse. The Corporation of Newcastle. 



Youug Hedgehog, found at Oatlands ; Common Shrew, found at 

 Oatlands. Mr. John Hancock. 



Antlers of Elk, Cervus Alces, Sweden. 



3fr. John Hall, Ellison Place. 

 Belgian Rabbit. Mr. Alex. S. Stevenson. 



1887. Skull of Wild Rabbit, with abnormal growth of Teeth. 



Sir Lowthian Bell, Rownton Grange. 

 Weasel, Mustela vulgaris, Gosforth Park. Mr. Jackson. 



Stoat, Mustela erminea, L., Limestone Bank, Chesters. 



John Clayton, Esq., Chesters. 

 Duck-bill Platypus, Omithorhynchus paradoxus. 



Sir Arthur E. Middleton, Bart., Belsay Castle. 

 Skeleton of a ChlUingham Cow. 



The Right Hon. the Earl of Tankarville, per R. J. Bolam, Esq. 

 A full grown male of Grey Seal, Halichcerus gryphus, picked up at 

 sea off the coast near Seaham, 17th March, 1887. Purchased. 

 Pair of Horns of Indian Antelope, Antilope cervicapra (Linn.). 



Capt. G. Noble. 

 Two Feet of an Elephant. Purchased. 



BIRDS, REPTILES, FISHES. 



1879. Three specimens of the Shieldrake, one Teal, two Water Hens, one 

 Puffin, one Guillemot, one Sandwich Tern, one Common Gull, 

 three Lesser Black-backed Gulls, one Lapwing, one Land Rail, 

 one Snipe, and white variety of Common Pheasant, all in the 

 downy state. Mr. F. Raine, Durham. 



Nest and Eggs of the Swift, taken at Carlisle, and Nest and Eggs 

 of the Sand_Martin, taken at Durham, June 3, 1878. 



Mr. F. Raine. 



A specimen of the Vendace, Coregonus Willoughhii, from Bala Lake. 



Mr. Alfred 0. Walker, Chester, per Dr. Emhleton. 



Six specimens of the Blind Worm, Anguis fragilis, from near Bardon 



Mill. Mr. Jas. Armstrong. 



Nest of the Cape Tit, Parus ? from South Africa. 



Archdeacon Waters, per Mr. Thos. Waters. 

 A Skin of a Heron. Mr. Faraday Spence. 



Thirty-five Cases of British Birds, formerly at Gosforth House. 



Mr. H. C. Brandling, Stratton House, Weston-super-Mare. 

 Two Skins of Orioles and two of Kingfishers, from Foochow, China. 



Mr. Herbert Deacon. 

 1880. A specimen of the Black-headed Bunting. 



Mr, Hutchinson, Elswick, 



