LIST OF DONATIONS. I99 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1904. 



Lieut. -Col. C. H. E. Adamson, CLE. — Second cabinet of the donor's 

 collection of Burmese butterflies, containing the PapiUoninse and 

 Leptocercinse. 



RiCHD. S. Bagnall. — Continental butterflies reared from imported pupae 

 (Papilio podilarius and Thais polyxena), with particulars as to 

 treatment and emergence. 



Miss Barker. — Various Carboniferous and Mesozoic fossils, and a piece 

 of "musical stone" from Skiddaw. 



Jno. Bidgood, B.Sc. — A young Nightjar picked up dead at the Higher 

 Grade School, Gateshead, Sept. 17, 1903. 



Cardiff Museum (by exchange). — Five British bats, including Long- 

 eared, Lesser Horseshoe, and Natterer's Bats ; and three specimens 

 of Lingiila anatina. 



J. W. Carr. — A pair of albino Pheasants shot near Shotley Bridge. 



Jas. Caygill. — Various mineral specimens and fossils from the Consett 

 district and Weardale, including a piece of iron ore from the first 

 drift opened at Consett. 



F. G. Collett (Police Department, Bombay). — Objects of native Indian 

 workmanship, viz. : a carved paper-knife in sandal wood ; twelve 

 figures representing various classes of Indian servants ; model in 

 alabaster of the great Mohammedan temple or Taj Mahal at Agra. 



Mrs, Common. — Skin of Greater Bird of Paradise ( Faradisea major), 

 dried and mounted on a stick, probably by natives. 



Geo. E. Crawhall. — Male Wigeon in finest adult plumage, Haydon 

 Bridge, Dec. 9, 1903. Also a pair of Mallard's wings for use in a 

 preparation. 



Mrs. Dinning. — Trap-door Spiders, male and female, from the Italian 

 Riviera (nests presented last year). Some instruments for develop- 

 ing fossils, and two local geological survey sheets. 



Mr. Dundas. — Skins of birds from Colon, Panama (eight humming- 

 birds and eight finch-like birds). 



