486 DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 1906.. 



LiEUT.-CoL. C. H. E. Adamson, CLE. — Two cabinets of Burmese 

 insects, various orders, about 1600 specimens ; with in addition 

 about 200 British butterflies. Also the horns and part of skull of 

 the takin (Biidorcas taxicolor), a very rare Himalayan ruminant. 



Miss C. T. Adamson. — A cabinet of exotic butterflies from various parts 

 of the world ; about 400 specimens. 



Right Hon. Lord Armstrong. — Two ancient Egyptian mummy hawks. 



RiCHD. S. Bagnall. — Examples of four very rare British beetles to fill 

 gaps in the collection. Some local nematode worms. 



W. E. Beck. — A piece oi Lepidodend7-on ohovahim in sandstone, from near 

 Harbottle. 



Matthew Berkley (per W. E. Beck). — A white variety of the meadow 

 pipit and a waxwing, both from Ponteland. 



Adam Biggart. — A living chamreleon brought by the donor from 

 Alexandria. 



T. Brayshaw. — x\ "lake trout," length 22 inches, caught by the donor 

 in Malham Tarn. 



M. Walton Brown. — Samples of encrinite- and spirifera-limestone from 

 Barton Quarries, near Darlington (the limestone used as ballast on 

 the local electrified lines). 



Jas. Caygill. — a number of geological specimens from the Consett 

 district and from Ingleborough, including Coal Measure plant 

 remains, boulder clay erratics, and an interesting boulder taken 

 out of a coal seam. 



Abrl Chapman. — Skin of great bustard, male in full plumage, from 

 Spain. Skin of nearly adult ivory gull ( Pagophila eburnca). 



Mrs. Clay. — A box of shells, chiefly troj)ical, arranged in a pattern. 



Master N. C. Champ.n'Ess. — Shells of Cyprina islandica and .Ifncfra 

 still tor II HI. 



Hi'Gir V. Charlton.— A chiffchalf, male, shot on Dec. 20th by the 

 donor at Cullercoats. A garfish ( Hclouf bflonc), length 31 inches. 



