488 DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Wm. Henderson. — An introduced longicorn beetle, Astynomus cedilis, 

 found at Chester Moor Colliery. 



C. W. Hutchinson. — Six sea-horses (Hippocampus), two species, from 

 the Mediterranean. 



Matthew P. Ismay.^ — Shale with a honAoi Neuropteris (N. Loshiil), 

 from Wardley Colliery. 



Geo. Jenkins. — Skin of an African kingfisher, Ceryle maxima^ female. 



Capt. King (Hartlepool). — Five examples o{ Fusiis antiqiiits and four of 

 F. norvegiciis. 



J. I. Mating. — Skin of a grey phalarope shot at Newbiggin. 



J. Russell Martinson. — Poplar-hawk moth caught at Bellingham. 



Major Geo. Noble. — A female golden-eye. 



Rev. W. Noll. — A coral (Cyathophylhim) from the Great Limestone, 

 Alston ; a piece of the Cheviot " pitchstone porphyrite." 



M. Pelegrin. — Polished samples of ornamental rocks (British and foreign 

 marbles, serpentines, etc. ; about 70 specimens). Eight cases of 

 birds, including pairs of fieldfares, kingfishers, pheasants, partridges, 

 eider-ducks, and single specimens of little owl, scops owl, etc. ; all 

 excellently mounted. 



F. H. Phillips & Co. — A small lumpsucker (Cycloptertis himptis). 



Mrs. Punshon. — Framed pencil sketch of Miss M. J. Hancock, by 

 W. B. Scott, 1847. 



Major Roddam. — Common snipe and jack snipe in spring plumage. 



Ernest Scott. — A living slow-worm from Riding Mill. A collection of 

 shore -pool animals from Newbiggin. 



G. S. Smart. — A male brambhng in winter plumage. 



Clement Stephenson. — Skull of the donor's celebrated Aberdeen- Angus 

 cow " Bride." A sheep-tick (Ixodes). 



Jos. Taylor. — The donor's collection of Coal Measure fossils, chiefly 

 from Shiremoor ; all selected examples. Also some fossils from the 

 Carboniferous Limestone, Permian, Lias and Chalk. A stone axe- 

 head found at Earsdon, Northumberland, and a set of Danish flint 

 implements. 



P. Walther.— Ores of copper and iron from the Desert of Atacama, 

 Chile ; including brochantite, copiapite, fibroferrite, and pisanite. 



Mrs. Agnes Ward. — A whydah bird ( I'idi/a paradist-a), male. 



