l6 TJST OF DONATIONS 



Isaac Clark, junr. — Natural history objects from South Africa, includ- 

 ing two nests of a weaver bird, Hyphantornis spilonotiis, some 

 millipedes, etc. Also a pair of malformed horns of axis deer. 



Mrs. Cochrane. — A living brush-tailed rat-kangaroo, Bettongia 

 penicillata, from Australia. 



Geo. E. Crawhall. — The following birds from near Haydon Bridge : 

 two teal drakes, one in fall plumage and one in " eclipse " ; a female 

 vs'igeon, and a line example of the " Polish swan," Cygiius 

 imvmtabilis. Some ethnological objects, viz., a number of weapons 

 from the Congo and a Mohammedan sword and sheath from Sierra 

 Leone. 



D. O. Drewett. — A mouse of a domesticated breed found wild at 



Dilston. 

 Geo. Duncan. — A specimen of the longicorn beetle Astynomus ivdilis, 

 found at Redheugh Gas Works. 



A. L. FoRSTER. — Two unusual varieties of the eggs of the black-headed 

 gull, from Hallington. 



Geo. Gardiner. — A large ichneumon fl}^ (Ephialtes manifestatorl) 

 found in the town. 



E. L. Gill. — Two vertebrae of Ichth}'osaurus, respectively from the 



Oxford clay of Peterborough and the Lower Lias of Leicestershire. 



Samuel Graham. — Some nests with eggs to add to the exhibited collection, 

 and a number of sea-birds' eggs, including very good series of 

 several of the gulls. 



Sir Charles Hammond (family of the late). — Two cases, containing a 

 pair of blackgame and a pair of pheasants. 



Jas. B. Harris. — Polished samples of ornamental Devonshire marbles. 



Mrs. Hedley.— A small Turkey cup-sponge, Eiispongia offcinalis var. 

 moUissima, attached in position of growth. 



H. B. PIerbert, B.A. (Berkhamsted.) — Three examples of Abraxas 

 '2ilmata and two of Asthma ptilckraria from Buckinghamshire. 



Matthew P. Ismay. — A case of dried Crustacea and other shore animals. 



Geo. Jenkins. — A number of Nortli American Lepidoptera, about 2CO 

 specimens, well set. 



Irving Jones.- — Piece of poplar log from the Souris River, Canada, 

 showing cutting done by teeth of beavers. 



CouN. Matthew Lee (Frosterley.) — A large tropical spider (Mygale or 

 Avici/laria sp.) found alive in a bunch of bananas at Frosterley, 

 Weardale. 



