ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM 237 



Mrs. Burnham. — A small polished pair of horns of the African rhinoceros 

 (H. bicornis). 



Lieut. -Col. R. H. Carr-Ellison. — Deposited on loan: a fine pair of 

 red deer's antlers from the bed of the Tyne at Dunston ; a Maori 

 stone weapon, a Tahitian stone bread-pounder, and a South Sea 

 Islands fish-hook ; a large number of coins, Roman, English, and 

 Continental. 



James Caygill. — A number of boulders from the drift of the Consett 

 district ; various other geological specimens, including curiously 

 weathered whinstone from the Great Whin Sill near Cauldron Snout, 

 and ore and slag from two old iron workings. 



J. Charlton. — x\ number of birds' eggs. 



Norman C. Champness. — Some British and foreign shells. A shell of 

 J\Iya arenaria, showing a curious duplication of the valves. Nests 

 and eggs of wild duck and canary. 



Abel Chapman. — Five bird skins from Spain, all in excellent condition : 

 viz., flamingo (adult male and immature), white-faced duck, 

 Erisjiiaiura Icucocephala (pair of adults), and Bonelli's eagle, 

 Nisaetiis fasciatus (immature female). 



Isaac Clark, junr. — Natui-al history objects from Port Elizabeth, Cape 

 Colony, including some characteristic insects, and the nest and eggs 

 of a weaver bird, Sitagra ocularia. 



Geo. E. Crawhall. — A number of ducks for the Hancock collection : 

 two wigeon drakes, one fully adult, the other just coming into adult 

 dress ; pochard drake, adult ; teal, adult female ; young pintail drake 

 assuming adult dress. A j-oung male great grey shrike. Two 

 hares and three rabbits. All the above from near Haydon Bridge. 

 Also a lady's hat bought recently in Newcastle, "trimmed" with 

 the skins of eight bullfinches ; presented as a memorial of the 

 " vandalism of the 20th century." 



Capt. J. H. Cuthbert. — A collection of butterflies made by the donor 

 in Nyasaland, about 200 specimens, together with a number of other 

 insects (moths, stick-insects, mantises, etc.) 



H. A. A. Domerain. — A specimen of the owl Strix lapponica from 



Sweden. 

 J. DUGUID. — A "double cocoa-nut" (fruit of the coco-de-mer tree) 



from Praslin Island, Seychelles. 



R. Duncan (Robin Hood's Bay). — Fossil tooth of the shark Lamna from 



the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. 

 Dr. J. T. DuNLOP. — A stuffed albatross, immature. 



