558 LIST OF DONATIONS 



Col. M. H. Lamberp. — A core of grit from a boring at Houndalee 

 Farm, Widdrington, depth 34 fathoms. 



C. J. LEYLA.ND. — An American bison, an old bull, the last of the original 



pure stock in the herd at Haggerston Castle, Northumberland ; 

 died July, 1908. 



F, LoNGSTAFF. — A young male osprey, Pandion haliaettcs, found wounded 

 (probably by a telegraph wire) at Newbiggin. 



Archd. E. MacDonald. — A corncrake killed against telegraph wires 

 near Newcastle on April 26th. A large Modiola shell. 



Montagu Maclean. — A hawfinch found in the grounds of Morwick 

 Hall, near Acklington, at the end of January. 



D. Mallett. — Samples of rock beds associated with particular coal seams 



at Hazelrigg pit. 



N. H. Martin. — A sponge of the genus J/?^rzVz'««. 



Chas. Marshall (Durham.) — A little gull, Lams viimitus, shot at 

 Bamburgh, Dec, 1906 ; set up by the donor. 



Sir Arthur E. Middleton. — Sandstone cast of a Cala/nites stem ixovn. 

 a quarry at Belsay Castle. 



Miss Miller. — A small parrot. Pyocephalus versteri, a native of the 

 Niger country ; died in captivity. 



J. J. OxLEY. — A young harp seal, Phoca grcenlandica, in pure white fur, 

 well stuffed ; from Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Sample of 

 molybdenum ore from Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland. 



Mrs. Pease (Pendower ) — A well preserved frond oi Neiiropteris gigantea 

 in a clay-ironstone nodule from Benwell. 



S. J. PiNDBORG (Copenhagen.) — In exchange for some local fossils : a 

 set of fossils from the Faxe beds (etage danien) of the Danish 

 Cretaceous. 



Fredc. Raine. — A collection of plants from the neighbourhood of Hyeres 

 on the French Riviera, 1,010 sheets, excellently prepared. Also two 

 green lizards, Lacerta viridis, from Hyeres, one an unusually large 

 example. 



A. W. Rymer Roberts (Windermere.) — Examples of some of the rarer 

 land shells (species of Hyalina, Helix, Hygromia, etc.) to add to 

 the Alder collection. 



