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LIST OF DONATIONS 



The Great Dormouse, Myoxus glis (L.), caught in Corsica by F. Raine, 

 Lived several years in captivity, died April, 1897. 



Fred. Raine, Esq., per Mrs. Hay. 



BIRDS. 



Young Cuckoo killed against a window at Gosforth. 



Armorer Hedley, Esq , Mayfield. 



Pintail, Dafila acuta, S , Two Shovellers, Spatula clypeata, S ? , yoimg of 

 the year. Mallard ; Anas boschas, J , summer plumage. 



Two Golden Eye Ducks, Clangula glaucion, S ? • J nearly mature, ? 

 mature, all shot near Haydon Bridge. Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq, 



Fifteen Skins of British Birds, two Nests of Weaver Bird, and two Skins of 

 the Stoat or Ermine. Wilfred Hall, Esq., Tynemouth. 



Herring Gull, dark variety, with a pure white feather in each wing. 



Herring Gull, nearly mature. 



Dunlin. 



Sanderling. 



Pigmy Curlew. 



Richardson's Skua, very dark variety. 



Herring Gull in mature \\anter plumage. 



All shot at St. Mary's Island. Mr. .John Duncan. 



Parra Jacana, from St. Fe de Bogata. Mr. Richard Howse. 



An Indigo-Finch and a Ribbon-Finch (cage buxls). 



Mrs. Ward, 1, Osborne Avenue. 



Two specimens of Aquila fuhescens. Gray, from India, stuifed by Mr John 

 Hancock ; one Nutcracker, Nncifraga caryocatactes, kept alive for 

 several years by Mr. John Hancock ; two Rose-coloured Starlings, 

 Pastor roseus, killed in the neighbourhood of Newcastle and Gateshead ; 

 one Song Thrush, Turdus musicus, killed at Oatlands ; Head of Roe 

 Deer from Scotland and Head of Gazelle preserved by Mr. John Han- 

 cock ; one Marmosette ; one small Shrew from Yorkshire. 



Model of Gorged Falcon. 



A Model of Falcon, the first made by J. Hancock, which was cast in silver 

 for the Duke of Leeds. 



A Cast in Metal of two Green AYoodpeckers by John Hancock. 



Bequeathed by Mr. John Hancock. 



A Skin of the Common Scoter. Mr. Wm. Charlton, Gosforth. 



Jackdaw, S , with brown feathers in mngs and tail, shot at Beaufront 

 Castle, Hexham, May 11th, 1897. Mr. Andrew Robson. 



A pale variety of the Song Thrush, shot near Wooler Cottage, April 19th. 



Mr. John P. Harle, per ALr. W. M Pybus. 



