26 LIST OF DONATIONS 



MISCELLANEA. 



Twenty volumes of the Journal of the Geological Society of London, 



Vols. 33-52, 1877-1896. The Rev. Principal Giirney. 



Several Memoirs on Ants by M. Charles Janet, 1897 The Author. 



Tufts' College Studies No. 5. The chondro- cranium of the Ichthyopsida. 



The Director. 

 Minnesota Botanical Studies. In exchange. 



MAMMALS. 



Noctule or Great Bat, Vespertilio noctula, from Ross, Herefordshire. 



F. V. Wallis, Cloughton House, Ross. 

 A young Dolphin, Delphinns delphis, ? , 6 feet in length, caught in a 

 salmon net off the Tyne, 25th August, 1897. 



Mr. y. V. Henderson, Clayton Street. 

 A foetal Porpoise (in spirits). Mr. C. Klitgaard, Heaton. 



A Rat's Skull, with abnormal teeth. 



Mr. Thos. Robson, Chester-le- Street. 



BIRDS. 



Pintail, Dafila acuta, adult ? , shot near Haydon Bridge, 2nd August, 1897. 

 Tufted Duck, ? var., with a white patch on each side the base of upper 



mandible. Tuft distinct. Haydon Bridge, 2nd Sept., 1897. 

 Two Coots, S and ? , from near Haydon Bridge. 



George E. Craivhall, Esq. 

 Semioptera IVallacei, 5 and $ , from Batjan, and several other birds 



from the Malay Archipelago. Major Ernest Anne. 



A speckled variety of the Blackbird, Turdus nierida, ? , found in garden 



Highfield House, Newcastle, 20th October, 1897. 



Mr. Matthew Reed. 

 A fine specimen of the Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus grisea, shot on the 



coast near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea by J. I. Maling, Esq., November 



or December, 1897. W. E. Beck, Esq. 



REPTILES AND FISHES. 

 A small Brill, Rhombus rhombus, caught in Blyth Bay, nth September, 

 1897. John Dent, Esq. 



Two Pipe Fishes, Hippocampus sp. , from Callao Peru. 



Mr, John Smith, Pelton Village, Durham. 

 Moloch horridus from West Australia. 



Wm, Foggin, Esq., Devonshire Terrace. 



