1870.1 363 [Annual Report. 



ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM 

 DURING THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 1870. 



May 11, 1869. Snake from the Gulf of Tonquin, China; scorpion from the 

 W. I., by Wm. Hovey. 



May 12. Nine specimens of birds from Hardwick, Mass., by Sam'l Mixter. 

 Humming bird from Framingham, Mass., by Jas. W. Clark. 



May 18. Sixteen species of marine mollusca from Florida and Gulf of Mex- 

 ico, determined and given by Eobt. E. C. Stearns. 



May 26. A Gar-pike and Lota from Lake Champlain, and a Nereis from 

 Beverly, by Mr. Thos. Lee. A living female Opossum and nine young from 

 Cheraw, S. C, by Dr. C. Kollock. Fresh female specimen of Dendroica cceru- 

 lescens Coues, from Newton, Mass., by H. A. Purdie. 



May 31. Thirty-six skins of birds, five mammals, etc., from Alaska, by the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



June 6. Chickeu snake by C. S. Minot. Coleoptera and Diptera from Dor- 

 chester, by F. A. Clapp, and two thousand three hundred insects frdm Natick, 

 Mass., by Mrs. Martha W. Stratton. 



June 16. Bird's nest from N. Wrentham, by Miss S. S. Bonney. Skins of 

 Massachusetts birds, by H. A. Purdie. Saperda calcarata, etc., from Newton 

 Corner, by Dr. G. F. Waters. Vanessa antiopa from Lexington, by C. A. Wel- 

 lington. Phrynosoma cornuta from Texas, by Mrs. Dearborn. 



June 19. Nests and eggs from South Carolina, by Ben. P. Mann. 



June 29. Fossil Neuroptera of the Devonian from Lancaster, N. B., by Prof. 

 C. F. Hartt. Samples of mud and vertebrae of a Cetacean from the Bappahan- 

 nock, by C. P. Dillaway. Alligator, by Dr. B. S. Codman. 



July 1. Reptiles from South Carolina, by B. P. Mann. Mandrill from Mr. 

 Cullen. 



July 21. Asbestos by James Ball. Birds from Sherborn, Mass., by A. L. 

 Babcock. Limax by Mr. Byatt. Actinolite from Eeading, Vt, by W. W. 

 Culver. 



Aug. 5. Lepidoptera from Lynn, Mass., by W. H. Dall. Diptera from Cali- 

 fornia, by W. H. Dall. 



Aug. 11. Carduelis tristis, etc., from Somerville, by C. W. Costellow. Eadi- 

 ata from various localities, by A. E. Verrill. Nests and eggs of insects and 

 birds from Wrentham, Mass., by Luther Hills. Nests of various species 

 from Andover, Mass., by C. Martin. Nest from Andover, y C. S. Smith. 

 Fossils from Springfield, Ohio, by Jas. Couhig. Mephitis from Greenwood, 

 Mass., by Geo. Coles. 



Aug. 27. Sword of sword fish from Greenland, by C. W. Tufts. 



