Gifts of the Museum of Natural History. 



May, 1908-1909 



Department of Geology. 



H. G. Denver. Apatite. 



Mrs. Ellen E. Melius. Collection of minerals. 



William Orr. Collection of geological specimens from Maine. Collec- 

 tion of geological specimens from Berkshire County. 



William E. Parsons. Uncut diamond, South Africa. Dioptase from 

 Siberia. 



Prof. Charles Schuchert, Yale University Museum, New Haven, Conn. 



Seventeen geological pamphlets. 

 Harry A. Wright. Graphite, Sturbridge. 



Department of Zoology. 

 Emily B. Adams. 



Black-billed cuckoo iCocci/zus erijthrophthalmiis), Springfield. 

 Junco {Junco hyonalis), Lon.^meadow. 



Song sparrow (Mclospiza citirrea melodia), Longmeadow. 

 Vesper sparrow (Pooecetes fjraminciis), Longmeadow. 

 W. H. Chapin. Beaver chips, Maine. 



Mrs. E. J. Dyotte, Agawam. Mud-turtle iChrysemys picta), Agawam. 

 Mrs. Noyes W. Fisk. Spider and egg cocoon (Epeira transversa). 

 Prank P. Frost. Nest of ruby-throated hummingbird (Trochilus colubris). 

 Carlton Games, Harry Habel, Norman Richardson. Horned toad 



{Phrynosoma cornutmn). 

 George M. P. Holt. Nautilus shells and nautilus (Argonaata argo), 



Florida. 



William B. Kirkham. Collection of shells, Nassau. 

 , W. J. Mackay. Tropical snakes. 



Mrs. A. S. McClean. Moth (PhJegethoiitius quivqueinacuJata) . 

 Mrs. Nelson W. Merrill. Collection of sea shells, Florida. 

 Robert O. Morris. 



Yellow rail (Porzana riocchordcensis) , pair, Longmeadow. 



Acadian sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodranius caiulacutus subvirgUtus), 

 Longmeadow. 



Woodcock {Philohcla minor), Agawam. 



Brook trout (Salmo fontinalis), State Hatchery. 



Rainbow trout (Salmo irideus), State Hatchery. 

 Franklin W. Nash, Ludlow. Northeastern opossum (Didelphis virginiana) , 



Ludlow. 



W. Thornton Parker, M. D. Parts of skeleton of common rorqual 



whale (Balaenoptcra musculus), Provincetown. 

 E. Linn Pease, Thompsonville, Conn. Hungarian partridge, pair. 

 John M. Wilson. Feeding Hills. Moth {Tropaea liina). 



Collection of 20 birds purchased from William Dearden with funds 

 from sale of duplicate birds 



Department of Botany. 



Everett H. Barney. Puff-ball mushroom (Lycoperdon giganteum), Spring- 

 field. 



