Gifts to the Museum of Natural History. 



May, 1909— May, 1910. 



Department of Geology. 



Edwin P. Ball. Fossil fish (2 specimens) from Turners Falls. 

 Miss Mary A. Booth. Fossil polycystina from Barbadoes. 

 Emmett J. Goewey. Limonite. 



James & Marra. Sandstone from East Longmeadow. 



George H. Loomis, Winchester. Stalactite from Bermuda. (Exchange.) 

 William Orr. Granite from New Harbor, Maine. 

 William O. Parmenter. Pudding stone from Taunton. 

 Waterman S. C. Russell. Collection of minerals from Iceland. 

 Mrs. John E. Witherell, South Worthington. Minerals from mines in Plain- 

 field and Rowe. 



Department of Zoology. 



Richard P. Bigelow. Spider. 



Nathan D. Bill. Bull moose from Canada. 



John Brearley. Milk adder from Northampton. 



M. J. Chamberlain, Hastings-upon-Hudson, N. Y. Birds' eggs. 



J, Alden Davis. Spider. 



Leo De Montigny. Snake. 



James H. Emerton, Boston. Collection of identified spiders. 

 Jennie and Eunice Johnson. Collection of snakes. 

 Mrs. Edmund 0. Keyes. Variation of Norway rat. 

 William Orr. Sea shells from Damariscotta, Maine. 



W. Thornton Parker, M.D. American bittern, and blade from a swordfish. 



Springfield Republican. Photograph of penguins in the antarctic regions. 

 Photograph taken by Dr. Frederick Cook, the explorer, when he was a 

 member of the Belgium expedition. Given to the Republican by Albert 

 Dwight Smith. 



Miss Elizabeth L. Rowell, West Springfield. English starling from West 

 Springfield. 



Stephen D. Sheldon. Northern phalarope from Agawam, 



Department of Botany. 



Luman Andrews, Southington, Conn. Extensive collection of herbarium speci- 

 mens. 



Miss Gertrude B. Chaffee. Fan-leaf palm. 



Smith B. Fisher. Collection of mounted sea mosses. 



George S. Lewis. Specimens of Indian corn and section of wood bearing 



fungus growths. 

 Mrs. F. K. Rood. Tamarind plant. 



Department of History of Mankind. 



Charles H. Annable. Bell-metal gong from the old Bates Tavern that for- 

 merly stood on the southwest corner of State and Main streets. 



