iv. 
DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 
July 13«A. Three fragments Baculites ; 1 Ammonite. Nebraska. Present- 
ed by J. B. Fisher, Esq. 
A small collection of Diptera and Hymenoptera, from Blair Co., Pa. Pres- 
ented by Dr. Le Conte and Mr. Sergeant. 
Two large specimens Astrangia. Long Branch, N. J. Presented by Mr. 
Powel. 
Osseous carapace of the box turtle. Presented by Miss M. E. Powel. 
Aug. 24th. White head variety Anser canadensis. Rhode Island, Pre- 
sented by Prescott Hall, Esq., of Newport. 
Remora. Long Beach, New Jersey. Presented by Thad. Norris. 
One Cistuda ; 2 Emys ; 8 serpents 4 species ; 2 Salmo fontinalis ; 2 Perca 
tiuviatilis ; 7 Leuciscus 3 species ; 4 Pomotis 2 species ; 5 Salamander 3 spe- 
cies ; eggs of Fringilla pusilla. Morris Co., New Jersey. Pyrohotine (nickeli- 
ferous). Apatite from Kurd's mine, Morris Co., N. J. Presented by Dr. J. 
C. Fisher. 
Sixteen fossils from the carboniferous limestone of Quincy, Illinois. Pre- 
sented by Harry and Rowland Cox. 
One fossil from the Chemung group. Steuben Co., New York. Presented by 
S. B. Buckley. 
Tinga Schinzii. Del. River, near Philadelphia. Presented by C. Kuhn. 
Sept. ^th. Eleven specimens Magnesite, Brucite, Pyroxine, Marmolite, 
Talc, Asbestos, Fossil wood. From New York. Presented by J. E. Coleman, 
through J. H. Slack. 
Forty-seven specimens 11 species Menopoma, Hyla, Scincus, Salamander, 
Triton, Tropidonotus, Crotalus, Coluber. From Warren Co., Pa. Presented 
by J. H. Slack. 
One Spectrum, 1 Cyathophyllum, 7 Unio 4 species, two fragmentary human 
crania (Indian ?) 6 species of terrestrial and fluviatile shells. Presented by 
J. H. Slack. 
Twenty-four specimens 9 species Esox, Centrarcus, Lucioperca, Catastomus, 
Leuciscus, Salmo, and Pomotis. From Warren Co., Pa. Presented by J. H. 
Slack. 
Belone truncata. Delaware Bay. Presented by Dr. Uhler. 
Twenty-two specimens Helix, Succinea, Neretina and Melania. From 
Hakodadi, Japan. Presented by Dr. A. A. Henderson. 
Hapale ? Presented by Christopher C. Wood. 
Four species Circus, Falco, Erismatura, Otis. Tunis, Africa. Presented by 
W. S. Vaux. 
Fourteen Saurians, from St. Thomas, W. I. Presented by Robert Swift, Esq. 
Sept. 14th. Twenty-five specimens 9 species Fossil shells. Fimbria, Turri- 
teila, Paludina, Natica, Cassis, Corbula, Voluta, Ancillaria and Plicatula, 
from Claiborne, Ala. Presented by T. P. Cleaveland, Augusta, Georgia. 
Seventy 'five specimens 8 species, marine shells, from Absecom, N. J. Pre- 
sented by Gr. W. Fcxrquhar, Philada. 
One specimen of impression of fern and bark on slate, from the Sharp 
Mountain Mine, Schuylkill Co., Pa. Presented by W. O. Farquhar. 
A collection of shells, from Florida. Presented by Gustavus Wurdeman, U. 
S. Coast Survey, through W. Gr. Binney. 
Seven specimens of Ripple ? marked sand stone, from Second Mountain and 
west branch of Schuylkill River ; and 1 specimen of fossil carbonized bark, 
from Schuylkill Co., Pa. Presented by Chas. W. Cresson. 
One reptile, from Caraccas. Presented by Alfred B. Durand. 
Sept. 21st. A sponge from the shores of the Mediterranean near Smyrna. 
Presented by Rev. H. S. Osborn. 
