Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 7 July 1857, page 8

AUSTRALIAN
DONATIONS
TO THE MUSEUM DURING    

JULY, 1857.
The following Australian birds, viz, :
Pachycephala gutteralis,
Falcunculus frontatus, Meliphaga sericea, Eopsaltria Australis,
and Climacteris picumnus. Presented
A Baboon (satyrus) ; and
by W. Blaxland, Esq., Ryde.
a specimen of the Yellow-tufted
Honey-eater (Ptilotis auricornis). Henry T. Bate, Esq.
Six specimens of a canine foetus. Blake.   Mr.

Specimens of Bullina; Ianthina exigua; Ancillaria; Phasian-

ella ; Delphinula, and Haliotis, from
Outer Manly Beach. The
Rev. Ralph Barker.
Seventy insects, and nine shells, from Port Phillip and Western
Port. Dr. Bennett.
A fish of the genus Solegnathus, from
Phillp Cohen, Manly. Manly Beach. Mr.
A commentary on Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther,
and Job, by John
Trapp : London, A.D. 1657 ; and " The Christian in Complete
Armour," by W. Gurnall; London : 1669. Mr. J. B. Crego.
A Carpophaga, or fruit pigeon, from Figis.

the A. Denison. Esq.

Two specimens of Hiaticula bicincta, or double-banded
Dottrel,
from Botany swamps. Mr. George Frost.
Specimen of Boltenia, from Coogee. Dr. Foulis.
A specimen of Herpestes Javanicus, from
Anjer, Java. Andrew
Fairfax, Esq.
A specimen of Mica, from
J. P. Lloyd, Esq.
Woolong Vale, Coleraine, Victoria.
 

A whale's tooth, and two native fish-hooks,

cut out of the shell
of a turbo, from South Head of Botany. Mr. Laycock.
A specimen of Bulimus bivaricosus, from
Lord Howe's Island ;
and a Bulimus Shongii, from Isle of Pines.
Mr. W. Milne,
H.M.S. Herald.
A fine specimen of the black swan (Cygnus abratus, Vieillot),
from Shoalhaven. Mr. Arthur M'Coy.
A hawksbill turtle, from the Fijis. Charles Moore, Esq.,
Botanical Gardens.
Two large centipedes, caught near Barker's Mills.
Neill.
Mr. James
 

Two specimens of Phyllosoma and one of Glaucus, from

the
South Pacific Ocean: also, a snake from South Sea Islands.
Nicholls, Esq. Isaac
A Malurus Cyaneus, or blue
wren, from Ryde. Mr. C. Pope.
A specimen of hardwood from Tasmania, perforated by termites
(white ants). Mr. Everard Robertson.
The following land shells from Chatsworth, New
viz.,
South Wales
Helix Jervisensis, H. Strangei, H. Sericatula, Vitrina
Strangei, and Succinea ; and the
following freshwater shells, viz.,
Lymnaea, Physa, Paludina, and Planorbis. P. L. C. Shepherd,
Esq., Darling Nursery.
A specimen of Spirula Peronii, with the
animal ; three Aplysia
viridis, one Glaucus,
Diphyes cuboides, species of Annelides, and
specimens of Boltenia (two species), Hippopus maculatus (young),
and Bulimus Dufresnii, from Tasmania.
The Secretary.
Nine aboriginal skulls, a number of waddles
"
and clubs, a boome-
rang, a greenstone mogo" or axe, a fresh-water crustacean of
the genus Astacus ; and two specimens
of rock crystal. Simon
Scott, Esq., Toromco.
A collection of British minerals
and fossils. Sheridan Witt,
Eight fresh-water fish (Cyprinida), one frog, twelve
of Ianthini exigua, and ten of spirula Peronii, specimens
from Coogee.
Master Wall.
A fine specimen of the fucosa or

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A fine specimen of the Aquila fucosa or wedge-tailed

(female), from Cook's River. eagle
Mr. Eli Waller, Newtown.
A silver dime, United States of
America, a half-dime, and a
half-farthing. Mrs. Wall.
A large moth
(Bombyx). Mr. E. Williams.
A white mouse (variety of Mus Musculus), from
South Wales. Mr. J. Windred, junr. Camden, New
Twenty four copper coins. Robert Young, Esq.
Two clubs, and a bow and
arrows, from Fiji, two armlets, and a
variety of shells, from Fijis and Now Caledonia.
Mr. James Snow,
H. M. S.

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