CANTERBURY MUSEUM.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 809, 25 January 1877, Page 3

CANTERBURY MUSEUM.

The following contributions were received by the Canterbury Museum during the quarter ending December 31st, 1876 : Mr Randall Woodhouse, Uarnley, Amberley —A voung kitten (lusus naturas) Mr O. G Parker, Springfield, Kowai— Specimen of anthracitic coal (altered brown coal) from his colliery Mr William Walker, Mount PossessionCollection of rocks from the western slopes of Mount Somers

Mr A. F. de Veaux—Specimen of Deinacrida raegacephala, weta, from Akaroa Mr John Rochford, C. 8., Timaru specimens of rock from the Kakahu River Mr T. H Potts, V L. 8., Ohinitahi—Speci men of Chrysococcyx lucinus, shining cuckoo Dr Dunke y, Lytt el ton—Specimen of a 5-dollar Confederate note

Bev John Kill, Auckland, collection made in the Solomon Islands, consisting of :—1 shield, 1 spear, 1 tomahawk, 12 clubs, 4 pad dies, 1 woman's dicss (Florida), 2 pieces of bark cloth, 4 bamboo boxes for lime, 3 musical instruments, tweezers in box for pulling out beard, 4 belts, 9 stone adzes, 2 combs, 3 pipes, 6 fish-hooka, 4 nets, 6 armlets. 7 necklets, some of dog and human teeth, 3 anklets, 1 gourd, collection of shells Captain B. Jenkins, Sydney—l diamond snake, Morelia spilates ; 1 whip snake, Hoplocephalus superbua Mr R. L. Holmes, F M.S., Delanasau, Bay of Islands, Bua, Fiji—til skins of Fijian birds, collected by himself ; 3 likus or women's dresses, 1 fan, used when dancing ; 5 mats, tortoise shell, head and carapace of young tortoise, 18 stone aizes, including one with haudlo ; I tambu*s, 3 teeth necklacea, 2 pieces of sandalwood, angona or kawa root, Sea Island cotton, ginned and in seed ; 2 baskets, 1 Fiji water bottle, 10 bird nests, collection of seeds, shells, and jar with Crustacea, lizards, snakes, &c, in spirits of wine ; geological and botanical specimens. Mr James fenoswell, jun, Lyttelton, per favour of Dr Donald—2 specimens of Gonorhynchus Greyi (Rich), sand eel Mr Ed. H. Dobson, Lowcliffe, South Canterbury—Mere, made of basaltic rock, found in a swamp near Lowcliffe Mr B. J. Leahy—Specimen of Norwegian rat, with the lower tusks grown to large size Mr G. LipßCombe—4 carved oak brackets from the old Lambeth Palace, London, 1664 Mr J. J. Paiker —Specimen of black carrier pigeon Hon John Hall—ll specimens of minerals and rocks from Vesuvius Mr J. M. Munce, Bealy—2 Arachnoidea, 78 Coleoptera, 20 Lepidoptera, 2 Hymenoptera, collected by him near Bealy Mr E. R. Chudleigh—4 Moriori skulls, Chatham Islands Mr Dominick Browne, West Eyreton— 1 nest of Alauda arvensis, skylark, with egg of Eydynamis taitiensis, long-tailed cuckoo, found in a dry ditch at West Eyreton Dr Donald, R.M., Lyttelton—Specimen of Trigla kumu, gurnard Mr Robert Day, Kaiapoi—Specimen of Dysport s senator, gar n t Mr Lancelot Walke/—Two specimens of Buceros obscurus, one specimen of Goura Alberti, one specimen of Ariel petaurus, flying squirrel of New Guinea Mr John Watts —Old corporation seal of Winchester, Errand Mr A. F. DeVeaux—Specimen of Prion vittalus, whalebird Mr F. H. Moore—Two specimens of Voluta from Tasmania.

Mr John Heney, Scotsburn, Mount Peel— Braes shot mould, obtained atGizaey, Persia 1842; specimen of Phasma borridus Mr H. Czerwonka, C.E.—Hpecimen of Graculus punctatus, spotted shag,