condition than they were at the dose of the thirteenth 

 session, on which occasion also the retiring Council 

 reported a progressive improvement. It is also grati- 

 fying to state that no fewer than twenty ordinary 

 members have been elected in the course of this session. 



The Council have the satisfaction to report that the 

 Museum has still continued to receive important 

 additions, principally donations, a circumstance gratify- 

 ing, as increasing the amount of our scientific stores, 

 but still more so as a testimony of unabated zeal in 

 the cause of Philosophy and Literature. The following 

 demand the especial acknowledgments of the Society : 



Forty British and Foreign Birds, presented by Mr. John Gott. 



Twenty-seven North American Birds, by Mr. Samuel Smith. 



A valuable Collection of Minerals from Cornwall (seventy specimens) 



by Dr. Williamson. 

 A Bloodhound (Canis Sanguinarius) by Mr. Gott. 

 A Leaf of the Talipot Palm (Corypha Umbraculifera) by Mr. 



Benjamin Watson. 

 Human Skulls, and Specimens of Terra Cotta, from Cuzco, the 



ancient capital of Peru, by Mr. Hatton Stansfeld. 



A small portion of the funds also has been applied 

 to the purchase of specimens, including 



An Ostrich, (Struthio Camelus.) 



King of the Vultures, (Sarcoramphus Papa.) 



Large Kangaroo, (Kangurus Labiatus.) 



Pair of the Mandrill or Ribbed Nose Baboon (Simla Maimon.) 



And a SiHJcies of the Civet Cat. 



