Captain Willis has presented a large case of Birds, 

 chiefly from America, in a fine state of preservation. 

 Another most valuable acquisition has been recently 

 obtained by purchase. It is a noble specimen of that 

 rare fossil animal the Plesiosaurus, found at Kettleness in 

 the summer of 1844. This magnificent fossil which was 

 exhibited at York in 1844, and which has been since 

 kept at Mulgrave Castle, difibrs materially from the 

 specimen which went from Whitby to Cambridge in 

 1843. That was the Plesiosaurus Dolichodeiros, having 

 a long slender neck, and a very small head ', this is the 

 Plesiosaurus Macrocephalus, having a stronger and 

 shorter neck, and a large head, in which the bones 

 and the teeth are distinctly seen -, each measures about 

 15 feet. The Cambridge specimen cost about 220 

 guineas; the price of this is 200 pounds, but as 50 

 pounds is deducted as a subscription towards the pur- 

 chase by the Marquess of Normanby, only 150 pounds 

 more will require to be paid. Towards this payment 

 a liberal subscription is begun, which, it is hoped, will 

 with the money in hand, enable the Council to make 

 the payment, without needing to contract new debt. 

 Some additional expense however will be incurred in 

 providing a suitable case for this noble fossil, and the 

 Ichthyosaurus generously presented by Messrs. Ripley, 

 and in making such alterations as may be required for 

 giving them a conspicuous place in the Museum. 

 The Friends of Science will not grudge to make the 



