so 



REPORT. 



and its composition determined;* and the calamine of 

 Malham has been chemically examined, and found to contain 

 a portion of cadmium.^ 



The lists of Zoological donations exhibit an increase 

 beyond any former year in the number of Birds, a large 

 proportion of which were procured in North America by 

 the same donor,' whose travels have enriched so many other 

 parts of the Museum. Some valuable additions have been 

 made to the foreign Insects, whilst there have been so many 

 accessions to the catalogue of native Shells, as leaves room 

 to hope that before long an instructive arrangement of the 

 British moUusca may be accomplished. 



Such an arrangement of the Botanical collections has 

 been commenced, by incorporating together the extensive 

 herbariums presented in 1827, classifying them according to 

 the most improved modification of the natural system 

 adopted in the great work of De Candolle, and accompanying 

 the specimens with illustrative remarks. The Curator* has 

 presented a fasciculus containing the first order complete, 

 as a specimen of the method which he has pursued. Among 

 the donations to this department in the last year, is an 

 extensive series of North American plants :^ a foundation 

 has also been laid, by a present of rare seeds and nuts % for 



», * By the President of the Society. 



* S. Stapylton, Esq. * The Rev. W. Hincks, F.L.S. 



» Presented by S. Stapylton, Esq. » From the Rev. W. Hincks. 



