8, REPORT OF 



considerable addition has been made ' to the splendid dona- 

 tions of American zoology acknowledged in the last Report. 

 Among the accessions to the geological part of the Museum, 

 may be remarked the remains of the pterodactyle from the 

 quarries of Stonesfield, * and a beautiful suite of shells from 

 the tertiary beds in the vicinity of Paris .^ Nor have the 

 Yorkshire contributions been deficient either in number 

 or interest. The large donation* of fossils from the moun- 

 tain limestone of Craven is the more valuable, because 

 it helps to supply one of the most defective parts of 

 the Society's collection ; and Mr. Smith's present of a 

 geological map of the country round Scarborough, 

 has the merit of displaying in a striking degree the 

 minuteness and accuracy of investigation which accompany 

 the enlarged and comprehensive views of this admirable 

 geologist. The Council have again to acknowledge the 

 liberality of the Curator of the Library,* in meeting a vote 

 of money for the purchase of books, with a contribution 

 from his own purse ; and they have the gratification of pre- 

 senting a long list of donations in that important department, 

 not a few of which are rare and valuable, and of pointing 

 out to the attention of the Meeting the increased number of 

 presents from eminent authors and distinguished public 

 institutions. Among these presents, the most interesting is 

 the work on the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey, to the illustration 

 of which the labors of this Society have so largely contri- 

 buted. Two hundred copies have been received from the 

 Society of Antiquaries, a part of which have been already 

 distributed among the members of the Society and the 



» By S. Stapylton, Esq. 



* Preseated by Dr. Daubeny, Professor of Chemistry Iq the University of Oxford. 



■ Presented by Mrs. Murchlson. ♦ By Mr. Kirby. ^ Eust. Strickland, Esq. 



