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minerals of that county had been stated, was induced, in conse- 

 quence, to forward to it a well-chosen series of specimens from 

 the Cornish mines, to assist in supplying the defect. 



In Zoology, a specimen of crocodilus acutus presented 

 by Mr. Kirlew, of meandrina lahyrlnthka, by one of the 

 Secretaries of the Philosophical Society of Whitby, (Mr. 

 Ripley,) of placuna sella, by Mr. Brown, and of malleus 

 vulgaris, by Mr. Danby, and a selection of fresh-water shells 

 by Miss Benett, are worthy of the notice of the Meeting. 

 The latter afford an useful comparison with the analogous 

 specimens of the north of England, and may contribute to 

 clear up the characters of the ill-understood species of fresh- 

 water mollusca. 



The series of skeletons of British birds, deposited in the 

 Museum by Mr. Allis, whether considered in respect to beauty 

 of preparation, or utiUty to the student of ornithology, pro- 

 mises to be one of the best in England, and continues to be in- 

 creased by him, from time to time, with equal assiduity and skill. 



The BOTANICAL coUcction has been augmented by a donation 

 of living plants from the public garden of Liverpool, and by the 

 addition of many species obtained through the liberality of 

 Members of the Society, and the exertions of the Sub-Curator, 

 Mr. Baines. The herbarium has received three hundred 

 dried plants from Russia, presented by Mr. Cattley, of St. 

 Petersburgh. 



The Society's library i has been favoured with the Tran- 

 sactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, of the Society of 

 Arts, of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and of the 



» A donation of £.5 has been given by Archdeacon Markham to the 

 library, and an annual contribution of £.\ offered, in case a subscription 

 should be entered into for the highly desirable object of enlarging the 

 number of scientific books. 



