part of the antlers and some of the bones of the Red 

 Deer, "a gigantic example/' and in the opinion of 

 Professor Phillips, -^probably belonging to our oldest 

 historic era, or perhaps anterior to our chronology : '' 

 also two specimens of the vertebrae of a Plesiosaurus, 

 from one of the iron-stone bands on Mrs. Clark's 

 estate at Grosmont — an unusual stratum for such 

 fossils : and lastly, a curious specimen of petrified 

 wood from the same locality. 



For another specimen of fossil wood, from the 

 gravel beds of Allesley, near Coventry, we are indebted 

 to Charles Belcher, Esq., of Warwick ; and for two 

 specimens of the saw-fish, to Mr. W. Thompson and 

 Capt. Mackenzie of Liverpool. 



The only addition to our books is a copy of the 

 proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 

 session 1851-2, presented by the Society. 



But it is not merely by additions that the Museum 

 has been improved : several parts of it (thanks, as in 

 former years, to the zeal, ability, and taste of Mr^ 

 Martin Simpson,) have been arranged in better order^ 

 and labeled with more correctness, so that its stores 

 may be consulted and studied with greater facility 

 and convenience, an advantage of no little importance 

 in so miscellaneous a collection ; and when we speak 

 of its stores, we do it with satisfaction, if not with 

 pride ; for small as our Museum is, when compared 

 with many others, it comprises numerous specimens 

 of the most important classes and orders of animate 



