REPORT. 



In writing the Forty-Third Keport of the WhitbY 

 Literary and Philosophical Society, as a summary 

 of its proceedings and a statement of its accounts for 

 the past year, it will be seen that there is every cause 

 for satisfaction with the position of the Institution in 

 both these implied departments. 



The last Eeport intimated the commencement of a 

 collection of the wild birds and quadrupeds frequenting 

 the neighbourhood of Whitby, of the variety of which, 

 few, it is said, have any correct idea ; and the desirabil- 

 ity of such a collection has repeatedly been suggested 

 by the curious in those respects, who have visited the 

 Museum. To carry out this view, v/ith the sanction 

 of the Council, ^ spacious glass case has been erected 

 for their reception, and above a hundred specimens 

 have already been obtained. Some of these are gifts 

 from gentlemen who have kindly aided our intentions, 

 but the greater portion have been procured through 

 the exertions of Mr. George Kitching, the preserver of 



