able to vie with the larger in a general sense, they 

 should excel them in those matters of interest for which 

 their respective neighbourhoods are quoted and famed. 

 On this point, to the Whitby Collection of birds, eight 

 new species have lately been added, including a fine 

 specimen of the Glaucus Gull, as a comparative rarity, 

 and one of the crested Cormorant ; while several others 

 of value have been put into order for placing in the new 

 glass cases. Here the vigilance of Mr. Kitching is 

 again to be commended; for next to our geological 

 treasures, which must always command the chief atten- 

 tion, there is a marked interest manifested by strangers 

 towards the ornithological portion, as one in which the 

 feathered tribes frequenting our shores and neighbour- 

 hood have their representatives. 



When the arrangements are made in the new parts 

 of the building, a convenient quarter for the Museum 

 collection of books, as mentioned on a former occasion, 

 would be very desirable. They are both numerous and 

 various, and of great local value for reference, on 

 account of their publication, in the main, being con- 

 nected with Whitby and its vicinity, and as such are 

 like so many memorials attaching to the place in which 

 we all feel an interest. 



