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The Library of the Society has been further enlarged by many 

 donations, amounting in all to over 900 volumes. Of these over 

 700 have been presented by Sir William Macleay and include 

 many serial and other works of great value. They are as follows : — 



" Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London." 

 65 vols. (1801-58 and 1881-87); "Transactions of the Royal 

 Society of Edinburgh." 21 vols., with 6 Parts and 2 Appendices 

 (1788-1881) ; " The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal." 90 vols. 

 (1819-1864); "Nature." 13 vols. (1876-1882) ; " Zeitschrift fiir 

 wissenschaftliche Zoologie." Ed. I.-XXXIX. ; XLYI. Hefts 3 and 

 4; XLYII. Hefts 1 and 2 (1849-1888); "The Botanical Cabinet." 

 By C. Loddiges and Sons. 21 vols. (1818-1833) ; "The Journal 

 of Botany." 17 vols. (1863-1879) ; " Annales de la Societe Ento- 

 mologiquedeBelgique." Tomes L-XXY. (1857-1882); "Tijdschrift 

 voor Entomologie." Yols. I. -XXI. (1858-1878); " Entomologische 

 Zeitung, herausgegeben von dem Entomologischen Yereine zu 

 Stettin." Jahrg. I.-XLYIII. (1840-1887); Mittheilungen aus 

 der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel." Bd. I.-III. (1878-1882); 

 " Archives de Biologie." Tome YIII. (1888) ; " Notes from the 

 Leyden Museum." Yol. X., Parts 1-3 (1888); "Nova^ Hollandiee 

 Plantarum Specimen." Auctore J. J. Labillardiere. 2 vols. ; 

 " Roberti Brownii Prodromus Florae Novse Hollandiae et Lisulse 

 Yan-Diemen;" "Ichtyologie, ou Histoire Xaturelle des Poissons." 

 Par M. E. Bloch. 6 vols. (1785-1788) ; " Fragmenta Phyto- 

 graphiae Australiae, Contulit Ferdinandus Mueller." Yols. L- 

 Y. (1858-1866) ; " The Natural History of the Tineina." By H. 

 T. Stainton, assisted by Prof. Zeller and J. W. Douglas. 13 

 vols. (1855-1873) ; " Reports of Explorations and Surveys to 

 ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a rail- 

 road from the Mississippi River to thePacific Ocean, 1853-4." 

 12 vols. (1855-1860) ; " Proceedings of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia." 28 vols. (1841-1876) ; "Proceedings 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History." Yols. I. -XII. 

 (1844-69), XIIL-XX., Parts 1^3 (1869-1880); "Berliner 

 Entomologische Zeitschrift — herausgegeben von dem Entomo- 

 logischen Yereine in Berlin." Jahrg. I.-XXXII. (1857-1888); 

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