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the surface, in a deposit of " frozen guano." With the exception 

 of the extremities of the toes, this example is perfect in every respect, 

 even to the pen feathers of the wing ; the beak is as perfect as the 

 day the bird died. It was sent to Mr. Matthew Jones, and pre- 

 sented to the Museum by the Bishop of Newfoundland, who also 

 procured the specimen that was previously sent to Mr. Alfred New- 

 ton, the skeleton of which has been described in the " Transactions 

 of the Zoological Society." 



The collection of Reptiles and Pishes in spirits, now under the 

 care of Dr. Giinther, to whose energetic labours in these classes of 

 animals, we have on several occasions called our readers' attention, 

 seems to have received many valuable additions during the year 

 1864. The additions to the first of these class are 847 in number, 

 amongst which are many rare and valuable specimens from Borneo, 

 Angola, Palestine, India, and Australia. The Pishes have been in- 

 creased by the receipt of no less than 1706 examples, amongst which 

 particular attention is called to a "large collection from the Essequibo 

 river," in Guiana, a series of fishes from the Bosphorus, made by Dr. 

 Millingen of Constantinople, a collection of fishes from Zanzibar 

 presented by Lieut.- Colonel Plajfair, and the " typical specimens of 

 some new genera of deep-sea fishes from Madeira, discovered and 

 presented by J. T. Johnson, Esq." 



As regards the Invertebrate classes, there does not appear 

 to have been quite so much activity during the past year, and we 

 shall perhaps understand the reason of this when we come to Philo- 

 cosmos' letter on this subject by and bye. 



Mr. Waterhouse's special report on the work in the " Department 

 of Geology " during the past year, tells us that 4651 individual 

 specimens have been " submitted to examination, labelled and entered 

 in the inventory " during that period. Besides the collection of 

 remains from Bruniquel, already spoken of, Mr. Waterhouse gives a 

 list of numerous specialties, amongst which we may note " a nearly 

 perfect skull, with the tusks about nine feet long, of Wephas primi- 

 genius, from llford, in Essex" — a "fine series of Marsupial remains, 

 including a portion of the upper jaw, entire pelvis, tibia, and other 

 bones of Diprotodon aiostralis, from Queensland, and some very rare 

 and valuable reptilian remains, (including a probably unique speci- 

 men of Teratosaurus Suevicus, from the Upper Keuper Sandstone of 

 Stiittgardt." 



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