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and pictures, its antiquities, its recent and fossil collections, a fine 

 series of British and foreign birds, and the finest collection of raptorial 

 birds in the world, formed and presented to the Norfolk and 

 Norwich Museum by the late John Henry Gurney, Esq. 



In the Geological Collection are preserved the grand series 

 of Mammalian remains from the Forest Bed deposits of the 

 Norfolk coast, formed by the late Mr. John Gunn, F.G.S. ; the 

 Chalk and Crag Collections of the late Mr. Samuel Woodward, 

 besides those collected and presented to the Museum in recent years 

 by Mr. James Reeve, the present indefatigable curator. The 

 historical and figured specimens preserved in the Norwich Museum, 



Plan of Norwich Castle Museum. 



must be of immense value, and tend to give it a very high rank among 

 our provincial collections. 



A most valuable Report was drawn up and presented to the 

 Castle Museum Committee by Dr. P. Lutley Sclater, F.R.S., the 

 Secretary of the Zoological Society of London, dated June i8, 1891, 

 on the requirements of the present collections and their proposed 

 arrangement in the new building. As Dr. Sclater's recommendations 

 were adopted by the Committee in July, 1891, we may conclude that 

 they will be carried out as far as possible when the removal takes 

 place. 



