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example of the Ring Snake, a Curlew, and a melanistic 

 Mallard, the latter shot at Portbury. Almost the whole 

 of the collection has been remounted upon new stands 

 of uniform colour and multiple sizes, a suitable ground 

 surface of earth, pebbles, gravel, &c, being added where 

 possible. It is much to be regretted that the collection 

 is still contained in the old wall cases, a remark which 

 also applies to the general bird collection. 



Department of Economic Biology. — Reference 

 has already been made to the formation of this depart- 

 ment, and its rapid growth. Mr. H. J. Charbonnier has 

 presented an extensive series of galls and gall-flies, 

 whilst, through the agency of the Department of 

 Economic Biology at University College, collections 

 illustrating various methods of grafting, and the animal 

 and plant pests which infest orchards, have been 

 received from the National Fruit and Cider Institute, 

 and a large collection of insact and fungus pests, and 

 examples of damaged forest trees, have been received 

 from the Greville Smyth estate, having been collected 

 by the forester, Mr. H. Reid. 



Invertebrata. — These collections have grown 

 considerably during the year, both by gift, purchase, 

 and the utilisation of store material. They have now 

 outgrown the room at present available, although it 

 cannot be said that they form so representative a series as 

 the museum of a city like Bristol ought to possess. A 

 collection of typical marine invertebrates, obtained early 

 in the year from the zoological station at Naples, has 

 been mounted and worked into place, whilst several 

 series illustrating the development of common insects, 

 amphibia, and fishes were obtained from other sources. 

 All these constitute a notable addition to the collections, 

 and have already proved their usefulness. The fine 



