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migrate, and which therefore in some species can only be 
obtained as stragglers, the Mammals are resident, and 
though some are rarer than others, all may be obtained 
with tolerable certainty, by those residing in such parts 
of the Country as they are known to inhabit. With the 
exception of the marine species, such as the Whales and 
Porpoises, there are none which might not take their place 
in our collection of British fere. We have already some 
of the largest of the land animals, as the Red Deer and 
Roebuck, both presented by Edward Greaves, Esq. A 
mounted specimen of the Fallow Deer, and of the two 
kinds of Martin, i.e., the yellow breasted, and the white 
breasted Martin, would go far towards the completion of 
the collection of the terrestrial Mammalia of Great Britain. 
We earnestly hope that some friends to this Institution 
will kindly furnish one or other of these desiderata. Of 
the smaller kinds, such as the Shrews and Bats, a few 
kinds are wanting, but these the Curators believe that 
they shall before long be able to supply. 
ORNITHOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 
In our report for 1865 we unaccountably omitted to 
advert to the re-arrangement of the collection of birds, 
which took place when the repairs of the Museum were 
brought to a close. The room containing the collection 
underwent a thorough cleaning, and the specimens were 
taken out, examined, carefully cleaned, and returned to 
the cases. The windows of the rooms, the approaches to 
which were awkwardly blocked up with cases, were relieved 
of their obstructions, the specimens which were in these 
cases, being transported to their proper places in the 
series to which they respectively belonged. 
