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collection, hoping that we may thereby meet with assistance 
in its completion. Unlike British Birds, which 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 fer. 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, ie. the 
yellow breasted and the white breasted Martin, would go 
far towards the completion of the terrestrial Mammalia of 
Great Britian. 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 they shall before long be able to supply. 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
The Entomological collection is in the course of arrange- 
ment in the New Cabinet, the Aculeate Hymenoptera, 
occupying nine drawers, are already arranged, and the 
arrangement of the Coleoptera is commenced. 
The majority of scientific Entomologists residing in or 
near London, have confined their researches principally to 
the Metropolitan district, or to the Southern counties of 
England ; consequently the Midland counties present an 
almost unworked field, which must contain very many 
interesting novelties. 
Warwickshire from its high state of cultivation has but 
few waste spots, on which Insects usually abound, but its 
