Owing to the increase of accommodation upstairs, it is 

 now hoped that some new cabinets will be added to the 

 Geological I'oom, in which the increasing collection can be 

 placed, and which will render the whole less crowded than 

 it is at present. It is impossible to arrange such a collec- 

 tion properly, and for the same reason it is much less 

 profitable than it otherwise would be for all purposes of 

 general instruction. 



Though some of the desiderata have been filled up, there 

 are several formations which are still very defective, 

 amongst which may be enumerated the following :— The 

 Eocene Tertiaries, especially those of Ryde, Cowes, Sconce, 

 Headon Hill, Hordwell, Barton, and Bracklesham. London 

 Clay Fossils, from Sheppy and Bognor, Upper and Lower 

 Greensand, Great Oolite, Devonian and Lower Silurian will 

 be very acceptable. The aid of the members is partifularly 

 requested in procuring fossils from the County, especially 

 those of the Lias, Keuper, and Permian, as it should be the 

 chief aim of all local Museums to have as fine a suite as 

 possible fi'om the strata which occur in the immediate 

 neighbourhood, and this the Warwickshire Natural History 

 Society has endeavoured to carry out. 



BRITISH MAMMALIA. 



Although no addition has been made to the British 

 Mammals, we devote this paragraph to the 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 



