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skull and lower jaw, with teeth, of a young Indian Elephant; two 
femurs, and a humerus of a large African Elephant from the Gaboon 
country ; organic remains, illustrating nearly every division and sub-division 
of geological science, from the Lower Silurian up to the Glacial periods and 
time of Coal deposits ; casts of rare fossils, amongst which especially may be 
noticed Homalonotus delphinocephalus and Asaphus tyrannus, two very large 
forms of Trilobite; casts of six species of the New Zealand Moa, or gigantie¢ 
Ostrich, including Dinornis giganteus variety maximus, D. gracilis, D. 
erassus, and other forms; casts of the eggs of the large extinct birds Dinornis 
and Gpyornis, and eggs of the large Ostrich, Emu, and Cassowary, to con- 
trast with these giant forms. There were five different kinds of Ivory used 
for economic purposes, viz., the tusks of the Elephant, Walrus, and Hippo- 
potamus, the tibia of the Giraffe, and the albumen of the Ivory Nut, the 
fruit of a species of Palm tree (Phytelephus macrocarpa). 
In Grotoay, besides the fossil bones mentioned above, the President ex- 
hibited fossil wood from the Gault, Upper and Lower Greensand, Wealden, 
and Coal measures: also several species of Ammonite, one of which, 
Ammonites giganteus, from the Portland Oolite, deserved special notice. 
Two very large specimens, Vautilus elegans and WV. pseudo-elegans from the 
Upper Greensand, at Warminster, were much admired ; a number of other 
specimens were also exhibited, including some from the Red Crag; and a 
variety of sponges from the Upper Greensand, with recent species for com- 
parison with the extinct forms. Trays of Chalk Fossils, many from our own 
neighbourhood, were lent by E. Wheeler, Esq. : 
ConcuoLoGy was represented by a collection of Land and Freshwater 
Shells, arranged according to Turton’s ‘Manual,’ contributed by the 
President; also a collection of Marine Shells, by the same; and another of 
those found at Teignmouth, Devon, by Miss Chandler. 
EntromoLoey was illustrated by the President’s valuable collection of 
Hymenoptera, including the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Ichneumon Flies, and Saw- 
flies ; a case of Marlow Lepidoptera was exhibited by J. B. Mathison, Esq. ; 
Coleoptera and Lepidoptera were also shown by the President; a case of 
Wycombe Insects, arranged by Mr. Ullyett, and others of foreign species by 
G. Vernon, Esq., and T, Wheeler, Esq. 
OrniTHOLOGY, in addition to Mr. Sharpe’s collection of Titmice, was re- 
presented by yarious rare Birds from that gentleman’s museum, among 
which were the Golden Oriole (Oriolus galbula), the Rose-coloured Pastor 
(Pastor roseus), and the Red-winged Starling (Agelaus pheniceus). Cases of 
Birds were also lent by Messrs. Simmonds, Vernon, Thurlow, B. Lucas, and 
others. 
Borany was fully illustrated. A conspicuous object, and one which 
attracted much attention, was a table covered with living Wild Flowers in 
blossom, arranged by Miss Chandler. Among them was the rare Coralwort 
