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THE DERBY MUSEUM. 



The number of visitors during the year has been 1 17,475, being a 

 daily average of 551. 



The accessions to the collections since the date of the last report are 

 as under : — 



UONATiONS. 



An Otter, Young Shark, and a Cloak from the Sandwich Islands; 

 presented by J- 0. W. Fabert, Esq. 



A small Rodent, apparently undescribed, from Burmah ; presented 

 by Dr. Adams, 22nd Regiment Foot. 



The Skull of a Cetacean, ( Lagenorhynclius AsiieJ from the Kooria 

 Mooria Islands ; by Dr. Collingwood. 



Two Albatrosses; by Captain Owen Lloyd. 



The Skeleton of an Albatross ; by Mr. Charles Green. 



Two Whistling Ducks, from Mexico; by S. Baker, Esq. 



A Siren, or Mud Eel (Siren lacertina) ; presented by Nathan W. 

 Moore, Esq., Rhode Island. 



A Sea Snake, taken oflF Trinidad; presented by Dr. D. P. Thomson. 



Eight Reptiles and a Gorgonia, from Ceylon ; by H. Duck- 

 worth, Esq. 



A fine specimen of the Dolphin fCori/jj/uenaJ ; presented by 

 Messrs. Bradley Brothers. 



A specimen of the Anglesea Morris f Leptocephalus Morrtsii,J a 

 small but rare fish, taken at Egremont; presented by Professor Byerley. 



A collection of shells, chiefly freshwater, from North America ; 

 presented by Rev. H. H. Higgins. 



The " Pen " of a Gigantic Squid, Two Portuguese Men-of-War 

 (VhyHulia), and Two Fish ; presented by Captain Mortimer. 



Two Squids fl"om Madagascar; presented by Captain Meuzies. 



Twenty-four species of Shells, from Oporto; presented by J. 

 d'Aguilar Newton, Esq., Oporto. 



Four specimens of Lynuuea involuta, from Killarney ; by N. 

 Cooke, Esq. 



