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One hundred enlarged Models of Foraminifera have been received 

 from the Proprietors of the Royal Institution, in exchange for a Red 

 Bird of Paradise. 



A Collection of Fish, &c., has been received from Madeira, 

 through the kind offices of J. Yate Johnson, Esq., by whom they 

 were purchased for the IMuseum from the fishermen of the island. 



A similar, but smaller, collection of Fish has also been procured 

 and forwarded from Spain by the Rev. William Banister, late 

 Secretary of the Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club. 



During the past twelve months, skeletons of a Rhinoceros, of a 

 Lion, a Brahmin Bull, and a Pelican, have been set up, as well as a 

 very large and interesting skeleton of the fossil gigantic Elk of 

 Ireland. Forty Fish have been stuffed ; and the whole of the Water- 

 birds, and of the Deer and Antelopes, have been thoroughly cleaned 

 and renovated. 



The Collection of Shells has been largely increased by specimens 

 of value and interest, deposited by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, by whom 

 considerable progi'ess has been made in the naming and arranging this 

 portion of the Museum. A series of Water-colour Drawings, executed 

 by Mr. Kirby, Assistant-curator, has been added, to show the animals 

 of the shells, and their anatomy. 



It is gratifying to be able to state that the Liverpool Derby 

 Museum has taken a high position in the scientific world, owing, in a 

 great measure, to the indefatigable exertions of the Curator, Mr. T. J. 

 Moore, who has placed himself in correspondence with similar insti- 

 tutions in all parts of the world. The exchanges and donations 

 resulting from this friendly intercourse have already greatly enriched 

 the collection, and promise to be highly advantageous to the cause of 

 Natural Science generally. 



