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Twelve plates of Baleen, from a young Fin-'SVhale (Physalus antiqnorttm) about 40 feet 

 long, stranded near Yarmouth in 1857, and of which the skull is now in the 

 Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of London; pres'^nted by W. II. 

 Flower, Esq., Royal College of Sui-geons. 



A collection of Rocks and ^Minerals, from Norway, presented by S. R. Graves, Esq., 

 M.P., and Jacob Horman, Esq., of Christiania. 



A collection of Madeira Land Shells, presented by Dr. Gray, British Museum. 

 An Electric Eel and four bottles of Reptiles, &c., from Essequibo River, collected 

 and presented by Captain Ilcmpseed, Barque " Westwood." 



A most important collection of bones of the Dodo, arm-bones of the Flying Fox 

 (Pteropiis), and sundry other bones, from Mauritius ; collected and presented by 

 Harry P. Higginson, Esq. 



Two specimens of P}jrosoma, taken lat. 1° S., Ion. 22° W., and a Parasite (Lernea), 

 from a Flying Fish, presented by Capt. AA'illiam Hull, Ship " Berar." 



A splendid specimen of Johnson's Sea-Fan Coralline {Paragorgia Johnsoni), a small red 

 Zoophyte parasitic on dead Coral, and 4 crabs (Gmpsus Edwardsianus), from 

 ISIadeira, collected and presented by J. Yate Johnson, Esq. 



Three Snakes ; the leg-bones of a Rhea, the wing-bones of a Screamer, the defensive 

 spines of a Siluroid Fish ; the jaw and ear -bones of a Fish, and two Spiders, from 

 River Plate ; a Diodon, a Hemiramphus, 2 other Fish, and a Locust, from Algoa 

 Bay ; the skull of a Dolphin (Delphlnns) ; twelve bottles of IVIarine Specimens 

 (Cra»cJiia, Lnllgopsis, Biphorit.% cjr.) collected between Liverpool and Valparaiso 

 by Captain Whiteway ; and two Echini ; presented by Robert J. Keen, Esq. 



llie skull of a Dolphin (Stcno), and a collection of Fish and :\Iarine Specimens. 



collected and presented by Captain ilackay, Ship " Bedfordshire." 

 A young specimen of the Viscacha, presented by J. Bramley-Moore, Esq. 

 A collection of Silk Moths, samples of Cocoons, raw Silk, &c., named and presented 



by ISIr. Frederic INIoore. 

 Living specimens of young Cat Fish (Pimelodm pulliis), and another American Fish ; 



also, specimens of Crustacea, Zoantharia, Fish, &c., in spirit; presented by Capt. 



Mortimer, Ship " America." 

 A Silvery Hau-tail Fish (Trichiurus), [irom Bombay, and an Annelid from Mozam- 

 bique Channel, presented by Mr. Agostes Oberti. 

 An Annelid (AmpMtiite), a piece of wood bored by the Gribble ( Limnoria terebram), and 



a collection of Crustacea and Starfish, from Millport Bay, Buteshire, presented by 



David Robertson, Esq. 

 The jaws and vertebrse of a large Shark, taken near Jamaica, presented by Captain 



Thomas Y. Rowe, Barque " Clarendoa" 

 A Jidiis from Liberia, and the pupa of a Death's-head Moth from Westmoreland, 



presented by Captain Sherwood. 

 A collection of Insects from Sholopore, Bombay, presented by W. T. Stevens, Esq. 

 Three Sucking Fish, taken from a Shark in lat. 10° S., Ion. 93° "W., collected 



and presented by Captain Strickland, Ship •' Ophelia."' 



