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A bottle of Snakes, from Demeraxa, presented by Mr. Samuel Bland. 



A fine Atlas Ikloth, from the Camaroons, presented by Mr. Bowerbank. 



Three Squids (used for bait in the cod fishery), from Newfoundland, presented by 



Mr. Councillor C. T. Bowring. 

 A large mass of Asbestos, from Newfoundland, presented by Mr. Charles Bowring, 



Newfoundland. 

 Skull of a young Porpoise, taken off the Cheshire coast, presented by Mr. Ralph 



BromUow. 

 The Head of a Hammer-headed Shark; four Fish and two CruBtaceans (Isopods) 

 from the Mediterranean ; eighteen Terra Cotta Figures from Larnaka, Island of 

 Cyprus : broken Flints from Dog River, near Beyrout ; and a young specmien 

 of the Sword Fish, from Malta ; coUected and presented by Captam Browne, 

 s.s. " Agia Sofia^" 

 A Bergylt, or Norway Haddock (Selastes norvecjicns), from Billingsgate Market, 

 London ; a Burbolt {Lota vulgaris), from the River Trent ; a piece of Blue Oak, 

 from North America, gnawed by Beavers ; and forty Ova of the Salmon ready to 

 hatch; presented by Dr. Frank Buckland, H. M. Commissioner of Sahnon 

 Fisheries. 

 Fifteen Shells from Madras, presented by Captain Byford. 



A Case of Insects, from Santa Marta, New Grenada, presented by Mr. H. E. Cauty. 

 A Block of TorbanehiU Coal (Parrot or Boghead coal), and a fine specimen of 

 Lepidodendron, from the coal measures of Worsthorne Quarry, Lancashire ; pre- 

 sented by Mr. Thomas Chaffer. 

 A young Crocodile, presented by Mr. John Christian. 

 A mass of Annelid Tubes, from the huU of the Italian ship "Alma," presented by 



Mr. John Cork. 

 A fine Annelid (E««tce ?), from Seacombe, presented by Mr. R. M. Corless. 

 An Egg (curiously distorted and corrugated), laid by a Cochin China hen, presented 



by Mr. Thomas Court. 

 Four living Sea Anemones iActinoloia dianthus, &c.), from Leasowe, presented by 

 Lady Oust. t> t t 



A .rries of specunens of Lava, from Vesuvius, coUected and presented by Rev. J. L. 



Darby, Newburgh, Ormskirk. 

 A large living Hunting Spider Qlygale), found in a cargo of timber from Monte 



Video, presented by Mr. CouncHlor T. Dawson, M.D. 

 A common Swan, presented by the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby. 

 A living Tortoise, from Alexandria, presented by ^Irs. Dickenson. 

 A collection of Remains of FossU Mammalia and Reptiles, from Perim Island and 

 Scinde, containing jaw of Deinotherium, tooth of Mastodon, H.ppothenum, ^ni 

 other ;are specief, in part determined by the late Dr. Falconer,) also various 

 Fossils from Malta, Oxford Clay, &c., &c. ; presented and chiefly coUected by 

 Mr. Henry Duckworth, F.G.S. 

 AcoUectionof Fish, ReptUes, Birds, and Marine Specimens, ^^^ ^^^ 7^^^* ^^^J^^ 

 of Africa, and from Panama and other parts of the American coast, coUected 

 and presented by Captain J. E. Dyer, barque " James Wilson." 



