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Rostrom of Saw Fish (Pristis antiquorum), presented by Mr. D. A. Edwards, Waterloo. 



A Gecko, presented by Mr. Charles J. English. 



Two specimens of Nummulites lenticulata, from Perte du Rhone, Bellegarde, near 



Geneva, presented by Mr. R. A. Eskrigge. 

 A Pike, weighing 18 lbs., from Bowness; a Xorthern Stone-Crab (LitJiodes Maia); 



a large pendulous Bird's Xest ; two Reptiles and a bottle of Marine Specimens ; 



a Trout and a fine Perch, from Windermere ; a Shark (Carcharias), seven feet 



long ; a Box-Fish (Ostracion) ; a rare Crustacean (Callianassa Turnerana), from 



West Africa ; two rare Shells (Bulimim Downsii), from West Africa ; a bottle of 



Fish, Crustacea, &c., from the Gulf -weed ; three Reptiles and a large Spider ; 



presented by Mr. J. O. W. Fabert. 

 A young Bottle-nose, two Flying Fish, five other Fish, and a Sepia, from Benin, 



collected and presented by Captain Faulkner, ship " Retriever." 

 Three specimens of the Cobra da Capello, and six bottles of other Reptiles, from 



Calcutta, collected and presented by Captain Fletcher, ship " Raj Mahal." 

 Eight living Cray-Fish, for the Aquaria, presented by Mr. James Fletcher. 

 Thirty-two samples of Wood, from Borneo, presented by Captain W. D. Garside, 



Ormskirk. 

 Three Lemon Soles {Solea aurantiaca), presented by Messrs. GDson & Quelch, London. 

 A large Slab of Lepidodendron and other Coal Plants, from Tliatto Heath Quarry, 



St. Helens, and a mass of Shells from the " Cockle-bed " of the Coal Measures, 



presented by Mr. Councillor R. Gladstone. 

 A large Ammonite, from Isatal, presented by Mr. John Graham. 

 Sixteen Shells, a Nest, a young Crocodile, two Snakes, a Sea Cucumber, an Octopus, 



three Locusts, &c., presented by Sir. S. R. Graves, M.P. 

 Three living Green Lizards (Lacerta riridis), from Jersey, presented by Mr. O. R. 



Green. 

 A Harvest Mouse, from Salisbury Plain, and a collection of Fossil Sponges, from the 



Chalk, near Sahsbury, presented by Mr. W. H. Hatcher, London. 

 A Coral Snake, from Pemambuco, and two Fish Otoliths from a " Brem," presented 



by Captain Helyer, brig " Hugh Block." 

 Two Iguanas, two Snakes, two Tadpoles, two Insects, and the Skull of an Agouti, from 



Esequibo, collected and presented by Captain tlempseed, barque " Westwood." 

 A can of Freshwater Fish, presented by Mr. John Herd. 

 Specimens of Horse Botts, presented by Sir. Gilbert Heyes. 

 Three Sucking Fish, presented by Mr. James B. Husband, ship " Lightning." 

 four bottles of Marine Specimens, from the China Sea, collected and presented by 



Mr. John C. Irving, ship " Patriot Queen." 

 A collection of Fish, Reptiles, Crustacea, and Corallines, from Algiers, collected by 



I*Ir. J. Yate-Johnson, London. 

 A piece of Stigmaria, from Hartley Colliery, Bamsley, presented by ]SIr. Joseph 



Kershaw, Halifax. 

 A box of Insects, from Natal, presented by lIi. Arthur G. Latham, Manchester. 



