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Three Fossil Coal Plants, from Mold, presented by Mr. W. H. Weightman. 



Living Loach, Lampems, and Miller's Thumbs, from Eccleston, presented by Mr. 



Thomas West. 

 A rare Squid, three small Cuttle Fish, three small Fish, &c., and a fine example of a 



rare Tteropod {Balanfam recurvim), collected and presented by Captam 



Whiteway, ship " Annie Cheshyre." 



PURCHASES. 



A fine male Indian Elephant, the skeleton of which is in course of preparation J 

 a stuffed specimen and mounted Skeleton of the Malayan Tapir ; a Skm and 

 Skeleton of the Giant ArmadiUo {Priodontes gigas) ; a specunen of the Tarsier 

 {Tarsius spectrum), from Madagascar ; a Persian Lynx, a Ciietah, and fifty-eight 

 other specimens of Mammalia. 



Two adult and eight young Shield-Drakes, and nine other Birds ; and five Skeletont 

 and five Sterna of Birds. 



Two Surinam Toads {Pipa Americana), and thirty other Reptiles. 



A fine specimen of the Maigre (Sci^na aquila), from the Wash; a large stuffed 

 specimen of the Mud Fish (Lepidosiren annectens), from the Gambia; and forty- 

 seven other Fish. 



Two specimens (male and female) of the Giant Crab (Macrocheira K^mpferi), from 

 Japan, and thirty-five other Crustaceans. 



A gi-oup of Mangrove Oysters, and other Molluscs. 



Twenty-eight Starfishes, &c. 



Forty-one Corals and Sea Fans. 



Three specimens of the remarkable reticulated Sponge, called Venus's Flower Basket 

 {Euplectella aspergillum), from the Philippine Islands, 



One hundred and eight Upper SUurian Fossils, from Dudley ; and numerous Mountain 

 Limestona and. other Fossils. 



EXCHANGES. 



A Set of Casts of Dodo Bones, and duplicate specimens of Hydrozoa, &e., sent to 



Professor AUman, University Museum, Edinburgh. 

 A Set of Casts of Dodo Bones, a Footprint, and two Casts of Footprints of 



Cheirotherium, sent to Dr. Anderson, Quebec Museimi. 

 A coUection of Minerals, chiefly from the United States ; two specimens of Flcus 



pellucidus ; and twelve Shells from the Desert of Sinai, received from the Rev. E. 



R. Beadle, Philadelphia. 

 The Skull of a Bear, from North America, and the Skull of a Polar Bear, received 



from Dr. Frank Buckland, in exchange for Casts of Gorilla and Orang SkuUs. 

 A Set of Casts of Dodo Bones, sent to Dr. Burmeister, Director of the Museum, 



Buenos Ajn^es. 

 A set of Casts of Dodo Bones, sent to Dr. W. H. Campbell, Museum, George Town, 



Demerara. 

 ■ A Cast of the Foot Bones of the Dodo (from the original in the Oxford Museum), 

 received from Mr. Joseph Clark, F.S.A., Saffron Walden, in exchange for a set 

 of Casts of Dodo Bones, 



