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A Slab of Eozoon Canadense, and fifty Lower Silurian Fossils, received from tlie "Rev. 

 Dr. Dawson, McGill University, Montreal, in exchange for a set of Casts of 

 Dodo Bones, a Callorhyiichis, and specimens of British Cephalopoda. 



Two native stuffed specimens of the Susu, or Ganges Porpoise (Platanisla Gangeticd), 

 and their Skeletons, received from the Dellii ^Museum, per Major MacMahon ; 

 through the kind offices of Captain Gordon, 98th Regiment, and Mr. Samuel 

 Archer, 98th Regiment, in exchange for a set of Casts of Dodo Bones, and of 

 Orang and Gorilla Skulls, and eighty-eight specimens of twenty-nine species of 

 Fish and Crustacea. 



Fifty duplicate Insects (Heteroptera), sent to Mr. J. W. Douglas, Lee. near London. 



Living Bull Frogs, and other Amphibia, received from Mr. A. Downs, Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia, in exchange for living fresh and salt water specimens. 



A series of fine specimens of the Dahlia Sea Anemone (Tcalia crassicomis), from 

 Dublin Bay, received from Mr. R. J. Montgomery, Royal Zoological Gardens, 

 Dublin, in exchange for living Newts, Frogs, and Golden Combs. 



Two Stuffed Salmon, and a set of Casts of Dodo Bones, sent to the Government 

 Central Museum, Madras. 



The Head of an Alligator, and the Head of a Rhea, sent to the Museum, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne. 



BEQUEST. 



A bequest has been made to the Museum by the late Mr. William Tyrer Gerrard, 

 of Knowsley, an enthusiastic Naturalist, who died in Madagascar, ia 1866, from 

 fever, caught through remaining on the island during the sickly season, in order to 

 lose no time in collecting. His bequest consists of all his specimens of Natural 

 History collected in INIadagascar and unsold at the time of his death. A portion of 

 these, consisting of Quadi-upeds, Nests, Eggs, Insects, &c., have been received, and 

 the remainder are shortly expected. 



FINE ARTS. 



LENT FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION. 



A collection of Oil Paintings and Water-colour Drawings, by Mr. R. Norbury. 

 The Drawings of the Liverpool Sketching Club. 



A selection of Porcelain Ware, from the collection of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, 

 M.P. 



DONATIONS. 



An Oil Painting of Dovedale, Derbyshire, by the late C. Barber, presented by the 



family, per Mr. Walbanke B. Barber, London. 

 A Bust of Garibaldi, taken during his visit to England in 1864, by E. Edward 



Geflowski, presented by Mr. J. P. Harris. 

 A Bust of Daniel Webster, presented by IMessrs. James Baines, Taylor, & Co. 

 A (plaster) Model of the Liverpool Free Public Library and Museum, by C. E. Smith, 

 ' sculptor, presented by Mr. Henry Thompson, New Brighton. 



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