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remarkably fine Cross Bow; a Musket of the 17th century; two 

 Cross Bows, and 17 volumes of Books and Engravings ; presented 

 by Mr. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. 



A Hindoo Figure (in papier machee) ; part of a Marble Column 

 from the ruins of Carthage ; 7 fine Corals ; a large Box-fish {Ostra- 

 cion) ; a very large pair of Shark's Jaws, from Eealego ; a Tortoise- 

 shell ; 3 Nests of Weaver Birds on a Palm Branch ; and a fine 

 Echinus shell ; presented by the Mercantile Marine Association, 

 per Mr. Clarke Aspinall, Honorary Secretary. 



Two fine Fossil Corals (Syringopora geniculata), from the Moun- 

 tain Limestone of Holywell ; and 11 Specimens of Kocks, from the 

 neighbourhood of Liverpool ; named and presented by Mr. G. H. 

 Morton, F.G.S. 



A Sea-pen (Pennatida), from the Firth of Clyde ; presented by 

 Mrs. John Naylor. 



An Indian Jackal ; a Eed Coati-Mondi ; a Mona Monkey, and a 

 Brown Coati-Mondi ; presented by Messrs. Newby. 



A Malay Kris ; an Egg of a Caracara Vulture ; a Lizard, a Squid, 

 2 Fishes {Diodons), 10 Cirrhipeds, and several Crustacea and Insects 

 from China, Portugal, and Brazil ; 3 living Freshwater Fish, from 

 Eio Janeiro, and a collection of Marine and other Specimens, 

 including some fine examples of S'duridce, or Cat-fish, from the River 

 Plate ; collected and presented by Captain Perry, s. s. " Humboldt," 

 Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



A Specimen of Marcasite, from the Harlech Mines ; presented by 

 Mr. J. A. Picton, F.S.A. 



A Specimen of Sussex Marble ; Samples of the upper Peat Bed 

 at Leasowe, containing specimens of Sea Shells ; a Primitive Malleus 

 or Hammer, of Granite, found on the North Docks Quay in 1867, 

 and supposed to have been brought in ballast from the United 

 States ; also a Granite Upper Stone, or " Eider," of a Quern or 

 Handmill, found among ballast at the North Docks ; presented by 

 Mr. Charles Potter. 



The Skull of a Camel ; presented by Mr. J. Price. 



2,000 Ova of the Salmon ; presented by Mr. Westall Rams- 

 bottom. 



A young Eed-throated Diver, from Ireland; presented by Mr. 

 A. Euthven. 



A Bust of Lorenzo de Medici ; presented by Mrs. Eathbone. 



