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Minor donations have been received from Mr. A. Cane, Mr. John Hotker, 

 Mr, T. H. Justice, Mr Kynsey, Rev. T. T. Smith, Mr. Robert Williams, and 

 Mr. George Wright. 



PCRCHASES. 



The principal Purchases have been as follow — 



A Guanaco ; an Aye-aye ; a Seal from the Mersey ; a young Saiga 

 Antelope, and ten other Mammals. 



A Black Cockatoo ; a Crested Tinamou ; a Young Penguin, and six other 

 Birds. 



Twenty Reptiles, Amphibia, and Fish. 



Specimens of Cirripeds, Balaui, and Shells, chiefly from the Norris 

 Collection. 



Two specimens of Thomsons Encrinite {Pentacrinus Wyville-Thomsoni), 

 and eight other Echinoderms. 



Twenty Corals and Coralines, four Zoophytes, and sixty Sponges. 



Three Disarticulated Skulls of Vertebrates (Lamb, Turtle, and Cod). 



Eighteen Fossil Insects ; twenty Oolitic Plants ; polished sections of 

 Choanites and Hippurites ; Tooth of Mastodon, and other Fossils. 



A small collection of Pottery from Anatolia and Asia Minor. 



Native Dress from the Fiji Islands ; and two Heads of Idols from West 

 Africa. 



EXCHANGES. 



Exchanges of duplicate specimens have been made with Professor Esmark, 

 University of Christiauia ; the Geneva Museum, per Mr. Charles Melly ; 

 Professor F. W. Putnam, Peabody Academy of Sciences, Salem, Massachusetts ; 

 Professor James Hall, State Geologist, Albany, New York ; and others. 



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