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Urchins {Clypeatter) ; two Starfish {Ophidiaster) ; two Sea Urchins, and three 

 Crabs; all from Port Royal, Jamaica; also a Second Collection of Marine 

 Specimens from Port Royal, consisting of Sponges, Corals, and Corallines, Echi- 

 noderms, and MoUuscau Spawn ; collected and presented by Samuel Archer, 

 Esq., Staff Surgeon-Major. 



A small Saw Fish {Pristis) from the River Bonny, West Africa ; collected 

 and presented by Dr. Arkins, s.s. Ethiopia. 



Two young living Terrapins, for the Aquaria ; presented by Rev. W. Banister. 



A very young Rattlesnake, from Brazil ; presented by Mr. H. Beasley. 



Specimens of Sponges, collected at Douglas, Isle of Man, and presented by 

 Mr. George Beves, per Mr. T. Higgin. 



An extensive collection of Freshwater Shells of the Genus Unio (cleaned 

 and mostly named by Anthony) ; also a collection of Fossil Terehratulm and 

 Tertiary Fossils ; presented by Mr. John Bewley. 



A fine male specimen of the Margin-tailed Otter (Pteronura Sandbachii, Gray), 

 from Demerara, and the Skin and Skeleton of a Manatee [Manatus Australis), 

 captured in the Abury Creek, Demerara, specially for the Museum, and 

 presented by Mr. Samuel Booker. 



Two living Horned Frogs (Phrynosoma comubica), from Galveston; 

 presented by Mr. John Brdtherton. 



A Kingfisher shot at Storeton ; presented by Mr. Wm. Brown. 



A piece of Obsidian ; two small Saw Fishes (Priitis) ; a Hammer-Headed 

 and three other small Sharks ; a File Fish ; a Rhinobatis ; two Tetraodons ; 

 one Ostracion ; one Ray {Mileobatis) ; two Jaws of Rays, and one Jaw of 

 Mileobatis, from India ; presented by Captain Alexander Browne, Associate of 

 the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



A Spur-winged Goose [Plectropteris Gambensis) from West Africa ; presented 

 by Mrs. Carpenter. 



Specimens of Hydractinia echinata (encrusting Zoophyte on Buccinum), 

 from Budleigh Saltertou ; presented by Dr. H. J. Carter. 



A very large Fish Vertebra ; presented by Mr. William Cheshire. 



A Sponge from the Red Sea ; presented by Captain Chisholm, per Mr. 

 Alfred Higginson. 



One hundred and thirty-one specimens of eighty-seven species of British 

 Insects, named and set ; presented by Mr. Benjamin Cooke. 



A living King Crab {Limulus), from New York ; presented by Mr. Crane. 



