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Nineteen Eggs of Prairie Hen or Rufifed Grouse, from the United States ; 

 presented by Mr. William Cross. 



Two Adult, one Immature, and three Chicks of the Common Tern, and one 

 young Oyster-Catcher, from Walney Island ; collected and presented by Mr. 

 Henry Durnford. 



Skull of a large Gavial, and two Skulls of Crocodiles from India ; presented 

 by Mr. C. E. Elliston. 



A Lump Fish {Cycbpterus lumpus) ; presented for the Aquaria by Captain 

 Fletcher. 



One Horned Screamer [Palamedea cornuta), and one Yellow-footed Egret, 

 from Demerara ; presented by Mr. Alexander Garnett. 



A Common Snake ; presented by Mr. J. H. Gibson. 



An Albatross; presented by Mr. Robert Girvin. 



Twenty-one specimens of Fossil Teeth and Bones from the Phosphate Beds 

 of South Carolina ; presented by Mr. William H. Graham, per Mr. Stewart 

 H. Brown. 



A File Fish {Balistes), two small Geckos and specimens of Salpa ; presented 

 by Captain H Griffiths, ship " Sir John Mandeville," per Messrs. T. Joynson 

 and Co. 



Two Starfishes from Queensland ; presented by Mr. J. Ground. 



Three small samples of Gold Quartz, and one of Tin Ore, from New South 

 Wales ; presented by Mr. John Hale. 



A large Monitor Lizard from the River Danger, West Africa ; living 

 specimens of three species of Freshwater Fish from Cabenda, near the River 

 Congo, West Africa ; and specimens of Beetles destructive to Cigars ; presented 

 by Captain Hannah, s.s. "Angola." 



A specimen of rare Sponge [Halisarca dujardinii), without fibre and without 

 spicules, from the Isle of Man ; a horny-fibred Sponge ; a fine specimen of 

 Toilet Sponge, with shade and stand, and three other Sponges ; a Ventriculite 

 in Chalk; one do. in Flint, with polished side; and four specimens of Polyzoa 

 (mounted for the microscope), from Carnarvon Bay; presented by Mr. Thomas 

 Higgin. 



A South American Monkey, presented by Mrs. Hopkins. 



Living specimens of Anemones, Mollusca, Hermit Crabs, and Cmstacea, 

 dredged in Gibraltar Bay, and presented for the Aquaria by Captain Horsfall, 

 8 s. " Canopus," Associate of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



