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An Inscribed Brick, 13 inches square, from Babylon, containing the name 

 of Nebuchadnezzar ; presented per Mr. A. W. Franks. 



A Plaster Medallion of William Roscoe ; presented by Mr. Elias Schleich. 



Six specimens of Ancient Pottery, or Huachos, found in excavations on the 

 Paramanga Estate, near Horca Hill, Peru ; presented by Mr. George D. F. 

 Stephens. 



A Hat, made of light basket-work, from Cebu, Philippine Islands ; presented 

 by Mr. Thomas Stevens. 



Three small circular Japanese Bronze Mirrors ; presented by Mr. William 

 Walthew. 



A Jar of Peruvian Pottery, from Santa Fe, West Coast of South America; 

 presented by Mr. Piobert Wyte. 



PURCHASES. 

 The principal Purchases have been as follows : — 



Three rare Lemurs from Madagascar ; a Chimpanzee ; a young specimen of 

 the Great Ant-eater, and,5wenty-four other Mammals. 



An Owen's Apteryx ; a Six-Shafted Bird of Paradise, and forty-one other 

 Birds. 



A fine specimen of the Ceratodus from Queensland, Australia, (a recently 

 discovered form of Ganoid Fish previously supposed to have been extinct since 

 the close of the Triassic period,) and twelve other Fish and Pieptiles. 



Mounted Skeletous of Hofifmaii s Sloth (showing/ye cervical vertebra) ; large 

 African Hornbill ; one Humming Bird, and eleven other Osteological specimeus. 



Twenty-five selected Sphingidce, and other Lepidoptera. 



Twenty Mounted British LarvjB ; forty other Insects, and twenty-nine 

 Crustacea, Starfishes, &c. 



Specimens of Pholas Borings, and ninety other specimens end illustrations 

 of MoUusca. 



Fifteen Corals and Coralines, and thirty-four Sponges from Mauritius, 

 Madagascar, &c. 



An Ichthyosaurus from the Lias of Street, Somerset ; the Skull of a Beaver 

 from the Fens, near Topham, Suffolk, and eighteen other Fossils. 



A Collection of Volcanic and other Rocks from the Department of the Puy de 

 Dome. 



Living specimens of Norway Lobster (Nephrops) ; Sea Mice (Aphrodita) ; 

 Masked and other Crabs (Corystes, Oonoplax, &c.) ; Salamanders, ifec, for the 

 Aquaria, 



