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A specimen of Vendace {Corcgoims Willugkhii) from Lochmaben ; presented 

 by Mr. W. F. Steele. 



A Leather Girdle made of Capybara skin ; specimens of Tinamoo, CMmango, 

 and other Eggs ; and a remarkable Siluroid Fish of the genus Plecostomus, 

 from Uruguay ; presented by Mr. W. P. Steer. 



A Vertebra of a Whale from the Excavations for the new North Docks, 

 Bootle ; presented by Mr. A. T. Squarey. 



Three specimens of Moth {Thysania agripjmia) from Brazil ; presented by 

 Mr. W. A. Taylor. 



Specimens of Reptiles, &c., from West Africa; collected and presented by 

 Mr. David Tinning. 



A Mute Swan {Cygnus olor), shot on the Mersey ; presented by Mr. G. F. 

 Williams. 



Two young Alligators and two Horned Frogs {Phrynosoma cornuhica) ; 

 presented by Capt. Winder. 



A Flattened Stem of Stigmaria Jicoides from Pemberton Coal ; presented by 

 'Mr. J. Worsnop. 



PURCHASES. 



The principal purchases have been as follow : — 



A Pallas's Ibex, two Saiga Antelopes, a Great Ant-Eater and twelve other 

 Mammals ; also Horns of Caribou, Reindeer, and Ibex. 



A pair of Tooth-biUed Pigeons, or Dodlets {Didunculus strigirostris) from the 

 Samoan Islands ; a Sis-shafted Bird of Paradise (Parotia sexpennis) from New 

 Guinea ; a pair of Prince Victor's Fruit-Pigeons {Chryscenas Victor) from the 

 Fiji Islands ; two Dwarf Parrots ; three Hornbills ; and Skeletons of two 

 species of Apteryx. 



Fifty-eight Skulls of Mammals, Birds, ReptUes, and Fish. 



Seventy-seven specimens of fifty-three species of Shells. 



Four Sponges, and a collection of Microscopical SUdes of Spicules of 

 Algerian, Adriatic, and other Spouges. 



A specimen of Orthoceras, three feet ten inches in length, from the Millstone 

 Grit near Oswestry ; six polished sections of Mannuoth Teeth ; and twelve 

 other Fossils. 



MAYER COLLECTION. 



The riches of this collection are being gradually developed by the process of 

 catal'^o-uino- by Mr. Gatty, the Curator, but a long time must elapse before any 

 adequate idea can be formed of its extent and value. 



