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total number of visitors amounted to 7,164,022, giving a yearly average 

 of 440,040. 



DONATIONS. 



A collection of Paris Basin and other Fossil Shells, chiefly Miocene, 

 named by D'Orbigny ; presented by Staff Surgeon-Major Samuel Archer 

 and F. Archer, Esq. 



A series of four pairs of Deer Horns, a young Hawk's Bill Turtle, 

 two Terrapins, a Basilisk and other Reptiles, specimens of Crustacea, 

 Insects, Sponges, Corals, &c., chiefly from Honduras ; presented by 

 Staff Surgeon-Major Samuel Archer. 



Fossil Teeth of two extinct gigantic Marsupials of Australia, described 

 and determined by Owen, viz. : — A right upper Molar of Diprotodon 

 Australis, Owen, and a last lower Molar, left side, of Macropiis Titan, 

 Owen, both in sitit ; also specimens of three species of Shells, Trigonia 

 margaritacea, Elenchus roseus, and a string of small Truncatellce ,- 

 presented by Dr. George Bennett, F.L.S., Sydney. 



An Egg and two young Crocodiles from West Africa ; presented by 

 Mr. James Berry. 



Three Shells {Dolahella gigas, Ampullaria paludinoides, and Pythia 

 albovariosa) , and two Insects, from Sumatra; collected and presented 

 by Mr. E. C. Buxton. 



Four specimens of Norwegian Grouse, Lagopus subalpinus, in summer, 

 autumn, and winter plumage, from Scandinavia ; presented by the Rev. 

 E. A. Pitcairn Campbell. 



A specimen of Hislopia laciistris, Carter (a Lacustrine Bryozoan), from 

 NagjDOor, Central India, and a specimen of Hydractinia echinata, on a 

 shell of Buccinum undatum, from Budleigh Salterton ; presented by 

 Mr. H. J. Carter, F.R.S. 



Specimens of Fish, Starfish, Zoophytes, &c., from the Mediterranean ; 

 collected and presented by Dr. Caton. 



A young Spoonbill Sturgeon, from the Mississippi ; presented by 

 Mr. Aaron Cohen. 



Two specimens of the Colorado Potato Beetle, Doryphora decevi- 

 lineata ; presented by Dr. Commins. 



The Skull of an Eared Seal {Otaria) from Callao, a Lumbar Vertebra 



