46 MUSEUMS. 
Hare (Lepus crassicaudatus) and South African Rat (Otomys 
sloggetti); Models of the Skulls of Mwritherium, Paleomastodon, 
Prozeuglodon, and Arsinoitherium; Green Monkey (Cercopithecus 
callitrichus); fifteen specimens of the Common Shrew (Sorex vulgaris) ; 
fifteen Water Voles (Arvicola amphibius); one Bank Vole (Arvicola 
glareolus), 
Botany. 
By presentation : 
Kola Nut Pod, from Sierra Leone, by Mr. A. Ridyard. 
A small collection of dried Plants, from Canary Islands, by 
Miss F. Entwistle. 
Small pieces of Timber (Tabebuia flavescens), from Argentina ; 
piece of Timber of Quassia and micro-section of the wood, by 
Mr. James A. Weale. 
Piece of Stem, a large Pyxidium and various Seeds from Para, 
by Mr. T. B. Stowell. 
Six specimens of Lichen and twelve Seaweeds, from Stromness, 
Orkney Islands, by Mr. George Ellison. 
Shea Butter Nuts and sample of the oil, from Egwanga, West 
Africa, by Chief Cookey Gam, per Mr. A. Ridyard. 
Several specimens of Fungi, observed growing in the courtyard of 
Museum and added to the collection. 
By purchase: 
Glazed gas-light paper prints of photographs of 170 micro-sections 
of Timbers. 
Geology. 
By presentation : 
Eight pieces of rock from near an old Platinum Mine, Wem, 
Shropshire, by Mr. J. Gittins. 
Five specimens of Iron Pyrites and one of Specular Iron, by 
Mr. Alex. M. Sing. 
