MUSEUMS. 45 
Genet (Genetia vulgaris), Cuypu Rat (Myopotamus cuypu), and a 
Badger (Meles tavus); by Mr. Holmes Seward, Naturalist, Man- 
chester Street, Liverpool. 
Small collection of 32 Head Skins, 3 complete Skins, and 3 Skulls 
of African Big Game; by Mr. W. A. L. Fletcher, Allerton, 
Liverpool. 
Stoat (J/ustela erminea), from Pen-y-fiord, North Wales; by 
Mr. T. Hibbert. 
Pekinese Spaniel Puppy; by Mr. Clement Sunderland, North 
John Street, Liverpool. 
Chow-Chow Dog “ Chimmo”’; by Mrs. B. F. Moore, The Rectory, 
Hinderwell, Yorkshire. 
Human Brain and Sections of Human Brain; by Professor 
A. M. Paterson, M.D. 
Ear-bone of a mammal, from Sassandra, West Africa; by 
Mr. KE. P. Quainoo, per Mr. Ridyard. 
Tooth of young Elephant; by Mr. James Kelly. 
Purchased : 
Eleven Lantern Slides, Skulls of Cape Buffalo (Bos caffer) and 
Topi (Damaliscus jimela), Bank Vole (Arvicola glareolus) albino 
var., Grey Seal (Halicherus grypus), two Voles (Evotomys 
cesarius) G and Q. 
Botany. 
Presented : 
The Herbarium Collection from the Botanic Gardens, Edge Lane, 
Liverpool, consisting of over 40,000 specimens, of which, from a 
preliminary examination, 11,725 have been retained for further 
examination before incorporation into the Museum Herbarium; by 
the Parks and Gardens Committee of the City Council. 
Three Fruits of Gourd, from Gambia, by John P. Joof, Bathurst, 
and twelve specimens of ‘“ Wood-nails” from Sassandra; by 
Mr. P. KE. Quainoo, per Mr. A. Ridyard, §.S. ‘‘ Tarquah,’’ Elder 
Dempster Line. 
