48 MX^SEUMS. 



(e) Exchanges. 



Professor Paterson. Anatomy Department, tlie University, received 

 specimens of 20 Mammalian Skulls in exchange for specimens to be 

 subsequently arranged. 



(/) Acquisitions. 



INVERTEBRATES- 



Porifera. 



Two Sponges (D. 27. 4. 04. 9) from the estuary of the Mersey 

 collected (with other marine specimens) from s.s. '•Beta" by the 

 Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant. 



Sponges (Sitberites domuncula), (I). 25. 5. 04. 4 and 14), from the 

 estuary of the Mersey : collected and presented by Captain Griffiths 

 s.s. "Beta." 



Coelenterata. 



Sea Anemones (Metridium dianthus, Tealia erassicomis and Sagartia 

 ornata) (D. 9. 5.04. 13), from the estuary of the Mersey: collected 

 and presented by Captain Griffiths. 



Colonies of Sertularia opercidata, S. )>olyzonias and Obelia plicata 

 (D. 4. 10. 04. 7. 8 and 9), and two Jelly-fishes {Rhizostoma pulmo) 

 (D. 23. 9. 04. 2), from the estuary of the Mersey: collected by the 

 Assistant Curator and Laboratory Assistant . 



Echinoderms. 

 Fossil Echinoderm (unlet.) (D. 2. 3. 04. 1), from "Winchester, 

 Hampshire: collected and presented by Master C. T. Cleaver, 10-12, 

 Hayman's Green, West Derby. 



Rosy-feather Star (Antedon bifida). Sea-urchin (Echinus miliaria) 

 and Heart-urchin (Spatangu* purpureas) (D. 9. 5. 04. S-10), from the 

 estuary of the Mersey: collected and presented by Captain Griffiths, 

 s.s. "Beta." 



Echinoderm (D. 27. 4. 04. 8), twenty-five Star-fishes [Qphiura albida 

 and Astropeeten irregularis), and twenty Echinoids (Echinocardium 

 cordatum) (D. 23. 9. 04. 5-6), from the estuary of the Mersey ; collected 

 by trawl from s.s. "Beta" by the Assistant Curator and Laboratory 

 Assistant. 



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