58 MUSEUMS. 
Two Ornaments of Polished Fluor Spar and Black Fossil-bearing 
Marble, by Mr. W. B. Dickinson, 42, Village Road, Oxton, 
Birkenhead. 
THE AQUARIUM. 
The Aquarium continues, as heretofore, to be one of the chief 
attractions of the Museums. The various tanks have been kept 
well stocked with examples of both marine and fresh-water life, 
and the Seal continues in good health and to be of great interest 
to visitors. 
Donations of living specimens have been numerous, and special 
thanks are due to Messrs. Sills, F. Vaughan and W. H. Hurst for 
numerous gifts of fresh-water fish; to Captain W. T. Turner, of 
the S.S. ‘‘ Mauretania,’ for specimens of American birds and 
reptiles; and to Mr. A. Ridyard for West African Walking Fish 
and the curious Lung Mud Fishes. 
SUMMARY OF ACQUISITIONS. 
Zoological 
Coelenterata... & 5 Species ... ... 104 Specimens. 
Echinodermata a 4 sg as 44, i a: 
Vermes ... sae fe, 2 e 2 B 
Brachiopoda__.... ese ain ts rh a 
Arthropoda (Crustacea) it us 
Arthropoda (Tracheata) 294 ,, = i. 600 
Mollusca Eh sont tag e ee Pe ag BS 
Fishes... SH ae i Giga cy oe aos OD ‘ts 
Amphibia Bea We eee Be: ena eee es 
Reptiles Cs evn wee e ie a | ms 
Birds ae dy ale Oe: Poa ee .. 396 i 
Mammals us eee b a3 au qs AS a 
659 1,377 
Botanical. 
Plants A : se zi a ... 127 Specimens. 
