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A series of Marine and other Specimens ; collected during the voyage 

 of the Ennerdale frona Liverpool to Australia by Mr. C. E. Patterson, 

 assisted by Dr. McAfee, and presented by Mr. C. E. Patterson. 



Two specimens of the Spotted Bower-Bird, Chlamydodera macidata, 

 and a fine example of the Bower, from Banana, Walloon, Queensland, 

 collected by Mrs. A. M. Frances and presented by Mrs. H. McK. Powell. 



A Polyzoon, Hornera, from Gavrilova, Arctic Coast of Russian 

 Lapland; collected and presented by Mr. Edward Eae, F.R.G.S. 



A Snake, from Seville River, Spain ; presented by Mr. James Rushtou. 



The Skin of a Fox, Canis vnlpcs, from Norway ; presented by ^Mr. 

 James Samuelson. 



A Bottle of Insects' larvce and jmpce of " Sugar Borers," from the 

 West Indies ; the ,Skull and Bones of a Siluroid Fish, and the Skull and 

 Bones of a small Dog-Fish Shark; presented by Messrs. Sandbach 

 Tinne & Co. 



A young Shark, one of 43 taken alive from the mother Shark, 

 October 7, 1877, by Captain James, Barque "Iron Crown;" presented 

 by Mr. T. R. Shallcross. 



Specimens of Gorgonue and a Sponge from West Africa ; presented 

 by Mr. J. S. Tyerman. 



An extensive collection of Marine specimens, consisting of Fish, Mol- 

 lusca, Crustacea, Echinoderms, Zoophytes, Sponges, &c., collected be- 

 tween Liverpool, Sydney, Tuticorin, and Rangoon, and presented by 

 Captain W. H. Cawne Warren, Ship "Bedfordshire," Associate of the 

 Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



A Bald Coot, Fulica atra, shot at Llanerchymor, near Mostyn ; pre- 

 sented by Mr. Henry Williams. 



Three Butterflies, Papilio podalirius, and three Moths, Synlomis 

 X)hegea, from Creuznach, Rhenish Prussia; collected and presented 

 by Mr. Maurice Wurzburger. 



PURCHASES. 

 The principal purchases for the Museum have been as follows :— 

 A Proboscis Monkey; two striped Hyfenas; a Dolphin, Delphinus 

 delphis, stranded in the Mersey and the first recorded capture in the 

 district; a Merian's Opossum and young; and seventeen other. 

 Mammalia. 



