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Two fine Mincralogical specimens bronght from Freiburg, Saxony, 

 ■ST?:. : — Crystals of Sulphate of Baryta on Quartz and Fluor Spar ; and 

 a Pseudomorph of Iron PjTitcs after Calcite on Arsenical Pyrites ; pre- 

 sented by Mr. E. P. Ptathbone. 



Specimens of small Shells, chiefly Cyprcea, from South Africa ; pre- 

 sented by Mr. Samuel Kinder. 



The Cast of a Shell of the Genus Cardium, Upper Tertiary ; taken 

 from a piece of ordinary stone at Bari, Italy, and presented by Mr, 

 James Samuelson. 



A specimen of Trigonia navis, and eight specimens of four other 

 fossil Shells from the Lias and Trias of Westphalia ; presented by Dr. 

 Schnitger, Detmold, in exchange. 



Three sj)ecimens of Fenestella ^)?('/>e?fl, McCoy, and one of Fencstella 

 nodulosa, PhilL, from the Carboniferous Limestoue of Halkin Mountain : 

 named and presented by Mr. George W. Shrubsole, F.G.S. 



Two specimens of Anodon cygiicns, from Lake Bratish, a freshwater 

 Lake near Galatz ; specimens of Pipe Fish, Syngnatlms, found on the 

 patent-log, oif Algiers, also Corals and Shells ; collected and presented 

 by Capt. C, A. Sibthorpe, Associate of the Literary and Philosophical 

 Society of Liverpool. 



A collection of Horns, &c,, chiefly from South Africa, including 

 Horns of Rhinoceros Keitloa, and of another species of Ehiuoceros ; 

 also Horns of the Cape Bufi'alo, Gemsbok, Koodoo, Springbok, kc. ; 

 presented by the Bev. R. Wardlaw Thompson. 



The Skull and principal Bones of a Male Gorilla, from Sette Camn)a ; 

 presented by Mr. C. J. Townsend. 



A young Seal from the Flannan Islands, and a hundred and twenty 

 specimens of British Birds ; presented by Mr. T. West. 



A collection of North American Fishes ; and a collection of Marine 

 invertebrates from the New England Coast ; named and classified ; 

 presented, in exchange, by the United States Fish Commission, per 

 Professor Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and U. S. Fish Commissioner. 



A Common Ringed Snake, Xatrix torquata, taken near Wigan ; pre- 

 sented bv Mr. A. Wilkie. 



