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DONATIONS. 



Specimens of two species of Shells, Natica picta and Cassis areolata ; 

 presented by Mr. E. M. Adam. 



A Comatula clinging to a Gorgonia stem, specimens of rare Echini 

 and Cake Urchins, from Singapore ; presented by Staff Surgeon Samuel 

 Archer, A.M.D. 



Six living specimens of the Sea Hare, Aplysia punctata, from Angle- 

 sea ; presented by Mr. George Atkin. 



Two Sea Snakes, Pelamys and Chersydrus, from the Indian Ocean ; 

 presented by Messrs. Bathgate and Son. 



A Horned Pheasant, Ceriornis melanocephala, from India ; presented 

 by Mr. F. S. Bocquet. 



A Piece of Timber, from the Mediterranean, bored by Teredos ; Horns 

 of a Four-horned Antelope ; Skull of a Hornbill ; Skull and Jaws of a 

 Shark ; Teeth of a Fish, Dentex ; and seventeen bottles of Snakes, &c.; 

 presented by Mrs. Bocquet. 



Specimens of Ichthyosaurus Teeth and Bones, Ammonites, &c., cut 

 and polished ; presented by Mr. Joseph Boult. 



Specimens of Wigeon, Mareca penelope ; Scaup Duck, Fuligula 

 tnarila ; and a Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus ; shot at Hilbre ; 

 presented by Mr. H. D. Brandreth. 



Specimens of Indian Chisels made of Conch Shells, apparently from 

 Strombus accipitrinus, and found in Barbadoes ; presented by Sir T. 

 Graham Briggs, Bart. 



A young Giraffe, seven feet high, stuffed, a Rocky Mountain Goat, 

 Mazama Americana, and six other Ruminant Mammals, stuffed or in 

 skin ; forty small specimens of Reptiles, Fish, &c., in spirit ; two fine 

 Crinoids, Comatula Eschrichtii, from the late Arctic Expedition ; six 

 small Starfishes, from the same ; and 1,061 specimens of Insects of 

 various Orders ; presented by the Trustees of the British Museum, from 

 the duplicates of the National Collection. 



Four specimens of Stromatopara concentrica and two of Caunopora 

 placenta, from the Devonian Limestone, Dartington, near Totnes ; also, 

 a small polished section of Stromatopora elegans, Rosen, Devonian Lime- 

 Btone, Teignmouth ; specimens of seven forms of Foraminifera, Num- 



