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' Five specimens of the Coney of Scripture, Hyrax Syriacus, and 

 specimens of Birds, from Palestine ; specially collected for the Museum, 

 and presented by Mr. Hugh Heywood Jones. 



A White-tailed Deer, Cervus leucurus, from Big Horn Mountains, and 

 a Snowy Owl, from Long Point, Lake Erie ; collected and presented 

 by Mr. St. George Littledale. 



A Fossil Fish, from Crato, Province of Ceara ; presented by Mr. John 

 Mackee, of Ceara, per Messrs. R. Singlehurst. 



Two small specimens of Aberthaw Limestone, from near Cardiff; 

 presented by Mr. F. P. Marrat. 



A Bat, 10 Reptiles, and a Fish, from Persia and West Africa ; 4 

 Cocoons of Tusseh Silk Moth ; 3 Shells from Queensland fMelania 

 glandiformisj ; 3 Fossil Spines of Cidaris, and 2 Cuttle Bones of Sepia 

 Lycidas ; presented by Mr. F. Moore, F.Z.S. 



A Snake ; presented by Messrs. J. Nickel & Son. 



Specimens of the Edible Nest and Eggs of an Indian Swallow, 

 Collocalia, from Borneo ; presented by Lieutenant Niblett, R.N. 



A Common Guillemot, Uria troile, changing to winter plumage, from 

 Formby ; presented by Mr. R. Paden. 



A Fish Spine, Hyhodus; Bones of Turtle and Shell, from Portland 

 Oolite ; presented by Mr. C. Potter. 



A large group of Crystals of Calcite, from the Cueya de Bella Mar 

 near Matanzas, Cuba ; presented by Mr. J. W. Schofield, per Messrs. 

 J. T. Nickel & Co. 



An Oil Picture of the Orang Outan, Simia satyrus, from Borneo, 

 painted from nature by Mr. B. Waterhouse Hawkins, F.G.S.; presented 

 by Mr. James Smith. 



Living specimens of the Nurse Frog, Alytes obstetricans ; presented 

 in exchange by Professor Schnitger, Lippe Detmold. 



Two Swans, shot at Bromboro' ; presented by Mr. Horace Turner. 



A branching Sponge, order Echinonemata; presented by Mr. J. S. 

 Tyerman. 



Specimens of Reptiles, Fish, Crustacea, Scorpions, Mollusca, and 

 Coleoptera, from Wassaw, Gold Coast, West Africa ; collected and pr,i- 

 seuted by Mr. R. B. N. Walker, F.R.G.S., Corresponding Member of 

 the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool. 



