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Specimens of Twaite Shad, Alosa finta, from Pwllheli ; presented by 

 Messrs. Duncan. 



A collection of Shells and other specimens, chiefly Marine, obtained 

 during a cruise to the Mediterranean, October, 1881, to June, 1882, 

 principally from Minorca, Majorca, Corfu, Algiers, and Coast of Spain, 

 including a group of Toilet and Bath Sponges attached to rock ; a large 

 specimen of Pinna, with other shells growing thereon ; two specimens 

 of coral, Cladocera cespitosa, from Corfu, and two specimens of silicified 

 Palm from the " Petrified Forest," Cairo, collected and presented by Mr. 

 F. W. Earle. 



The Stem of a Gigantic Sea-Pen of the Family Pennatulidce, 

 measuring 6 feet in length when unbroken, brought from Newfoundland ; 

 and the Spine of a Shark ; presented by Mr. George Eyre Evans. 



An Ichneumon Fly from the top of Carnedd Dafydd, North Wales ; 

 collected and presented by Mr. Willoughby Gardner. 



A Willow Wren from Knowsley ; presented by Mr. G. D. Hale. 



A large Ammonite twelve inches in diameter, and presenting special 

 structural features of interest, from the Lower Chalk, near Turvey, 

 Bedfordshire ; presented by Mr. Hipwell, per the Kev. H. H. Higgins. 



Specimens of Variegated Sole, Scald Fish, Boar Fish, &c., from 

 Brixham ; presented by the Rev. W. Houghton. 



A Collection of Marine Specimens obtained on a voyage from Chili, 

 including specimens and nests of the Fishing Frog ; Rock Specimens 

 from Chili ; a Shearwater, Puffinus, and the Head of a Sooty Albatros, 

 Diomedeafuliginosa; collected and presented by Capt. S. Griffith Jones, 

 Barque " Hermine." 



Four specimens of Two Species of Fossil Shells, Bellerophon urii and 

 Bellerophon decussatus, from the Carboniferous Limestone, Carluke, N.B. ; 

 presented by Mr. J. W. Kirby, per the Rev. H. H. Higgins. 



Two Bats and twenty-five Bird Skins from Cape Coast Castle ; pre- 

 sented by Mr. James Latham. 



A Cobra da Capello, Naja tripudians, six feet in length, from Calcutta ; 

 presented by Captain T. C. M'Pherson. 



Specimens of Fossil Fish, from Scotland ; presented by Mr. Richard 

 p. Mabin, in exchange. 



