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PURCHASES. 



The principal purchases have been as follows, many of the Vertebrates 

 being for the Osteological Collection : — 



A young Gorilla ; two heads of Proboscis Monkey, male and female ; 

 a Tiger (for skeleton) ; a young Brown Bear ; an Irish Fox ; a Yagua- 

 rundi ; a Moufflon and Wild Cat from Candia ; two young Manatees ; 

 lower Jaw of a Sperm "Whale ; an American Tapir and a young Baird's 

 Tapir ; a young Capybara ; a Coypu ; a rare Rodent {Petrodromus) ; a 

 Great Ant-Bear {Myrmecophaga jxihata) ; a Tree Kangaroo {Dendro- 

 lagus inustus), and a Mourning Kangaroo {Dorcopsis luctiwsa), from 

 New Guinea; young specimens of Koala, Wallaby Kangaroo, and Bandi- 

 coot ; Skulls of young Walrus, Koala, &c. 



A Sociable Vulture ; a young Hornbill ; an Ariel Toucan ; a new 

 Kingfisher {Clytoceryx rex), from New Guinea ; specimens of the 

 Maximilian Macaw, Red and Yellow Macaw, Saddle-billed Stork, 

 Flamingo, Emeu, Rhea or American Ostrich ; and eight Skeletons of 

 Passerine Birds. 



Specimens of Limbless Reptiles and Lizards from Brisbane ; a Basi- 

 lisk {Basiliscus Americanus) ; a Blue Shark {Carcharias glancus), six 

 feet in length, from the Coast of North Wales ; an Electric Ray, weigh- 

 ing 83 lbs., taken in a trawl-net off Morecambe Bay; a Wolf Fish, and a 

 Trigger Fish {Balistes vetida) ; skeletons of Menopome, Iguana, and 

 Siluroid Fish {Doras maculatus) , and disarticulated Skulls of Haddock 

 and Hake. 



Specimens of seven species of Invertebrates from Dr. Dohrn's Zoolo- 

 gical Station at Naples, and two specimens of Coral, Madrepora and 

 Meandrina. 



Specimens of Fossil Fish, &c., from various formations, also Rhinoceros 

 Jaw, Elephant's Teeth, and other Mammalian remains, from the final 

 sale of the Collection of the late Prof. Tennant, F.G.S. ; Cave Breccia 

 containing sternum and Bones of Birds ; and other Fossils. 



Twenty-one specimens of eight species of Carboniferous Limestone 

 Fossils, Bdlerophon, Natica, Cirrus, &c., from Kendal ; one Spongarium 

 from the Lower Ludlow of Benson Knott ; four Shells, Tellina solidula, 

 from Grange; specimens of Fossil Shells, Corals, Bryozoa, Conglomerate 

 Sandstone, &c., from Humphrey Head, North Lancashire ; a collection 

 oi Ammonites, Terebrattdidce, RhynchonellidcB, and specimens of Moc^ioZa, 

 Lima, and other Fossil Shells from the Inferior Oolite near Turvey, 

 Bedfordshire ; collected for the Museum by the R«v. H. H. Higgins. 



