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Two pieces of Heliopora ccBVulea, a rare coral, with blue fracture; 

 presented by Miss Keen. 



A Nest of the Oven Bird [Furnarius) , brought from the Eiver Plate 

 by Capt. Edward Hairby, S.S. "Maskelyne;" presented by Messrs. 

 Lamport and Holt. 



Four living young Tortoises, from Shanghai ; presented by Mr. Wm. 

 Lane. 



The Skull of a Four-horned Sheep, from the Seaport of Supe, 10 miles 

 North of Callao; the rostrum of a Saw-Fish (Pristis), from Peyta, 

 Peru ; the Nest of a Weaver Bird from Akyab, Bay of Bengal ; and a 

 piece of Teak bored by Teredos in 4 months at Eangoon ; presented by 

 Capt. Alexander Mackey. 



A group of Sand Tubes of a Marine Annelid {Hermella), from the 

 Eiver Mersey ; presented by Mr. Eobert McMillan. 



A young specimen of Eared Seal, from the South Pacific ; two speci- 

 of Sciaenoid Fish ; a specimen of Calyj)tocephalus gayi ; six specimens 

 of two species of Crustacea ; thirteen specimens of Shells {Mytilus, 

 Unio and Helix), and samples of Actinice, dried for food, exchange 

 presentation from the Chilian Commission, International Fisheries 

 Exhibition, London, per His Excellency Sr. Don Marcial Martinez and 

 Major G. S. Sewell-Gana. 



Two specimens, male and female, of a Silk Moth {Cricula trifene- 

 strata), from Burmah ; presented by Mr. F. Moore, F.Z.S. 



A Cast, (taken from a Human Skull which was found in cutting a 

 trench for a sewer in Gloucester Eoad, Birkdale, 1872), given by Mr. T. 

 Mellard Eeade, F.G.S. (who had the cast made) to Mr. G. H. Morton, 

 F.G.S., and by Mr. Morton presented to the Museum. The skull was 

 obtained from the workmen who found it by Mr. Kershaw, of Birkdale, 

 who presented it to the Eoyal College of Surgeons, London. — See 

 Geological Magazine, for Dec, 1883, p. 547. 



Specimens of three species of Fossil Shells from the Lower Greensand, 

 viz., Terebratula Monetoniana, T. Fittoni, and T. Sella, var. upivarensis ; 

 presented by Mr. G. H. Morton, F.G.S. 



Living specimens of the Quahaug or American Hard-Clam, Venus 

 mercenaria, for Aquaria and Naturalization experiments ; presented by 

 Capt. J. H. Mortimer, Premier Associate of the Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society of Liverpool. 



